Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the

``Corporation'') has submitted the following public information

collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of these

individual ICRs, with applicable supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Corporation for National and Community Service,

Office of Evaluation, Carol Hafford, (202) 606-5000, extension 232.

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD)

may call (202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation for National and

Community Service, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316, within 30 days from the date of

this publication in the Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:

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;

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 to 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.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.

Title: AmeriCorps*VISTA 1999 Project Accomplishment Survey.

OMB Number: 3045-0020 (expired).

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: AmeriCorps*VISTA projects that have been active

for at least nine months prior to September 30, 1999.

Total Respondents: FY 1999--946; FY 2000--1,182, FY 2001--1,182.

Frequency: Annually.

Average Time Per Response: FY 1999--1 hour; FY 2000--30 minutes; FY

2001--30 minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: FY 1999--946 hours; FY 2000--591

hours; FY 2001--591 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.

Description

One of the missions of the Corporation is to ``provide

opportunities to engage in service that addresses the nation's unmet

human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs'' (42 U.S.C.

12501(b)). Through the AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to

America) program, the Corporation supports VISTA's 34 year mission to

engage Americans in community service activities and build the capacity

of low-income communities. AmeriCorps*VISTA activities address issues

of poverty and poverty-related problems by generating private sector

resources, encouraging volunteer service at the local level, and

strengthening the capacity of local organizations and agencies to meet

the needs of low-income communities.

VISTA is a full-time, full-year service program for men and women

ages 18 and older. AmeriCorps*VISTA places federally funded national

service participants in ongoing programs managed by public agencies or

private, nonprofit organizations. AmeriCorps*VISTA members work within

these agencies or organizations to help them expand services to people

in economically disadvantaged communities. Members are involved in a

wide variety of community-oriented efforts, such as developing literacy

programs, organizing outreach programs in health care, training low-

income people in business management, and establishing transitional

housing programs for the homeless. Since 1996, the Corporation has

conducted an annual survey and collected data from AmeriCorps*VISTA

projects to describe program accomplishments. These responses assist

the Corporation in addressing policy and programming issues about

AmeriCorps*VISTA and

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the projects it supports throughout the country.

Therefore, the Corporation seeks approval of a survey form to

collect data from a sample of AmeriCorps*VISTA projects. The 1999

AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Accomplishments Survey will be administered by

mail. In FY 2000 and FY 2001 the data will be collected through a

computerized data tracking system. The survey will cover VISTA project

activities and accomplishments during the 12-month period of October 1,

1998, through September 30, 1999. Approximately 1,182 projects will be

surveyed, of which we expect 946 respondents. The survey will collect

data on project characteristics and on specific AmeriCorps*VISTA

activities and accomplishments in each of seven program emphasis areas

and in organizational capacity building. Accomplishment data from the

FY 1999 survey will be used to provide a report on AmeriCorps*VISTA

accomplishments to the Congress in FY 2000 and to satisfy the

Government and Performance and Results Act of 1993 requirements.

Dated: August 26, 1999.

Thomasenia P. Duncan,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 99-22665 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]

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