[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18403-18404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9309]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the 
``Corporation'') , has submitted the following public information 
collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of these 
individual ICRs, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Corporation for National and Community Service, 
Office of AmeriCorps Recruitment, Susie Zimmerman, 606-5000, Extension 
104. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/
TDD) may call (202) 606-5256 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 
p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Mr. Danny Werfel, OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation 
for National and Community Service, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, Washington, DC, 20503, (202) 395-7316, within 30 days from 
the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;

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     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Propose to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Propose to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: AmeriCorps Application for Membership.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Any individual interested in applying to become a 
member of AmeriCorps*NCCC, AmeriCorps*VISTA, or a state and local 
AmeriCorps program located throughout the United States.
    Total Respondents: Approximately 60,000. (Approximately 40,000 
individuals serve each year in AmeriCorps programs; (collection totals 
are inexact as the bulk of these completed applications are submitted 
to local programs and not back to the Corporation for National 
Service).
    Frequency: An applicant need only complete the application once. 
Applicants may make copies of their completed forms, and submit copies 
(each, however, with an original signature) to several different 
AmeriCorps programs for consideration.
    Average Time Per Response: 45 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 45,000 hours (if 60,000 individuals 
complete the form per year).
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: The Corporation for National Service proposes to 
utilize a new membership application form entitled ``AmeriCorps 
Application for Membership'' which will be used to screen and place 
applicants into the various AmeriCorps programs, and will replace the 
previously approved individual applications for the National Civilian 
Community Corps (NCCC) and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). 
Applicants will be able to use this single, new application to apply to 
any of the AmeriCorps programs, thereby eliminating the need for 
multiple applications should the individual wish to be considered for 
multiple programs, either concurrently or consecutively.

    Dated: April 9, 1999.
Thomas L. Bryant,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-9309 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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