[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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