Notice of Information Collection for Review by OMB and Public Comment on Peace Corps' Intention To Conduct a Survey of and Focus Groups With Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, 20004-20005 [E9-9942]
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PEACE CORPS
Notice of Public Use Form Review
Request to the Office of Management
and Budget
Peace Corps.
Notice of public use form
review request to the Office of
Management and Budget. (Renewal with
minimal text changes in the previously
approved collection of OMB Control
Number 0420–0005, Peace Corps
Application.)
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for renewal of
information collection, OMB Control
Number 0420–0005, the Peace Corps
Volunteer Application. This is a
renewal of an active OMB Control
Number. The purpose of this notice is
to allow for public comments on
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Peace Corps, including whether the
information will have practical use; the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collections
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
the clarity of the information to be
collected; and, ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques, when appropriate, and other
forms of information technology. A copy
of the proposed information collection
form may be obtained from Ms. Dorothy
Sullivan, Office of Volunteer Recruit
and Selection, Operations Division,
Recruitment Support Branch, Peace
Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., Room
3157, Washington, DC 20526. Ms.
Sullivan can be contacted by telephone
at 202–692–1873 or 800–424–8580 ext
1873 or e-mail at
dsullivan@peacecorps.gov. Comments
on the updated electronic version of this
application should also be addressed to
the attention of Ms. Sullivan and should
be received on or before sixty days from
June 29, 2009.
Need for and Use of this Information:
This use of this application completed
voluntarily by potential Peace Corps
Volunteers in order to identify
prospective applicants and process the
applicants for Volunteer service. This
information, which is gathered by an
electronic on-line version of the
previous used paper form, is used to
determine qualifications and potential
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for placement of applicants, in
fulfillment of the first goal of the Peace
Corps as required by Congressional
legislation and to enhance the Peace
Corps Volunteer process.
Respondents: Potential Peace Corps
Volunteers.
Respondent’s Obligation to Reply:
Voluntary.
Burden on the Public:
a. Annual reporting burden: 320,000
hours.
b. Annual recordkeeping burden: 0
hours.
c. Estimated average burden per
response: 8 hours.
d. Frequency of response: One time.
e. Estimated number of likely
respondents: 40,000.
f. Estimated cost to respondents: $0.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Garry Stanberry,
Deputy Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. E9–9929 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
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PEACE CORPS
Notice of Information Collection for
Review by OMB and Public Comment
on Peace Corps’ Intention To Conduct
a Survey of and Focus Groups With
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Peace Corps.
Notice of information collection
for review by OMB and public comment
on Peace Corps’ Intention to Conduct A
Survey of and Focus Groups with
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
invites the public to comment on the
collection of information by the Peace
Corps and gives notice of the Peace
Corps’ intention to request Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection.
The Peace Corps’ Office of Strategic
Information, Research and Planning
wishes to survey a sample of Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers about their incountry experience, post-service
transition, post-service education and
career, and their third core goal
activities of promoting a better
understanding of other peoples on the
part of Americans. In concert with the
survey, the Peace Corps’ Office of
Strategic Information, Research and
Planning also wishes to conduct focus
groups with Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers (RPCVs) about their postservice education and career. The data
collected from both the survey and the
focus groups will inform agency
programming and help the Agency to
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assess, based on analysis of this updated
and objective data, the extent of RPCVs’
cross-cultural activities with their
family, friends, and communities
throughout the United States with
whom RPCVs come in contact. The data
will be used specifically by the Office of
Domestic Programs to review the range
and type of services and support rated
as useful by RPCVs. The data will be
used by the Peace Corps’ Office of
Strategic Information, Research and
Planning to support Agency level
reporting. Submit comments on or
before sixty days from June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Susan Jenkins, Office of
Strategic Information, Research and
Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20526. Dr.
Jenkins can be contacted by telephone at
202–692–1241 or e-mail at
SJenkin2@peacecorps.gov. E-mail
comments must be made in text and not
in attachments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jenkins, Office of Strategic
Information, Research and Planning,
Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20526.
Need For and Use of This
Information: The survey is the fourth in
a series of Returned Peace Corps
Volunteer surveys that have been
administered approximately every ten
years. This iteration will be a voluntary,
Web-based survey to gather information
about Volunteers’ in-country
experience, post-service transition, postservice education and career, and their
third goal activities of promoting a
better understanding of other peoples on
the part of Americans. The data will be
used to assess the range and type of
services available to RPCVs, improve
Peace Corps operations (e.g.,
recruitment for the Peace Corps
Response program), and support Agency
level performance reporting. Where
possible, data will be compared across
surveys to look for trends over time.
Data will be collected from a simple
random sample of Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers sufficient to gather data with
a 99 percent confidence level and a
confidence interval of plus or minus 5.
The focus group questions focus on a
subset of the topics asked about through
the survey. Specifically, the focus
groups will provide more detailed
responses from RPCVs about the effect
of the Peace Corps on their subsequent
career choices and paths.
Respondents: Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers.
Respondents’ Obligation To Reply:
Voluntary.
Burden on the Public:
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a. Annual reporting burden: 894 (750
hours for the survey and 144 hours
across the focus groups).
b. Annual respondent recordkeeping
burden: 0 hours.
c. Estimated average burden per
response: 30 minutes for survey
respondents and 90 minutes for focus
group participants.
d. Frequency of response: One time.
e. Estimated number of respondents:
1596 (1500 survey respondents and 96
focus group participants).
f. Estimated cost to respondents:
$0.00/$0.00.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Garry Stanberry,
Deputy Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. E9–9942 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
[Disaster Declaration #11716 and #11717]
FLORIDA Disaster # FL–00039
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
James E. Rivera,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9–9923 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
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ACTION:
Notice.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
This is a Notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for Public Assistance Only for
the State of FLORIDA (FEMA—1831—
DR), dated 04/21/2009.
Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding,
Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds
Incident Period: 03/26/2009 and
continuing.
Effective Date: 04/21/2009.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 06/22/2009.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 01/21/2010.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
President’s major disaster declaration on
04/21/2009, Private Non-Profit
organizations that provide essential
services of governmental nature may file
disaster loan applications at the address
listed above or other locally announced
locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Primary Counties: Bay, Calhoun, Gulf,
Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Liberty,
Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton,
Washington.
The Interest Rates are:
Percent
Other (Including Non-Profit Organizations) With Credit Available
Elsewhere .................................
Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere .........................
4.500
4.000
The number assigned to this disaster
for physical damage is 117166 and for
economic injury is 117176.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Numbers 59002 and 59008)
Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
Notice is hereby given in accordance
with Public Law 92–463 that the
Actuarial Advisory Committee will hold
a meeting on May 27, 2009, at 9:30 a.m.
at the office of the Chief Actuary of the
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois, on
the conduct of the 24th Actuarial
Valuation of the Railroad Retirement
System. The agenda for this meeting
will include a discussion of the results
and presentation of the 24th Actuarial
Valuation. The text and tables which
constitute the Valuation will have been
prepared in draft form for review by the
Committee. It is expected that this will
be the last meeting of the Committee
before publication of the Valuation.
The meeting will be open to the
public. Persons wishing to submit
written statements or make oral
presentations should address their
communications or notices to the RRB
Actuarial Advisory Committee, do Chief
Actuary, U.S. Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60611–2092.
Dated: April 23, 2009.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. E9–9829 Filed 4–29–09; 8:45 am]
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ADDRESSES:
Actuarial Advisory Committee With
Respect to the Notice of Public
Meeting
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[Disaster Declaration #11722 and #11723]
Georgia Disaster #GA–00021
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA–
1833–DR), dated 04/23/2009.
Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding,
Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds.
Incident Period: 03/26/2009 and
continuing.
Effective Date: 04/23/2009.
Physical Loan Application Deadline
Date: 06/22/2009.
Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
Application Deadline Date: 01/23/2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
applications to: U.S. Small Business
Administration, Processing And
Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street, SW., Suite 6050,
Washington, DC 20416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that as a result of the
President’s major disaster declaration on
04/23/2009, applications for disaster
loans may be filed at the address listed
above or other locally announced
locations.
The following areas have been
determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:
Primary Counties (Physical Damage and
Economic Injury Loans): Berrien,
Brantley, Brooks, Coffee, Colquitt,
Decatur, Dougherty, Echols, Lanier,
Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Pierce,
Tift, Ware, Wheeler, Worth.
Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury
Loans Only):
Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon,
Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Camden,
Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Crisp,
Dodge, Early, Glynn, Grady Irwin,
Jeff Davis, Laurens, Lee,
Montgomery, Seminole, Telfair,
Terrell, Thomas, Treutlen, Turner,
Wayne.
Florida: Baker, Columbia, Gadsden,
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PEACE CORPS
Notice of Information Collection for Review by OMB and Public
Comment on Peace Corps' Intention To Conduct a Survey of and Focus
Groups With Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
AGENCY: Peace Corps.
ACTION: Notice of information collection for review by OMB and public
comment on Peace Corps' Intention to Conduct A Survey of and Focus
Groups with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
invites the public to comment on the collection of information by the
Peace Corps and gives notice of the Peace Corps' intention to request
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information
collection. The Peace Corps' Office of Strategic Information, Research
and Planning wishes to survey a sample of Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers about their in-country experience, post-service transition,
post-service education and career, and their third core goal activities
of promoting a better understanding of other peoples on the part of
Americans. In concert with the survey, the Peace Corps' Office of
Strategic Information, Research and Planning also wishes to conduct
focus groups with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) about their
post-service education and career. The data collected from both the
survey and the focus groups will inform agency programming and help the
Agency to assess, based on analysis of this updated and objective data,
the extent of RPCVs' cross-cultural activities with their family,
friends, and communities throughout the United States with whom RPCVs
come in contact. The data will be used specifically by the Office of
Domestic Programs to review the range and type of services and support
rated as useful by RPCVs. The data will be used by the Peace Corps'
Office of Strategic Information, Research and Planning to support
Agency level reporting. Submit comments on or before sixty days from
June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Susan Jenkins, Office of
Strategic Information, Research and Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20526. Dr. Jenkins can be contacted by
telephone at 202-692-1241 or e-mail at SJenkin2@peacecorps.gov. E-mail
comments must be made in text and not in attachments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jenkins, Office of Strategic
Information, Research and Planning, Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20526.
Need For and Use of This Information: The survey is the fourth in a
series of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer surveys that have been
administered approximately every ten years. This iteration will be a
voluntary, Web-based survey to gather information about Volunteers' in-
country experience, post-service transition, post-service education and
career, and their third goal activities of promoting a better
understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. The data will
be used to assess the range and type of services available to RPCVs,
improve Peace Corps operations (e.g., recruitment for the Peace Corps
Response program), and support Agency level performance reporting.
Where possible, data will be compared across surveys to look for trends
over time. Data will be collected from a simple random sample of
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers sufficient to gather data with a 99
percent confidence level and a confidence interval of plus or minus 5.
The focus group questions focus on a subset of the topics asked
about through the survey. Specifically, the focus groups will provide
more detailed responses from RPCVs about the effect of the Peace Corps
on their subsequent career choices and paths.
Respondents: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
Respondents' Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.
Burden on the Public:
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a. Annual reporting burden: 894 (750 hours for the survey and 144
hours across the focus groups).
b. Annual respondent recordkeeping burden: 0 hours.
c. Estimated average burden per response: 30 minutes for survey
respondents and 90 minutes for focus group participants.
d. Frequency of response: One time.
e. Estimated number of respondents: 1596 (1500 survey respondents
and 96 focus group participants).
f. Estimated cost to respondents: $0.00/$0.00.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Garry Stanberry,
Deputy Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. E9-9942 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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