[Federal Register: September 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 181)]
[Notices]
[Page 55115]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
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. 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 requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed renewal of its Volunteer Service Hour Tracking Tool (Record of
Service). The Record of Service was established in 2002 as a tool to
help Americans answer the President's call to service and keep track of
their volunteer service hours.
Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the address section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Office of Public Affairs; Attention Kari Dunn, Executive
Director, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation; 1201
New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at
Room 8410 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 606-3460, Attention Kari Dunn, Executive
Director, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
(4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system:
kdunn@cns.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Dunn, (202) 606-6708, or by e-
mail at kdunn@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 expected to respond, including 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).
Background
In January of 2002, in his State of the Union Address, President
Bush called on all Americans to dedicate 4,000 hours or two years of
their lives to volunteer service. He created the USA Freedom Corps, a
coordinating office at the White House, to oversee these efforts and to
bring increased attention to the ways in which the Administration could
work together to enhance opportunities for all Americans to serve their
neighbors and their nation. The response has been positive. Last year,
64.5 million Americans volunteered, an increase of more than 5 million
since 2002.
In support of the President's call to service, the Corporation
created an electronic Record of Service to provide the general public a
way to track their service activities and individually record their
volunteer service hours. Use of this tracking tool is 100 percent
electronic in that users establish a user ID and password that
automatically creates an account which is only accessible to that
individual user. The Record of Service can only be updated by the user
who established the account. The Record of Service has received heavy
public use and is a primary way for individuals to track their
eligibility for the President's Volunteer Service Award.
Individuals may link to this tracking tool through the USA Freedom
Corps Web site at http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov or the President's Volunteer Service Award Web site at, http://
http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.
Current Action
The Corporation seeks to renew the current Record of Service. The
Record of Service will be used in the same manner as the existing
Record of Service.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Volunteer Service Hour Tracking Tool.
OMB Number: 3045-0077.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: General Public.
Total Respondents: 100,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time Per Response: 3 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,000 hours.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintenance): None.
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: September 13, 2005.
Sandy Scott,
Acting Director, Office of Public Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-18611 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]