[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64023-64024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Youth Volunteering & Civic Engagement Survey.
    Form Number(s): YVCES-1L.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 2,090 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,300.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 38 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Volunteerism is a vital aspect of American society 
that helps to sustain the values that frame American life and 
strengthen democracy. During his 2002 State of the

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Union address, President George W. Bush called upon every American to 
dedicate at least two years over the course of their lives to 
volunteering, and a vast network of government agencies, nonprofit 
organizations and associations, schools, volunteer centers, and 
community and corporate foundations work to promote volunteering and 
civic engagement across the country to help Americans meet this call.
    In order to measure our progress in these efforts, it is essential 
to establish baseline data. Through the Youth Volunteering and Civic 
Engagement Study, we will have the capacity to obtain this baseline 
data, as well as ascertain progress through future data collections. 
This study intends to collect data on volunteering and civic engagement 
among American teenagers, 12 to 18 years of age, and disseminate this 
information among organizations and individuals that might utilize 
these data. We plan to collect baseline data in early 2005, and conduct 
data collections every two years after the baseline. This population 
was last studied in 1995 by Independent Sector, which released a report 
subsequent to the study.
    The survey will generate information identified as priority data 
needed by federal agencies, states, nonprofit organizations and 
associations, schools, foundations, researchers, and other survey 
users. General categories of information to be collected will include 
educational attainment and general activities, participation in 
volunteer activities, attitudes toward and experiences with national 
and community service, and civic attitudes and behaviors. The survey 
will also collect information on types of organizations with which 
teens serve, the work teens perform at these organizations, the 
attitudes and motivations of teens that volunteer, and the reasons why 
some teens do not volunteer.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every two years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 8.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: October 28, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-24489 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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