[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 36794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14529]


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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 August 19, 2013.

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 email at [email protected]. Email comments must be 
made in text and not in attachments.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Method: The same sex domestic partner applicants will be given 
this form prior to staging.
    Title: Affidavit Declaring Domestic Partner Relationship.
    OMB Control Number: 0420-pending.
    Type of information collection: New.
    Affected public: Individuals or households.
    Respondents' obligation to reply: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    Burden to the public:
(a) Estimated number of respondents--130
(b) Frequency of response--one time
(c) Estimated average burden per response--2 minutes
(d) Estimated total reporting burden--4.33 hours
(e) Estimated annual cost to respondents--$0.00
    General description of collection: This form seeks information 
necessary for the Peace Corps' Office of Volunteer Recruitment and 
Selection to verify that same sex domestic partners applying to be 
accepted and placed together as Peace Corps Volunteers meet the 
agency's criteria for placement as a couple.
    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 June 13, 2013.
Garry W. Stanberry,
Acting Associate Director, Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-14529 Filed 6-18-13; 8:45 am]
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