Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37934-37935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17894]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the 
``Corporation'') has submitted the

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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 (Pub. L. 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, Marcia Scott, (202) 606-
5000, extension 100. 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: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Assessment of the Value-added Effect of National Service 
Programs on the Communities They Serve.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: AmeriCorps*State/National partner organizations 
and Community representatives including, leaders community groups, and 
service providers.
    Total Respondents: Approximately 540.
    Frequency: One time.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 270 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*State/National 
program, the Corporation supports the efforts of local, state and 
national organizations that engage American adults in results-
driven community service. Community service efforts include, but 
are not limited to: providing tutoring and immunization services 
for pre-school through twelfth grade children, and recruiting and 
training volunteers in local communities to provide health and 
independent living assistance to community residents, housing 
assistance to the homeless, community policing activities, and 
services to reduce environmental risk.

    When originally presented in the Federal Register, a sample of 540 
community representatives was proposed. However, subsequent statistical 
power calculations suggested that an average of two respondents from 
each of the 240 selected sites ( a total of 480 respondents) would 
provide the degree of accuracy required for the proposed assessment. 
Therefore, the respondent burden is decreased by 60 respondents and 30 
hours.
    The Corporation has placed a priority on evaluating the outcomes of 
these efforts. A primary goal of the Corporation is that communities 
will be made stronger through the services its programs provide. In 
addition to outcomes, key considerations in determining a number of 
policy and programming issues in Corporation programs are program 
impact and net societal benefit. This data collection will address not 
only the value that communities place on the outcomes achieved by 
national service programs, but also whether the outcomes would have 
occurred in the absence of the programs.
    The Corporation seeks approval of a survey form for the evaluation 
of the Corporation's AmeriCorps*State/National programs that it 
supports through grants. The survey will allow for the enhancement of 
the Corporation's future efforts in devising methods to measure 
progress toward its goals. It also may contribute important information 
to the knowledge base of the community service field by identifying 
essential program components that lead to valued outcomes and program 
effectiveness.

    Dated: July 8, 1999.
Thomas L. Bryant,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-17894 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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