[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 236 (Thursday, December 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76697-76698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31466]


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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 (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 its 
proposed Senior Corps Survey. Senior Corps will require all Senior 
Corps volunteers and recipients of Senior Companion and RSVP 
Independent Living services to complete the survey. Senior Corps will 
require all grantee organizations that participate in the survey to 
summarize survey results and submit those results to the Corporation.
    Copies of the information collection request 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 February 6, 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, Senior Corps; Attention: Zach Rhein, Program Officer, Room 
9408-A; 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. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    (3) By fax to: (202) 606-3475, Attention: Zach Rhein, Program 
Officer
    (4) Electronically through http://www.regulations.gov. 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: Zach Rhein, (202) 606-6693, 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 proposed instrument will collect information from Senior 
Companion, Foster Grandparent, and RSVP volunteers as well as from 
Senior Companion clients and recipients of RSVP Independent Living 
services. The purpose of CNCS is to provide grantees with a unified 
performance measure data collection instrument that will facilitate 
both data collection and analysis. The goals of the survey are to 
measure the how the act of volunteering impacts Americans age 55 and 
older, and to measure how volunteers age 55 improve the lives of the 
older Americans they serve. The information may be collected using an 
electronic spreadsheet, the eGrants system, or using a paper 
collection.
    The instrument uses items from the Health and Retirement Study 
(HRS), an ongoing study funded by the National Institute on Aging/NIH 
(NIA U01AG009740) and Social Security Administration.

Current Action

    This is a new information collection request.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Senior Corps Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Senior Corps grantee organizations, Senior 
Companion and Foster Grandparent volunteers, and recipients of Senior 
Companion and RSVP Independent Living services.
    Total Respondents: 787,800.
    Frequency: Once per year.
    Average Time Per Response: Averages 30 minutes each for 787,800 
volunteers and recipients and 2 hours each for 900 grantee 
organizations.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 395,700.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.

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    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 1, 2011.
Erwin Tan,
Director, Senior Corps.
[FR Doc. 2011-31466 Filed 12-7-11; 8:45 am]
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