[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61671-61672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24312]


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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 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 December 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Denora Miller, FOIA/Privacy 
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: Peace Corps uses the confidential reference 
form in order to learn from someone, who knows a volunteer applicant 
and his or her background, whether the applicant possesses the 
necessary characteristics and skills to serve as a Volunteer.
    OMB Control Number: 0420-0006.
    Title: Peace Corps Confidential Reference Form.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Respondents' Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.
    Burden to the Public:
    a. Average Number of Annual Applicants (complete the application 
process): 20,000.
    b. Number of reference required per applicant: 2.
    c. Estimated Number of reference forms received: 40,000.
    d. Frequency of response: One time.
    e. Completion time: 10 minutes.
    f. Annual burden hours: 6,667.
    General Description of Collection: The Peace Corps Confidential 
Reference Form provides information concerning an applicant's skills 
and character from people who are familiar with the applicant, such 
information exist nowhere else. The Placement team, in the Office of 
Volunteer Recruitment and Selection, uses the Peace Corps Confidential 
Reference Form as an integral part of the selection process to 
determine whether an applicant is likely to succeed as a Peace Corps 
volunteer.
    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

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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 October 7, 2014.

    Dated: October 7, 2014.
Denora Miller,
FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-24312 Filed 10-10-14; 8:45 am]
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