[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 40387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16652]


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PEACE CORPS


Information Collection Requests Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: 30-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 30 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 USC Chapter 35).

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 8, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
approval number and should be sent via email to: [email protected] or fax to: 202-395-3086. Attention: Desk Officer 
for Peace Corps.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denora Miller, FOIA Officer, Peace 
Corps, 1111 20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20526, (202) 692-1236, or 
email at pcfr@ peacecorps.gov. Copies of available documents submitted 
to OMB may be obtained from Denora Miller.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Peace Corps' Press Office uses the 
Hometown News Release Form to collect information about a Peace Corps 
invitee's decision to serve and their local newspapers.
    Method: The Peace Corps currently emails the Hometown News Release 
Form to invitees. The respondent returns the form by email. The 
Hometown News Release Form will be available through the Peace Corps' 
new volunteer delivery and support system. The new method will replace 
sending the form by email.
    Title: Hometown News Release Form.
    OMB Control Number: 0420--pending.
    Type of Information Collection: Existing collection in use without 
an OMB control number.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Respondents' Obligation to Reply: Voluntary.
    General Description of Collection: This information is used to 
inform reporters from local and college newspapers, as well as radio 
and television stations about an invitee's decision to serve in the 
Peace Corps. It helps notify the community that their neighbor or 
classmate will be gone for two years and also helps Peace Corps recruit 
the next generation of Peace Corps volunteers.
    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, 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 July 3, 2012.
Garry W. Stanberry,
Acting Associate Director, Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-16652 Filed 7-6-12; 8:45 am]
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