[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 219 (Thursday, November 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71887-71888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24945]


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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 Disaster Response Cooperative 
Agreement

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 January 11, 2021.

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: Luke Wigle, 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.
    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: Luke Wigle, 202-409-4791, or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Application Package for Renewal of the 
Disaster Response Cooperative Agreement.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0133. Type of Review: Renewal.

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    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,960.
    Abstract: CNCS, operating as AmeriCorps, seeks renewal of the 
current information collection pursuant to the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) and the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) The information 
collected will be used to help CNCS more effectively utilize its 
deployable resources to meet the needs of disaster affected 
communities. A better understanding of the participating programs will 
allow CNCS to match the capabilities of the programs to the needs of 
the communities and will allow better asset mapping and resource 
typing. Additionally, the information collected will allow CNCS to 
conduct better outreach to interested programs by providing them with 
more information about CNCS disaster procedures, reimbursement 
requirements, and support services offered.
    The revisions are intended to streamline the application process 
and ensure interested programs meet the appropriate programmatic and 
fiscal requirements to successfully execute disaster response 
activities. Additionally, the supporting forms will help CNCS identify 
and deploy programs more effectively and efficiently, matching the 
capabilities of the programs to the needs of the communities requesting 
assistance. The additional tools and forms under the DRCA will allow 
for effective information collection during a disaster event as well as 
assess the capacity of all DRCA programs throughout the year. 
Information will be collected electronically through completion of the 
forms and emailed to CNCS. The information collection will otherwise be 
used in the same manner as the existing application.
    CNCS also seeks to continue using the current application until the 
revised application is approved by OMB. The current application is due 
to expire on March 30, 2021.
    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: October 28, 2020.
Jacob Sgambati,
Acting Deputy Director, AmeriCorps NCCC.
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