87 FR 132 pg. 41297 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application Package for Grantee Progress Report (GPR) Data Collection

Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 132Page: 41297
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-14730 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application Package for Grantee Progress Report (GPR) Data Collection

AGENCY:

The Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION:

Notice of information collection; request for comment.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.

DATES:

Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office listed in the ADDRESSES section by September 12, 2022.

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: AmeriCorps, Attention Sarah Foster, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.

(3) Electronically through www.regulations.gov .

Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available to the public through regulations.gov . For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah Foster, 202-606-6755, or by email at sfoster@cns.gov .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Grantee Progress Report (GPR) Data Collection.

OMB Control Number: 3045-0184. Type of Review: Renewal.

Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations; State, Local or Tribal Governments.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 454 (350 AmeriCorps State and National grantees, 52 Commission Support Grant grantees, and 52 Commission Investment Fund grantees).

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,534.

Abstract: AmeriCorps uses information collected via the Grantee Progress Reports to assess grantee progress toward meeting approved objectives, to identify areas of challenge and opportunity, to guide the allocation of training and technical assistance resources, and to compile portfolio-wide data to report to external stakeholders. AmeriCorps seeks to continue using the currently-approved information collection until the revised information collection is approved by OMB. The currently-approved information collection is due to expire on October 31, 2022.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All written comments will be available for public inspection on regulations.gov .

Dated: June 22, 2022.

Sonali Nijhawan,

Director, AmeriCorps State and National.

[FR Doc. 2022-14730 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]

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