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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights
Request for an Extension to a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights’ (OASCR)
intention to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for an extension of the currently
approved information collection for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/
1994 Tribal Scholars Program.
As required by Departmental
Regulation 1350–001, Tribal
Consultations, (Consultation on
Regulations) has been met in a
meaningful and timely manner. The
partnership between USDA and Tribal
Colleges and Universities (TCU) is
defined by a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) signed on February 6,
2008, between USDA and the American
Indian Higher Education Consortium
(AIHEC). This MOA convenes USDA
Mission Area leadership, TCU
Presidents and AIHEC to jointly develop
the USDA/1994 Program Office and its
programs, to include the Tribal Scholars
Program. USDA has presented its
proposals for the Tribal Scholars
Program to Indian tribal leaders through
the invitation of the National Congress
of American Indians in 2008 and to TCU
president members of the USDA/AIHEC
Leadership Group, most recently in
2009 and beginning in 2005.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 23, 2009 to be assured
of consideration.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Lawrence Shorty, Director,
USDA/1994 Program, OASCR, USDA,
1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250; phone (202)
720–1772: fax: (202) 205–3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars
Program.
OMB Number: 0503–0016.
Expiration Date of Approval: August
31, 2009.
Type of Request: Extension to the
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the USDA/
1994 Tribal Scholars Program is to
strengthen the long-term partnership
between USDA and the 1994 LandGrant TCUs to increase the number of
students studying and graduating in the
food, agriculture, and natural resources
and other related fields of study, and
offer career opportunities to increase the
pool of scientists and professionals to
annually fill 50,000 jobs in the food,
agricultural, and natural resources
system.
This partnership effort is a joint
human capital initiative between USDA
and the Nation’s thirty-two 1994 LandGrant TCUs. This employment program
offers a combination of work experience
and academic study leading to career
positions within USDA through a
Student Career Experience Program
(SCEP) designed to integrate classroom
study with paid work experience. The
program is conducted in accordance
with a planned schedule and a working
agreement between USDA agencies, the
student, and the Land-Grant Institution.
Summary of Collection: The USDA/
1994 Tribal Scholars Program
Application will request from
applicants information such as the
following: biographical information;
educational background; an official high
school or college transcript; declaration
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of major, resume, schools attended in
the last 4 years; advanced or special
programs; courses or summer courses
taken; name of the 1994 TCU in which
the student wishes to enroll; course of
study the applicant wishes to pursue;
type of scholarship support the
applicant is applying for (1-year, 2-year;
3-year or 4-year scholarship support);
whether the applicant is currently
enrolled in or is planning to enroll in an
Associate Degree (2-year) program with
no plans to continue to a Bachelor’s
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Degree; whether the applicant intends to
transfer to a 4-year Bachelor’s Degree
program and in what course of study;
whether there is a desire to obtain a
Master’s or higher degree; activities
participated in outside of school;
volunteer services or jobs held during
last 3 years, including summer
employment; a 500–800 word essay
describing how the applicant became
interested in studying food, agricultural,
and related natural resources sciences or
another related discipline in college;
how USDA will benefit if the applicant
is selected for the USDA/1994 Tribal
Scholars Program; what motivated the
applicant to consider a public service
career working for USDA; information
about the applicant’s educational and
career goals, and how the scholarship
may assist the applicant to achieve
educational and career goals.
The application requests two letters of
recommendation that comment on the
applicant’s personal strengths,
leadership qualities, academic and
extracurricular achievements, and
future academic and career goals from
previous school counselors, teachers,
principals, or current or previous
employers for applicants who are
entering freshmen 0–2 years out of high
school or entering freshmen who are
General Educational Development
earners.
If selected, student must sign up for
the SCEP; furnish course registration at
the start of each school term; provide
verification of academic status at the
end of each academic term (grade report
or transcript); must meet academic
standards as set forth by the school they
are attending; maintain satisfactory
progress in completing academic
requirements, and demonstrate
satisfactory performance and conduct.
Students will be required to complete
all academic requirements for the target
position as stipulated by the Office of
Personnel Management Qualification
Standards.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information is needed for identifying
applicants that match the human capital
needs of USDA agencies from 1994
Land-Grant Institutions through SCEP
and an award of an annually reviewed
and renewed scholarship at a LandGrant Institution with the objective of
preparing the student for successful
placement into the USDA’s permanent
workforce.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.2 hours per
response.
Type of Respondents: Individuals
attending or interested in attending
1994 Land Grant Institutions, teachers,
principals, and guidance counselors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
480.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1440.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4320.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Lawrence
Shorty, Director, USDA/1994 Program,
OASCR, USDA, 1400 Independence
Ave., SW., Mail Stop 9577, Washington,
DC 20250. All comments received will
be available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Lawrence Shorty,
Director, USDA/1994 Program, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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April 21, 2009.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Natural Resources and Conservation
Service
Title: Volunteer Program—Earth
Team.
OMB Control Number: 0578–0024.
Summary of Collection: Volunteers
have been a valuable human resource to
the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) since 1985. NRCS is
authorized by the Federal Personnel
Manual (FPM) Supplement 296–33,
Subchapter 22, to recruit, train and
accept, with regard to Civil Service
classification law, rules, or regulations,
the service of individuals to serve
without compensation. Volunteers may
assist in any agency program/project
and may perform any activities which
agency employees are allowed to do.
Volunteers must be 14 years of age.
NRCS will collect information using
NRCS forms.
Need and Use of the Information:
NRCS will collect information on the
type of skills and type of work the
volunteers are interested in doing.
NRCS will also collect information to
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implement and evaluate the
effectiveness of the volunteer program.
Without the information, NRCS would
not know which individuals are
interested in volunteering.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 16,100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Biennially.
Total Burden Hours: 528.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 21, 2009.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, D.C. 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Request for an Extension to a Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights' (OASCR) intention to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the
currently approved information collection for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA)/1994 Tribal Scholars Program.
As required by Departmental Regulation 1350-001, Tribal
Consultations, (Consultation on Regulations) has been met in a
meaningful and timely manner. The partnership between USDA and Tribal
Colleges and Universities (TCU) is defined by a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) signed on February 6, 2008, between USDA and the American Indian
Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). This MOA convenes USDA Mission
Area leadership, TCU Presidents and AIHEC to jointly develop the USDA/
1994 Program Office and its programs, to include the Tribal Scholars
Program. USDA has presented its proposals for the Tribal Scholars
Program to Indian tribal leaders through the invitation of the National
Congress of American Indians in 2008 and to TCU president members of
the USDA/AIHEC Leadership Group, most recently in 2009 and beginning in
2005.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 23, 2009 to be
assured of consideration.
Additional Information or Comments: Contact Lawrence Shorty, Director,
USDA/1994 Program, OASCR, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250; phone (202) 720-1772: fax: (202) 205-3831.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars Program.
OMB Number: 0503-0016.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2009.
Type of Request: Extension to the currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars Program is
to strengthen the long-term partnership between USDA and the 1994 Land-
Grant TCUs to increase the number of students studying and graduating
in the food, agriculture, and natural resources and other related
fields of study, and offer career opportunities to increase the pool of
scientists and professionals to annually fill 50,000 jobs in the food,
agricultural, and natural resources system.
This partnership effort is a joint human capital initiative between
USDA and the Nation's thirty-two 1994 Land-Grant TCUs. This employment
program offers a combination of work experience and academic study
leading to career positions within USDA through a Student Career
Experience Program (SCEP) designed to integrate classroom study with
paid work experience. The program is conducted in accordance with a
planned schedule and a working agreement between USDA agencies, the
student, and the Land-Grant Institution.
Summary of Collection: The USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars Program
Application will request from applicants information such as the
following: biographical information; educational background; an
official high school or college transcript; declaration of major,
r[eacute]sum[eacute], schools attended in the last 4 years; advanced or
special programs; courses or summer courses taken; name of the 1994 TCU
in which the student wishes to enroll; course of study the applicant
wishes to pursue; type of scholarship support the applicant is applying
for (1-year, 2-year; 3-year or 4-year scholarship support); whether the
applicant is currently enrolled in or is planning to enroll in an
Associate Degree (2-year) program with no plans to continue to a
Bachelor's Degree; whether the applicant intends to transfer to a 4-
year Bachelor's Degree program and in what course of study; whether
there is a desire to obtain a Master's or higher degree; activities
participated in outside of school; volunteer services or jobs held
during last 3 years, including summer employment; a 500-800 word essay
describing how the applicant became interested in studying food,
agricultural, and related natural resources sciences or another related
discipline in college; how USDA will benefit if the applicant is
selected for the USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars Program; what motivated the
applicant to consider a public service career working for USDA;
information about the applicant's educational and career goals, and how
the scholarship may assist the applicant to achieve educational and
career goals.
The application requests two letters of recommendation that comment
on the applicant's personal strengths, leadership qualities, academic
and extracurricular achievements, and future academic and career goals
from previous school counselors, teachers, principals, or current or
previous employers for applicants who are entering freshmen 0-2 years
out of high school or entering freshmen who are General Educational
Development earners.
If selected, student must sign up for the SCEP; furnish course
registration at the start of each school term; provide verification of
academic status at the end of each academic term (grade report or
transcript); must meet academic standards as set forth by the school
they are attending; maintain satisfactory progress in completing
academic requirements, and demonstrate satisfactory performance and
conduct. Students will be required to complete all academic
requirements for the target position as stipulated by the Office of
Personnel Management Qualification Standards.
Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed for
identifying applicants that match the human capital needs of USDA
agencies from 1994 Land-Grant Institutions through SCEP and an award of
an annually reviewed and renewed scholarship at a Land-Grant
Institution with the objective of preparing the student for successful
placement into the USDA's permanent workforce.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.2 hours per response.
Type of Respondents: Individuals attending or interested in
attending 1994 Land Grant Institutions, teachers, principals, and
guidance counselors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 480.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1440.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4320.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Lawrence Shorty,
Director, USDA/1994 Program, OASCR, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Mail Stop 9577, Washington, DC 20250. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during regular business hours at the
same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Lawrence Shorty,
Director, USDA/1994 Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. E9-9288 Filed 4-23-09; 8:45 am]
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