[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 224 (Monday, November 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61117-61118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28043]


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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

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U.S.C. Sec. 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 a 
small-scale pilot for an online reporting system that grantees can use 
to calculate the return on investment (ROI) for their volunteer 
recruitment and management activities. About fifty organizations will 
participate in the pilot. During the last six months of the pilot, 
participating organizations will use the system twice to report data on 
their organization's activities, and will provide feedback to the 
system's developers.
    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 January 22, 2010.

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, Department of Research and Policy Development; Attention 
Nathan Dietz, Research Associate/Statistician, Room 10907; 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) 565-2787, Attention Nathan Dietz, Research 
Associate/Statistician.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Dietz, (202) 606-6633, 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 Corporation has entered into a cooperative agreement with the 
National Council on Aging (NCOA) to adapt its SMART (Strategic Metrics 
and Results Tracking) system for use by Corporation grantees and 
subgrantees. The goal is to develop a system that all Corporation 
projects can use to calculate the return on investment for the time and 
resources they devote to recruiting and managing volunteers.

Current Action

    During the first year for this project, NCOA will:
     Build and test an online tool customized to calculate the 
return on investment for volunteer recruitment and management for CNCS 
projects;
     Orient and train subsequent pilot participants in the use 
of the reporting tool;
     Work with participating grantees on a six-month pilot of 
the tool; and
     Prepare the tool for a broad-based rollout that will 
facilitate collection of ROI data among a larger number of CNCS 
grantees.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Pilot for Volunteer Management ROI Measurement System.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Selected recipients of CNCS program grants and 
subgrants.
    Total Respondents: 50.
    Frequency: Twice annually.
    Average Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 400 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: November 17, 2009.
Robert T. Grimm, Jr.,
Director of Research and Policy Development.
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