[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71092-71093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23245]
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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, will submit 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 (Pub. L. 104-13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35)). 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 data collection instrument entitled: Field Network Pilot Study
VISTA Cost Sharing Report Form and Survey. The information will be used
by the Corporation's VISTA program to improve its understanding of the
factors that determine cost sharing among VISTA sponsor organizations.
The goal is to develop more effective strategies for encouraging cost
sharing arrangements among VISTA sponsor organizations.
Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY-TDD) may call (202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern
time, Monday through Friday.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section by January 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
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(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Attn: John Foster-Bey, Department of Research and Policy
Development, Rm 10911, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom,
Room 8100, 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: 202-606-3464, Attn: John Foster-Bey, Senior Advisor
to Director for Research and Policy Development.
(4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation 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;
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.
Background
The Corporation has contracted with the Nelson A. Rockefeller
Institute of Government to carry out a Field Network Pilot Study to
analyze the potential for increasing the number of VISTA cost-share
members. The Pilot Study will consider the implications of such
expansion for the organizations where VISTA members serve (hereinafter
``sponsors''), given the Corporation's commitment to serve communities
in need.
The Field Network Pilot Study VISTA Cost-Sharing Report Form and
Survey will be used to assess the reasons why some sponsors cost-share
and others do not; the effects of cost-sharing on sponsors; the
potential for sponsors who are not currently cost-sharing to do so
successfully in the future; current and potential sources of cost-share
funds; and what actions the Corporation should take to help sponsors
cost-share. Independent, local field researchers will be employed in
collecting the information. During the data-gathering phase the
researchers will refer to background information about the Corporation,
the VISTA program, and the Field Network method.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Field Network Pilot Study VISTA Cost Sharing Report Form and
Survey.
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or
tribal governments.
Total Respondents: 1450.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1450 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.
Robert Grimm,
Director, Department of Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 05-23245 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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