[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6270-6271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2798]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 pre-clearance 
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. 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 the 
Financial Management Survey Form. Copies of the information collection 
request 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 April 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Office of Grants Management; Attention Ms. Lois W. Paul, 
Grants Management Specialist; Room 9712-A, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC, 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at 
Room 6010 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    (3) By fax to: (202) 565-2850, Attention Ms. Lois W. Paul, Grants 
Management Specialist.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois W. Paul, (202) 606-5000, ext. 200 
or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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,
     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.

I. Background

    The Corporation developed the Financial Management Survey in 
fulfillment of its pre-award policy (CFO-029, effective 1/17/02) that 
provides reasonable assurance that federal grant funds will be expended 
in ways that meet program objectives, the award terms and conditions; 
and applicable federal statutes, regulations and guidelines. The 
Financial Management Survey will standardize the pre-award process and 
will ensure uniform consideration of the capacity of potential grantees 
of the Corporation to manage federal funds.
    The Financial Management Survey will be used for the following 
purposes:
    (1) As a pre-award assessment tool of the capacity of a potential 
grantee to manage federal funds in excess of $100,000; and
    (2) As part of the basis for determining the financial management 
areas in which a potential grantee, should it receive an award from the 
Corporation, may warrant technical assistance.

II. Current Action

    The Corporation is seeking public comment for approval of the 
Financial Management Survey which will be used by Corporation Grants 
Management Specialists to assess the capacity of potential grantees to 
manage Federal funds. This assessment involves a review of the 
potential grantee's responses to general questions about its 
organizational type, financial systems, how it manages funds, and the 
internal controls it has in place to segregate and report on Federal 
funds it might receive. The public affected will be grant applicants 
that have not previously received Federal funds through an award from 
the Corporation, or current grantees that are re-competing for funding 
at the beginning of a new 3-year grant cycle and have been identified 
as not meeting the exemption critical of the Corporation's pre-award 
review policy.
    Should the entity become a grantee of the Corporation, the 
information gathered will be maintained in the new grantee's official 
file and become part of the basis for determining specific areas of its 
financial management and systems that may benefit from technical 
assistance from the Corporation, its staff and Training and Technical 
Assistance (T/TA) providers.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Financial Management Survey Form.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: First-time grant applicants or current grantees 
recompeting for funding.
    Total Respondents: 25-30 annually.
    Frequency: One (1) time.
    Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2\1/2\ hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $648.90.
    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.


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    Dated: February 4, 2004.
Peg Rosenberry,
Director, Office of Grants Management.
[FR Doc. 04-2798 Filed 2-9-04; 8:45 am]
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