[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4978-4979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01511]


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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; AmeriCorps All-Partner Training and Technical Assistance 
Survey

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating 
as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request 
(ICR) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of this ICR, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling AmeriCorps, Nancy 
Ferguson, at 202-569-1395 or by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB is particularly interested in 
comments which:

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     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of CNCS, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions;
     Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and
     Propose ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments

    A 60-day Notice requesting public comment was published in the 
Federal Register on November 11, 2022 at 65753-65754. This comment 
period ended January 3, 2023. Three public comments were received from 
this Notice. Each commenter expressed support for conducting the 
training and technical assistance surveys and believed the burden to be 
reasonable. Most comments related to the wording of some of the survey 
questions, and AmeriCorps generally re-worded these questions to 
clarify what we are asking and to fix some mistakes. Some suggestions 
were made to add information to the demographic questions (e.g., 
additional options to select, information to help respondents quickly 
identify their regions). For the most part, these changes were made. 
For a few questions, we added an ``other'' option to elicit suggestions 
for additional training topics we might not have thought of, in 
addition to the main topics listed in the original survey. Two 
commenters suggested we consider providing a paper copy of the survey 
ts respondents can consider the questions ahead of time before 
completing the electronic survey. We will provide a link on the website 
to a printable copy of the survey.
    Title of Collection: AmeriCorps All-Partner Training and Technical 
Assistance Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-NEW.
    Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: AmeriCorps grantees and sponsors who 
have VISTA, AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps Seniors, and Days 
of Service/Volunteer Generation Fund awards.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 101,000 responses.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 14,083.
    Abstract: This new collection represents 3 different surveys: The 
AmeriCorps All-Partner Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Survey 
is designed to gather information about the experiences our grantees 
and sponsors have with our current TTA so that we can improve how we 
develop and provide TTA to our partners in the future. The changes 
brought on with the Agency's restructuring, rebranding, and the website 
overhaul have affected the TTA we provide to our grantees and sponsors. 
This survey is meant to provide a current baseline for how grantees/
sponsors access, use, and receive our current TTA. Grantees and 
sponsors, as the target audience for the training we develop, have 
insight that can help AmeriCorps improve our trainings and our internal 
processes around training development. The Post-Training eLearning 
Survey and the Post-Training Live Webinar Survey are designed to 
collect feedback on specific trainings immediately after they are taken 
by granees/sponsors. These surveys are an essential piece to effective 
instructional design and training because they allow us to get direct 
feedback on individual trainings from their target audience. This 
feedback will help us correct errors, clarify issues, determine what 
other trianing needs exist--all of which will help us improve the 
quality of training we provide to grantees and sponsors. Together, 
these surveys will help us better support the recipients of AmeriCorps 
awards to manage their awards more effectively and efficiently. This is 
a new information collection.

Margery Ansara,
Acting Chief of Program Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-01511 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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