[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18611]


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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 requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed renewal of its Volunteer Service Hour Tracking Tool (Record of 
Service). The Record of Service was established in 2002 as a tool to 
help Americans answer the President's call to service and keep track of 
their volunteer service hours.
    Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed in the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by November 21, 2005.

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 Public Affairs; Attention Kari Dunn, Executive 
Director, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation; 1201 
New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at 
Room 8410 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) 606-3460, Attention Kari Dunn, Executive 
Director, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Dunn, (202) 606-6708, or by e-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation is particularly interested 
in comments that:
     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 expected to respond, including 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

    In January of 2002, in his State of the Union Address, President 
Bush called on all Americans to dedicate 4,000 hours or two years of 
their lives to volunteer service. He created the USA Freedom Corps, a 
coordinating office at the White House, to oversee these efforts and to 
bring increased attention to the ways in which the Administration could 
work together to enhance opportunities for all Americans to serve their 
neighbors and their nation. The response has been positive. Last year, 
64.5 million Americans volunteered, an increase of more than 5 million 
since 2002.
    In support of the President's call to service, the Corporation 
created an electronic Record of Service to provide the general public a 
way to track their service activities and individually record their 
volunteer service hours. Use of this tracking tool is 100 percent 
electronic in that users establish a user ID and password that 
automatically creates an account which is only accessible to that 
individual user. The Record of Service can only be updated by the user 
who established the account. The Record of Service has received heavy 
public use and is a primary way for individuals to track their 
eligibility for the President's Volunteer Service Award.
    Individuals may link to this tracking tool through the USA Freedom 
Corps Web site at http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov or the President's 
Volunteer Service Award Web site at, http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks to renew the current Record of Service. The 
Record of Service will be used in the same manner as the existing 
Record of Service.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Volunteer Service Hour Tracking Tool.
    OMB Number: 3045-0077.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: General Public.
    Total Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,000 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: September 13, 2005.
Sandy Scott,
Acting Director, Office of Public Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-18611 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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