[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4784-4785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1668]


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PEACE CORPS


Notice of Information Collection

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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    Title: Focus Groups with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 
invites the public to comment on the collection of information by the 
Peace Corps and gives notice of the Peace Corps' intention to request 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information 
collection. The Peace Corps' Office of Strategic Information, Research 
and Planning wishes to conduct focus groups with Returned Peace Corps 
Volunteers (RPCVs) about their post-service transition, post-service 
education and career, and their third goal activities of promoting a 
better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. The 
data will be used to assess the range and type of services available to 
RPCVs and to support accurate interpretation of Agency level data. The 
initial Federal Register notice was published on December 2, 2008, 
Volume 73, No. 232, pg. 73356 for 60 days. Also available at GPO 
Access: wais.access.gpo.gov. No comments, inquiries or responses to the 
notice were received. A copy of the proposed information collections 
can be obtained from Susan Jenkins, Office of Strategic Information, 
Research and Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20526. Dr. Jenkins can be contacted by telephone at 202-692-1241 or 
e-mail at [email protected]. E-mail comments must be made in text 
and not in attachments. Comments on the collections should be addressed 
to the attention of Dr. Jenkins and should be received on or before 
February 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the Peace Corps Desk 
Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. And to Susan Jenkins, Office of 
Strategic Information, Research and Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20526. Dr. Jenkins can be contacted by 
telephone at 202-692-1241 or e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jenkins, Office of Strategic 
Information, Research and Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Focus Groups with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
    Need for and Use of This Information: The third strategic goal in 
the Peace

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 Corps' 2009 to 2014 strategic plan, is to ``Foster outreach to 
Americans through agency programs that assist Volunteers and Returned 
Peace Corps Volunteers to help promote a better understanding of other 
peoples on the part of Americans.'' The Agency meets this goal through 
programs that encourage outreach to the American public through a 
variety of means such as personal interaction, electronic 
communication, and cross-cultural education curricula. The challenge 
for the Peace Corps in advancing such outreach is to ensure that the 
programs are publicized and on target in matching Volunteers and RPCVs 
with appropriate audiences, and that the agency uses technology 
effectively. The agency administers a Volunteer survey and project 
specific surveys to gather information about how active Volunteers 
support this goal. But, there is no similar mechanism for gathering 
such information from Returned Volunteers. These focus groups will be 
conducted to test the assumption that promoting a better understanding 
of the cultures in which they served is a lifelong commitment that 
becomes integrated into their lives but that RPCVs do not necessarily 
report such interactions to the agency. These focus groups will provide 
an opportunity for in-depth discussion with RPCVs about the long-term 
outcomes of their Service on their promotion of a better understanding 
of other peoples on the part of Americans. The information gathered 
will be used by the Office of Strategic Information, Research and 
Planning to identify the breadth and scope of third core goal 
activities by Returned Volunteers.
    Respondents: 96.
    Respondents' Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.
    Burden on the Public:
    a. Annual reporting burden: 144 hours.
    b. Annual recordkeeping burden: 0 hours.
    c. Estimated average burden per response: 90 minutes.
    d. Frequency of response: One-time.
    e. Estimated number of respondents: 96.
    f. Estimated cost to respondents: $0.00/$0.00.

Wilbert Bryant,
Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. E9-1668 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]
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