[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24278-24279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8350]


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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

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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 its 
proposed renewal of its Learn and Serve America Program and Performance 
Measurement Reports. These reports are used by current grantees, 
subgrantees and sub-subgrantees to report on Learn and Serve-funded 
service-learning programs. Data collected through the reports are 
utilized by the Corporation for Congressional reporting and program 
management. Completion of the Program and Performance Measurement 
Reports is a requirement of the Learn and Serve grant provisions.
    Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 2, 2007.

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, Research and Policy Development; Attention Kimberly Spring, 
Policy Analyst, 10th Floor; 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at 
Room 8100 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) 606-3464, Attention Kimberly Spring, Policy 
Analyst.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Spring, (202) 606-6629, 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

    The Learn and Serve America Program was established by the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 12501, et 
seq.) (Pub. L. 103-82) to support efforts in schools, higher education 
institutions, and community-based organizations to involve young people 
in meaningful service to their communities while improving academic, 
civic, social, and career-related skills. The Learn and Serve program 
is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service 
and is funded through grants to states, national organizations, and 
institutions of higher education, and through them to individual 
schools and school districts, community-based organizations, and 
colleges or universities. Approximately 100 grantees and 2,000 
subgrantees and sub-subgrantees receive Learn and Serve funds each 
year.
    The Learn and Serve America Program and Performance Measurement 
Reports provide an annual program reporting process for Learn and 
Serve: Collecting program characteristics, output measurements, and 
institutional-level service-learning policies and practices. The system 
is Web-based and allows for the electronic submission of reporting 
information and grantee and public-use access of data collected through 
the system.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks to renew the current reporting instruments, 
which are designed to collect information on (a) the characteristics of 
grantee and subgrantee organizations; (b) the scope and structure of 
service-learning activities in the funded organizations; (c) number of 
participants in service-learning and the hours of service provided; and 
(d) institutional supports for service-learning. The Corporation 
maintains three versions of the reporting instrument to correspond to 
the three major funding streams under Learn and Serve America: K-12 
School-Based, Higher Education, and Community-Based. The Corporation 
also seeks to continue using the reporting instruments until the 
renewal of the instruments is approved by OMB. The current application 
is due to expire on September 30, 2007.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Learn and Serve America Program and Performance Measurement 
Reports.
    OMB Number: 3045-0095.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Learn and Serve America Grantees and Subgrantees.
    Total Respondents: 2,100.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Average Time Per Response: \1/4\ hour for grantees and one hour for 
subgrantees.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,025 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: April 24, 2007.
Robert Grimm, Jr.,
Director, Office of Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. E7-8350 Filed 5-1-07; 8:45 am]
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