[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25200]


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PEACE CORPS


Information Collection Request; Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Peace Corps will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public 
comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are 
conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Submit comments on or before November 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Denora Miller, Freedom of 
Information Act Officer. Denora Miller can be contacted by telephone at 
202-692-1236 or e-mail at [email protected]. E-mail comments must be 
made in text and not in attachments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denora Miller at Peace Corps address 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It has been the Peace Corps' longstanding 
policy to exclude from Peace Corps Volunteer service and Peace Corps 
employment any persons who have engaged in intelligence activity or 
related work or who have been employed by or connected with an 
intelligence Agency. It is crucial to the Peace Corps in carrying out 
its mission that there is a complete and total separation of Peace 
Corps from the intelligence activities of the United States government, 
both in reality and appearance. Any semblance of a connection between 
Peace Corps and the intelligence community would seriously compromise 
the ability of the Peace Corps to develop and maintain the trust and 
confidence of the people of the host countries. It could also put 
Volunteers at risk in the countries in which they serve.
    Method: E-mailing the Intelligence Background Questionnaire to 
applicants or their relatives with an intelligence connection. The 
respondent returns the Intelligence Background Questionnaire by E-mail 
or fax.
    Title: Intelligence Background Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 0420-pending.
    Type of information collection: New information collection.
    Affected public: Individuals or households.
    Respondents' obligation to reply: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    Burden to the public:
    (a) Estimated number of respondents: 100.
    (b) Frequency of response: One time.
    (c) Estimated average burden per response: 10 minutes.
    (d) Estimated total reporting burden: 16.67 hours.
    (e) Estimated annual cost to respondents: $0.00.
    General description of collection: Peace Corps' Office of the 
General Counsel uses the form to determine what kind of intelligence 
connection an applicant or an applicant's relative might have and how 
close an applicant and a relative with an intelligence connection are. 
The Office of the General Counsel uses the information to determine 
whether the intelligence connection is substantial enough to prevent 
the person from being employed at the Peace Corps or being a Volunteer 
for the Peace Corps permanently or for a set period of time from the 
last intelligence connection. If an applicant disagrees with the 
General Counsel's determination, he or she may appeal the determination 
to the Director of the Peace Corps.
    Request for Comment: Peace Corps invites comments on whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for proper performance 
of the functions of the Peace Corps Response, including whether the 
information will have practical use; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, 
including the validity of the information to be collected; and, ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information 
technology.

    This notice issued in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2011.
Earl W. Yates,
Associate Director, Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-25200 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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