Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request, 70742-70743 [E6-20670]

Agencies

• Corporation for National and Community Service

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70742-70743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20670]


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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 on a revised 
``Application for the President's Higher Education Community Service 
Honor Roll'' which will involve the collection of information from 
institutions of higher education concerning community service 
activities and will provide the basis for the second year of this 
national honor roll and awards program. This second year of the Honor 
Roll program application will include special emphasis on student, 
faculty, and staff tutoring and mentoring activities designed to 
improve the high school graduation and college access rates of 
underachieving youth in disadvantaged circumstances. Copies of the 
information collection request 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 February 5, 2007.

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: Amy Cohen, Director, Room 
9603; 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525. Please note that 
because we are experiencing significant delays in receiving U.S. Mail, 
you may wish to consider alternative mail services.
    (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) 606-3477, Attention: Amy Cohen.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
acohen@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Cohen, (202) 606-6927, or by e-
mail at acohen@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,

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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and
     Propose ways to 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: Recognizing that community service and civic engagement 
are among the historic missions of most colleges and universities, the 
Corporation's Board of Directors has identified Strategic Plan targets 
that include significant increases in: the use of service-learning in 
higher education, the number of college students performing community 
service, and, in particular, the number of college students providing 
tutoring and other services designed to promote the high school 
completion and college access of youth in disadvantaged circumstances. 
The Honor Roll program supports these Strategic Plan goals as well as 
those of the First Lady's Helping America's Youth initiative.
    The first year of the Honor Roll program was extremely successful, 
with 511 colleges submitting applications. Further information about 
the program and first-year Honor Roll members and award winners may be 
found at https://www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll.
    Current Action: As with the first year of the program, information 
collected in the Honor Roll application will include: data on the scope 
and impacts of service projects; estimates of the number of enrolled 
students participating in community service activities; and information 
on institutional supports for service such as academic service-learning 
opportunities, community service coordination offices, and scholarships 
and other benefits in recognition of student service.
    A special emphasis section of the 2007 Honor Roll application will 
solicit descriptions of exemplary service projects focusing on Youth 
Education Support. Last year's special focus section on Hurricane 
Relief has been deleted. Correspondingly, the Presidential Awards for 
Hurricane Relief that were made as part of the 2006 Honor Roll program 
will be replaced by Presidential Awards for Youth Education Support. 
Meanwhile, application guidance will emphasize that information 
concerning new or ongoing hurricane relief efforts may be included 
among the five exemplary project descriptions an institution may submit 
in support of a potential Presidential Award for General Community 
Service. The Corporation will consult with the higher education 
community and others concerning potential special emphasis topics for 
future years.
    The selection of institutions for receipt of Presidential Awards 
under the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll 
program will be based on information provided in the application. The 
deadline for institutions to submit applications is July 15, 2007. It 
is expected that a similar application/ information collection activity 
will be repeated annually, with a similar annual deadline.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Application for the President's Higher Education Community 
Service Honor Roll.
    OMB Number: 3045-0120.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Degree-granting colleges and universities located 
in the U.S. and its territories.
    Total Respondents: 4,236 higher education institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,236 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: November 30, 2006.
Elson Nash,
Associate Director, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National 
and Community Service. .
 [FR Doc. E6-20670 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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