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Dated: October 4, 2006.
Kristin McSwain,
Director, AmeriCorps State and National.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Corporation for National
and Community Service (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. 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
AmeriCorps Application Instructions:
States without Commissions. These
application instructions are used by
current and prospective grantees to
apply for funds for these programs.
Copies of the information collection
request 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
December 11, 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,
AmeriCorps State and National, Amy
Borgstrom, Associate Director for Policy,
1201 New York Ave., 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.
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(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3476,
Attention Amy Borgstrom, Associate
Director for Policy.
(4) Electronically through the
Corporation’s e-mail address system:
aborgstrom@cns.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Borgstrom, (202) 606–6930 or by email at aborgstrom@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: AmeriCorps grants are
generally awarded to eligible
organizations to recruit, train, and
manage AmeriCorps members who
address unmet community needs.
AmeriCorps members are individuals
who engage in community service.
Members may receive a living allowance
during their term of service. Upon
successful completion of their service
members receive an education award
from the National Service Trust.
Roughly three quarters of all
AmeriCorps grant funding goes to
Governor-appointed state service
commissions which award subgrants to
nonprofit organizations in their States.
The AmeriCorps Application
Instructions: States without
Commissions, are used by applicants
interested in these programs. The
application is completed electronically
using eGrants, the Corporation’s Webbased grants management system.
Current Action: The Corporation seeks
to separate the current application
instructions into two separate sets of
instructions in order to increase clarity
and ease of use. The application will be
used in the same manner as the existing
application. The Corporation also seeks
to continue using the current
application instructions until the
revised application instructions are
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approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The current
application instructions are due to
expire on April 30, 2009.
Type of Review: New, previously part
of 3045–0047.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: AmeriCorps Application
Instructions: States without
Commissions.
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: State governments.
Total Respondents: 1,500 potential
subgrantees and 54 State commissions
submitting State competitive and State
formula grant requests.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time per Response: 24 hours
for potential subgrantees, 24 hours for
State commissions submitting State
competitive requests, 8 hours for State
commissions submitting state formula
requests.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 37,728
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 OMB
approval of the information collection
request; they will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: October 4, 2006.
Kristin McSwain,
Director, AmeriCorps State and National.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
helps to ensure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
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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 Learn and Serve
America Progress Report. These reports
must be completed by all Learn and
Serve America grantees in order to
ensure appropriate Federal oversight,
determine progress toward meeting
program objectives and to make
decisions related to continuation
funding.
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
December 11, 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, Learn
and Serve America; Attention: Cara
Patrick; 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) 606–3477,
Attention: Cara Patrick, Learn and Serve
America.
(4) Electronically through the
Corporation’s e-mail address system:
cpatrick@cns.gov.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara
Patrick, (202) 606–6905, or by e-mail at
cpatrick@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
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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
Learn and Serve America provides
grants to state education agencies,
higher education institutions, tribes and
U.S. Territories, national nonprofits and
state commissions on national and
community service to implement
service-learning programs. To ensure
appropriate oversight of Federal funds,
Learn and Serve America requires all
grant recipients to submit Progress
Reports describing grant activities and
progress toward approved program
objectives. Information received from
the reports informs continuation
funding decisions and how to target
training and technical assistance.
Progress Report instructions will be
available from the agency Web site and
should be completed through our grants
management system, eGrants.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: Learn and Serve America
Progress Report.
OMB Number: 3045–0089.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: State and Local
Government, Not-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 103.
Frequency: Twice annually.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 412
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: October 3, 2006.
Amy Cohen,
Director, Learn and Serve America.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical
Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS); Fiscal Year 2007
Diagnosis Related Group (DRF)
Updates
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice of DRG revised rates.
SUMMARY: This notice describes the
changes made to the TRICARE DRGbased payment system in order to
conform to changes made to the
Medicare Prospective Payment System
(PPS).
It also provides the updated fixed loss
cost outliner threshold, cost-to-charge
ratios and the Internet address for
accessing the updated adjusted
standardized amount and DRG relative
weights to be used for FY 2007 under
the TRICARE DRG-based payment
system.
Effective Dates: The rates,
weights and Medicare PPS changes
which affect the TRICARE DRG-based
payment system contained in this notice
are effective for admissions occurring on
or after October 1, 2006.
DATES:
TRICARE Management
Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Systems, 16401 East
Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–
9066.
ADDRESSES:
Ann
N. Fazzini, Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Systems, TMA,
telephone (303) 676–3803.
Questions regarding payment of
specific claims under the TRICARE
DRG-based payment system should be
addressed to the appropriate contractor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The final
rule published on September 1, 1987 (52
FR 32993) set forth the basic procedures
used under the CHAMPUS DRG-based
payment system. This was subsequently
amended by final rules published
August 31, 1988 (53 FR 33461), October
21, 1988 (53 FR 41331), December 16,
1988 (53 FR 50515), May 30, 1990 (55
FR 21863), October 22, 1990 (55 FR
42560), and September 10, 1998 (63 FR
48439).
An explicit tenet of these final rules,
and one based on the statute authorizing
the use of DRGs by TRICARE, is that the
TRICARE DRG-based payment system is
modeled on the Medicare PPS, and that,
whenever practicable, the TRICARE
system will follow the same rules that
apply to the Medicare PPS. The Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) publishes these changes annually
in the Federal Register and discusses in
detail the impact of the changes.
In addition, this notice updates the
rates and weights in accordance with
our previous final rules. The actual
changes we are making, along with a
description of their relationship to the
Medicare PPS, are detailed below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps
to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
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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 Learn and Serve America Progress Report. These
reports must be completed by all Learn and Serve America grantees in
order to ensure appropriate Federal oversight, determine progress
toward meeting program objectives and to make decisions related to
continuation funding.
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 December 11, 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, Learn and Serve America; Attention: Cara Patrick; 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) 606-3477, Attention: Cara Patrick, Learn and
Serve America.
(4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system:
cpatrick@cns.gov.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara Patrick, (202) 606-6905, or by e-
mail at cpatrick@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
Learn and Serve America provides grants to state education
agencies, higher education institutions, tribes and U.S. Territories,
national nonprofits and state commissions on national and community
service to implement service-learning programs. To ensure appropriate
oversight of Federal funds, Learn and Serve America requires all grant
recipients to submit Progress Reports describing grant activities and
progress toward approved program objectives. Information received from
the reports informs continuation funding decisions and how to target
training and technical assistance.
Progress Report instructions will be available from the agency Web
site and should be completed through our grants management system,
eGrants.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Learn and Serve America Progress Report.
OMB Number: 3045-0089.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: State and Local Government, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 103.
Frequency: Twice annually.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 412 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: October 3, 2006.
Amy Cohen,
Director, Learn and Serve America.
[FR Doc. E6-16839 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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