[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 61 (Thursday, April 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17140-17141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06746]


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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 Applicant Operational and Financial 
Management Survey

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as 
AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by June 1, 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: AmeriCorps, Attention Linda Southcott, 250 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps 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: Linda Southcott, (202) 606-6638, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: Applicant Operational and Financial Management 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0102. Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations OR State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,500.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,000.
    Abstract: This survey is intended to collect information about the 
capacity of applicants to manage federal grant funds. Per 2 CFR 
200.205, AmeriCorps must evaluate the degree of risk posed by an 
applicant. Information from the survey will be used to assess an 
organization's operational and financial management capabilities prior 
to receiving a federal award and may also be used to support future 
monitoring activities, should the applicant receive federal funds from 
AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the currently 
approved information collection until the revised information 
collection is approved by OMB. The currently approved information 
collection is due to expire on 05/31/2021.
    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

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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: March 29, 2021.
Linda Southcott,
Director, Office of Monitoring.
[FR Doc. 2021-06746 Filed 3-31-21; 8:45 am]
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