[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76542-76543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26252]


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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 AmeriCorps VISTA Application and 
Reporting Forms

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 a revised information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by January 29, 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 Kelly Daly, 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: Kelly Daly, 202-606-6849, or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: AmeriCorps VISTA 
Application and Reporting Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0038. Type of Review: Revision.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Organizations and State, Local or 
Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 850.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20,450.
    Abstract: AmeriCorps VISTA is revising its application and 
reporting forms to remove duplicative questions, improve readability, 
and reflect changes in reporting requirements. The VISTA Progress 
Report and Progress Report Supplement allow sponsors to report on their 
programmatic and performance progress. CNCS also seeks to continue 
using the currently approved information collection until the new 
information collection is approved by OMB. The currently approved 
information collection is due to expire on March 31, 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.


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    Dated: November 20, 2020.
Desiree Tucker-Sorini,
Director, AmeriCorps VISTA.
[FR Doc. 2020-26252 Filed 11-27-20; 8:45 am]
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