[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75678-75679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29502]


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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 
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 President Bush'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 February 10, 2009.

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; Attention Shannon Maynard, 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 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) 606-3460, Attention Shannon Maynard, 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: Shannon Maynard, (202) 606-6713, 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

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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.
    In support of the President's call to service, the Corporation 
created an electronic Record of Service to provide citizens 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: Citizens of the United States.
    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: December 4, 2008.
Kristin McSwain,
Chief Program Officer.
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