[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2429-2430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00682]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Application Package for the AmeriCorps Alumni Outcome Survey

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, CNCS 
is proposing to renew an information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by March 19, 2018.

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; Attention Adrienne DiTommaso, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC, 
20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the CNCS mailroom at the mail 
address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
    (3) Electronically through www.regulations.gov.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-
TDD) may call 1-800-833-3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time, Monday through Friday.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through regulations.gov. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send 
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this 
public comment request containing any routine notice about the 
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment 
that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion 
of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne DiTommaso, 202-606-3611, or 
by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: AmeriCorps Alumni Outcome Survey.
    OMB Control Number: #3045-0170.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents/Affected Public: AmeriCorps Members.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3000.
    Total Estimated Annual Frequency: One time.
    Total Estimated Average Response Time per Response: 25 Minutes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,250 Hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.

Abstract

    CNCS seeks to renew the current information request with revisions 
to the survey administered in 2015 (OMB

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#3045-0170). Information will be collected from a nationally 
representative sample of AmeriCorps alumni who served in AmeriCorps 
NCCC, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps State and National programs and 
completed their most recent term of service 2, 5, or 10 years ago.
    Information will be collected from AmeriCorps Alumni through an 
online survey that will be administered by a contractor on behalf of 
CNCS. The purpose of the survey is to better understand the long-term 
civic participation and career pathways of AmeriCorps alumni, the 
acquisition of hard and soft career skills obtained through national 
service, and the utilization of the Education Award and its effect on 
future post-secondary outcomes and career choices. These data may also 
be matched to administrative data collected by the US Census for the 
Longitudinal Employment and Household Data Set and by the National 
Student Clearinghouse in order to assess both employment and education 
outcomes within the national population. In addition, the agency is 
interested in exploring how member outcomes vary by life stage and by 
different types of service experiences. This survey is also an 
opportunity to determine the value of data collected from alumni who 
are at different stages following their service year for informing 
policy and program decisions. CNCS also seeks to continue using the 
current clearance until the revised survey is approved by OMB. The 
current clearance is due to expire on 4/30/18.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. All written comments will be available for 
public inspection on regulations.gov.

    Dated: January 9, 2018.
Mary Morris Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2018-00682 Filed 1-16-18; 8:45 am]
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