[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 229 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 68487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26223]


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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 Member Application, 
Enrollment and Exit Form

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 a new information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by January 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) By mail to: AmeriCorps, Attention Sharron Tendai, 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: Sharron Tendai, 202-606-3904, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Collection: AmeriCorps Member Application, Enrollment, and 
Exit Form.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0054. Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 521,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 386,833.
    Abstract: AmeriCorps is soliciting comments concerning its proposed 
new AmeriCorps Member Application, Enrollment, and Exit Form. 
Applicants will respond to the questions included in this information 
collection tool to apply to serve as AmeriCorps members, enroll in the 
National Service Trust, and exit their term of service. AmeriCorps also 
seeks to continue using a currently approved information collection 
until the new information collection is approved by OMB. The currently 
approved information collections are due to expire on February 28, 2022 
and July 31, 2024.
    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: November 29, 2021.
Erin Dahlin,
Deputy Chief of Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-26223 Filed 12-1-21; 8:45 am]
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