[Federal Register: May 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 84)]
[Notices]               
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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.

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:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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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