[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83536-83537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26266]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Disaster Response Cooperative Agreement Application

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 January 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) Electronically through www.regulations.gov (preferred method).
    (2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, Attention: Rita Pratte, 250 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
    (3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at 
the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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: Rita Pratte, 202-815-5719, or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Disaster Response Cooperative Agreement 
Application.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0133.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,960.
    Abstract: AmeriCorps seeks renewal of the current information 
collection pursuant to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) and the National and Community Service Act of 
1990, (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) The information collected is used to 
help AmeriCorps more effectively use its deployable resources to meet 
the needs of communities affected by disaster. An understanding of the 
participating programs allows AmeriCorps to match the capabilities of 
the programs to the needs of the communities and will allow better 
asset mapping and resource typing. Additionally, the information 
collected will allow AmeriCorps to conduct better outreach to 
interested programs by providing them with more information about the 
Agency's disaster procedures, reimbursement requirements, and support 
services offered. This information collection ensures interested 
programs meet the appropriate programmatic and fiscal requirements to 
successfully execute disaster response activities. It also helps 
AmeriCorps identify and deploy programs effectively and efficiently, 
matching the capabilities of the programs to the needs of the 
communities asking for assistance. The forms under the DRCA allow for 
effective information collection during a disaster event as well as 
assess the capacity of all DRCA programs throughout the year. 
Information is collected electronically through completion of the forms 
and emailed to AmeriCorps. The current application is due to expire on 
March 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

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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.

Walter Goodson,
Director, AmeriCorps NCCC.
[FR Doc. 2023-26266 Filed 11-29-23; 8:45 am]
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