[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24164-24165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11643]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request.
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 preclearance
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. & 3508(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 Program Development Assistance and Training (PDAT) Budget
Form.
Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the address section of this
notice.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section by July 2, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Corporation for National and Community
Service, Office of Evaluation and Effective Practices--Training and
Technical Assistance, Attn: Jim Ekstrom, 1201 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20525.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ekstrom, (202) 606-5000, ext. 139.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
In the past Program Development Assistance and Training (PDAT)
Budget information was requested informally without the form being
proposed in this notice. As a result, the PDAT financial information
submitted to the Corporation by applicants did not consistently provide
the information that was requested. The Corporation anticipates that
the use of the one-page budget form being proposed here will result in
the submission of more complete PDAT-related financial information by
the applicants.
B. Current Action
Each year the Corporation seeks to collect PDAT budget information
from the 48 state commissions on national and community service. The
information that will be collected on the proposed one-page PDAT budget
form will be used during the Corporation's annual review of PDAT
applications. The proposed PDAT budget form will be useful to the
Corporation in the PDAT application review process that leads to the
allocation of PDAT funds to the state commissions.
Type of Review: New form.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Title: Program Development Assistance and Training (PDAT) Budget
Form.
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: The 48 state commissions on national and community
service.
Total Respondents: 48.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time Per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 96 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: April 28, 1998.
Kenneth L. Klothen,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-11643 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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