Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request, 54618 [E6-15406]

Agencies

• Corporation for National and Community Service

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15406]


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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 the 
proposed renewal of its President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) 
application, Parts A, B, C, D, and E. These applications must be 
completed by any organization that is interested in presenting the 
President's Volunteer Service Award. The President's Volunteer Service 
Award was established in 2003 as a recognition program to honor 
Americans who answered the President's call to service and made a 
sustained commitment to volunteer service.
    Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by November 17, 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, Office of the CEO; Attention Kari Dunn, Executive Director 
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation; 1201 New York 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at 
Room 6010 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) 606-3460, Attention Kari Dunn, Executive 
Director President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
kdunn@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Dunn, (202) 606-6708, or by e-
mail at kdunn@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

    In January of 2002, in his State of the Union Address, President 
Bush called on all Americans to dedicate 4,000 hours or two years of 
their lives to volunteer service. He created the USA Freedom Corps, a 
coordinating office at the White House to oversee these efforts and to 
bring increased attention to the ways in which the Administration could 
work together to enhance opportunities for all Americans to serve their 
neighbors and their nation. The response has been positive. Last year, 
64.5 million Americans volunteered, an increase of more than 5 million 
since 2002.
    The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is one initiative 
that grew out of the USA Freedom Corps and the President's Council on 
Service and Civic Participation as a way to honor those Americans who 
were answering the President's call to service. The PVSA application is 
completed by any organization interested in honoring their volunteers 
with the President's Volunteer Service Award. The application may be 
completed electronically using an on-line form at https://
www.presidentialserviceawards.gov. or by printing off and submitting 
the form via mail.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: President's Volunteer Service Award Applications.
    OMB Number: 3045-0086.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit organizations
    Total Respondents: 40,000.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10,000 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: September 8, 2006.
Amy Mack,
Chief of Staff.
 [FR Doc. E6-15406 Filed 9-15-06; 8:45 am]
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