Revision of the National Senior Service Corps' Project Profile and Volunteer Activity (PPVA) Information Collection Instruments

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Revision of the National Senior Service Corps' Project Profile

and Volunteer Activity (PPVA) Information Collection Instruments

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of 30-day OMB review of final revised PPVA information

collection instruments.

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SUMMARY: In December 1995, the National Senior Service Corps (NSSC)

announced a 60-day review and comment period during which project

sponsors and the public were encouraged to submit comments on revised

draft PPVA information collection instruments used to annually collect

project and aggregate volunteer demographic and activity information

from project sponsors funded under the Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program (RSVP), Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), and Senior Companion

Program (SCP).

Comments were invited on (1) whether the proposed instruments

collected information appropriate and sufficient to meet operational

management, planning and reporting needs of the Senior Corps programs;

(2) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information

to be collected; (3) accuracy of agency estimates of reporting burden;

and (4) ways to further reduce burden while meeting program needs.

Following that review and comment period, NSSC made final revisions

to respond to project concerns and is now submitting the instruments to

OMB for approval. Revisions made to address project concerns included

changing the reporting period, providing projects more time to submit

reports, delaying the submission date of the next report, incorporating

station-type revisions recommended by projects, and regrouping and

revising sponsor type categories. For RSVP, some service category/BHN

codes were revised to reflect the major service hours groupings. None

of the changes will impact on reporting burden.

DATES: The National Senior Service Corps and the Office of Management

and Budget will consider written comments on the proposed instruments

and recordkeeping requirements received on or before May 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES TO SEND COMMENTS TO BOTH:

Janice Forney Fisher, NSSC, Rm 9403A, Corp. for National Service, 1201

New York Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20525

Deborah Bonds, Office of Info. & Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING OR DISCLOSURE BURDEN: 8,228 hours

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Total

Annual Average annual

Program Number of responses burden per burden on

respondents per respondent all

respondent (hours) respondents

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RSVP........................................................ 758 1 8.1 6,140

FGP......................................................... 277 1 5.1 1,413

SCP......................................................... 185 1 3.7 685

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*This document will be made available in alternate format upon request. TDD (202) 606-5000 ext. 164.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Forney Fisher (202) 606-5000

ext. 275.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY: National Service Trust Act of 1993.

Dated: April 10, 1996.

Thomas E. Endres,

Deputy Director, National Senior Service Corps.

[FR Doc. 96-9341 Filed 4-15-96; 8:45 am]

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