[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 9288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03440]


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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 be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for 
public comment on the new information collection. We are conducting 
this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
March 20, 2014.

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/Privacy Act 
Officer, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street NW., Washington, DC 20526, (202) 
692-1236, or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collected by the Volunteer 
Application is used by the Peace Corps to collect essential information 
from individuals, including technical and language skills, and 
availability for Peace Corps service. The Peace Corps will be changing 
its application process to better match applicants to programs based on 
their skills and interests. Due to this change in the way applicants 
are processed and an overall agency effort to reduce the burden on 
applicants by only asking the most essential questions, the agency is 
developing a new application.
    Title: Peace Corps Volunteer Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0420-pending.
    Type of Review: New.
    Affected Public: General public.
    Respondents' Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.
    Burden to the Public:

a. Estimated number of respondents.........  20,000.
b. Estimated average burden per response...  1 hour.
c. Frequency of response...................  one time.
d. Annual reporting burden.................  20,000.
e. Number of applications received           19,800.
 electronically (99%).
f. Number of application received in hard    200.
 copy (1%).
 

    General Description of Collection: The Volunteer Application is 
used by Peace Corps in its assessment of an individual's qualifications 
to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is the document of record for 
an individual's decision to apply for Peace Corps service.
    Request for Comment: Peace Corps invites comments on whether the 
proposed collections of information are 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 February 11, 2013.
Denora Miller,
FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-03440 Filed 2-14-14; 8:45 am]
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