[Federal Register: June 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 118)]
[Notices]               
[Page 35417]
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 requirement on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning its 
proposed voluntary online registration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
of Service projects. Copies of the information collection request can 
be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section by August 21, 2006.

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, Attention: Rhonda Taylor, Project Officer, Room 10303, 1201 
New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom, 
at Room 8102C, at the street 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: Rhonda Taylor, Project 
Officer, Office of Public Affairs.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
rtaylor@cns.gov.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Taylor, (202) 606-6721, or by 
e-mail at rtaylor@cns.gov.

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,
     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.

I. Background

    The Corporation for National and Community Service administers 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Service Day as part of the National Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12653(s)). To support the success of this service day, 
the Corporation for National and Community Service seeks to help 
promote this program to potential participants through a voluntary 
online project registration. Martin Luther King, Jr., Service Day 
projects, whether funded by the Corporation or not, will be able to 
register their projects, indicate if they need additional volunteers, 
and list specific project details. The information collected will be 
used to post the projects on the Corporation's Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Service Day Web site at http://www.MLKDay.gov and to contact these 

projects to provide support materials such as toolkits and posters. 
This information is used to determine that there is a diversity of 
projects and a sufficient saturation of locations to provide volunteers 
with opportunities to participate. The collection of this information 
will help the Corporation focus its resources in the most efficient 
manner.
    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service Project 
Registration.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Organizations operating Martin Luther King, Jr., 
Day of Service projects.
    Total Respondents: 2,000.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Average Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 13,334 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: June 13, 2006.
Rhonda Taylor,
Acting Director, Office of Public Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-9602 Filed 6-19-06; 8:45 am]