[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72681-72682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30333]


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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. 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 data 
collection for the Understanding the Value of Service in Participant's 
Experience project. The goals of the project are: (1) To strengthen 
national service by ensuring that participants consistently find 
satisfaction and self-efficacy; (2) to determine what contributes to a 
defining or

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transformative service experience; (3) to assess whether and how 
Corporation programs are helping to provide that defining experience; 
(4) to understand whether and how participants experience connections 
to their service experience in order to develop knowledge and refine 
hypotheses about whether, how, when, and why participation in national 
service delivers benefits to the participants themselves. The study 
uses focus groups and surveys to understand the experience.
    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 January 24, 2012.

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: Lillian Dote, Policy Analyst, Strategy Office, 
Curtis Center, 601 Walnut Street, Suite 876E, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the street address given in 
paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    (3) By fax to: (215) 597-4933, Attention: Lillian Dote, Policy 
Analyst, Strategy Office. Electronically through the Corporation's 
email address system: [email protected]. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call 1 (800) 833-
3722 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Dote at (215) 964-6321 or by 
email 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 is interested in learning about the effects of 
national service on participants, and in strengthening national service 
so that participants engaged in Corporation-supported programs 
consistently find satisfaction, meaning, and opportunity. Participant 
satisfaction is important to the Corporation because it is part of the 
cycle of ensuring that service has a transformative impact on the 
participant, as well as ensuring that the participant effectively 
addresses community problems.

Current Action

    This is a new information collection request.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Understanding the Value of Service in Participant's 
Experience.
    OMB Number: New.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals who have applied to, are currently 
serving at, or have served in the past at an organization or agency 
receiving Corporation funds.
    Total Respondents: 412.
    Frequency: Once.
    Average Time per Response: Averages 55 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 378 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 18, 2011.
Nathan Dietz,
Associate Director, Strategy Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-30333 Filed 11-23-11; 8:45 am]
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