[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 145 (Monday, July 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49453-49454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16085]


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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 Application Questions

AGENCY: The 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 September 29, 2023.

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 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 Application Questions.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0187. Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 
Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 13,200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 79,200.
    Abstract: The generic application questions are used by applicants 
for funding through AmeriCorps competitions. The application is 
completed electronically using the Agency's web-based grants management 
system or submitted via email. 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 October 30, 2023.
    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

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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.

Danielle Melfi,
Chief Program Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16085 Filed 7-28-23; 8:45 am]
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