[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17628-17629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8206]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps 
to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning its 
proposed applications entitled: AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Continuation 
Application Instructions. Copies of the information collection requests 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section by June 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Tracy Stone, Director, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, 1201 New 
York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Stone (202) 606-5000, ext. 173.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

Comment Request

    The Corporation 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;
     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;
     Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and

[[Page 17629]]

     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.

Background

    The AmeriCorps Promise Fellows program supports a leadership cadre 
of AmeriCorps members spearheading community efforts to provide young 
people with five basic promises:
     Caring adults in their lives as parents, mentors, tutors, 
and coaches;
     Safe places with structured activities in which to learn 
and grow;
     A healthy start;
     An effective education that equips them with marketable 
skills; and
     An opportunity to give back to communities through their 
own service.
    The AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Continuation Application 
Instructions provide the requirements, instructions and forms that 
current grantees of the program need to complete an application to the 
Corporation for continued funding.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks public comment on the forms, the instructions 
for the forms, and the instructions for the narrative portion of these 
continuation application instructions.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Continuation Application 
Instructions.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Entities in their second or third year of 
operation as grantees of the Corporation's AmeriCorps Promise Fellows 
program.
    Total Respondents: 66.
    Frequency: Once per year.
    Average Time Per Response: 25 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,650 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: March 28, 2000.
Thomasenia P. Duncan,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-8206 Filed 4-3-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6050-28-U