Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service

(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to

reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance

consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies

with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing

collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps

to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of

collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning its

proposed renewal of its AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress Report, OMB

3045-0043. This form is used to collect information from project

sponsors, site supervisors and members to periodically report on

activities listed in an approved application.

Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by

contacting the office listed below in the address section of this

notice.

The Corporation is particularly interested in comments that:

Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the

Corporation, 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 used;

Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and

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 (e.g., permitting

electronic submissions of responses).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section on or before May 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to, Corporation for National and Community

Service, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Attn: Ava Castanuela, 1201 New York Ave.,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20525.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ava Castanuela (202) 606-5000, ext.

462.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I

I. Background

The information contained in the AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress

Report is used to periodically collect information from project

sponsors and site supervisors, and on activities listed in an approved

application. In the past the form has, for the most part, collected

quantitative information based on the goals and objectives of the

approved application work plan.

II. Current Action

The Corporation seeks to renew the revised AmeriCorps*VISTA Project

Progress Report. The need to update the form is necessary to gather

information on the impact and quality of the change a project makes

within a community. Currently, with the form gathering quantitative

information, quality and impact are frequently not mentioned by the

reporting project. Although impact is not a new focus of

AmeriCorps*VISTA projects, the process of systematically documenting

these effects is.

Type of Review: Renewal.

Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.

Title: AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress Report.

OMB Number: 3045-0043.

Agency Number: None.

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Affected Public: AmeriCorps*VISTA project sponsors, site

supervisors and members.

Total Respondents: 900.

Frequency: 4 times per year.

Average Time Per Response: 3 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10800 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): 0.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized

and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection request; they will also become a

matter of public record.

Dated: March 2, 1998.

Kenneth L. Klothen,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98-5813 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]

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