[Federal Register: March 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 60)]
[Notices]
[Page 16276-16277]
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 renewal of its Interest Accrual Form. 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 May 27, 2008.
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, National Service Trust; Attention Bruce Kellogg, 1201 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at
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) 606-3484, Attention Bruce Kellogg.
(4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system:
bkellogg@cns.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Kellogg, (202) 606-6954, or by
e-mail at: bkellogg@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
This form or its electronic equivalent is used by AmeriCorps
members to request a payment of the interest accruing on qualified
loans during the AmeriCorps member's term of service, if their loans
were in forbearance during their service and if they successfully
complete their terms of service. The form serves to give the member's
permission to and directs the loan holder to release loan information
to the Corporation so that the National Service Trust can make the
interest payment. The form has a ``Manual'' version generated from the
online request when the institution is not registered online, which
provides the member's electronic signature; the non-electronic version
provides a space for the member and the loan holder to sign.
Current Action
The Corporation seeks to renew the current form. The application
will be used in the same manner as the existing application. The
Corporation also seeks to continue using the current application until
the revised application is approved by OMB. The current application is
due to expire on July 31, 2008.
Type of Review: Renewal.
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Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Interest Accrual Form.
OMB Number: 3045-0053.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Individuals who have completed a term of national
service who wish the National Service Trust to pay certain interest
accruing on qualified student loans.
Total Respondents: 4,000 responses annually, using the paper form.
Frequency: Some members do not have qualified student loans while
others have several. Currently, over half of the interest payments are
processed electronically. The Corporation expects the use of paper
forms to decrease over the next few years.
Average Time per Response: Total of 10 minutes (one minute for the
AmeriCorps member's section (non-electronic version) and nine minutes
for the loan holder).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 667 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: March 20, 2008.
Maggie Taylor-Coates,
Manager (Acting), National Service Trust.
[FR Doc. E8-6283 Filed 3-26-08; 8:45 am]