Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request, 42081 [2010-17586]

Agencies

• Corporation for National and Community Service

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17586]


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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, 
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 
locating of respondents for the National Evaluation of Youth Corps. The 
National Evaluation of Youth Corps is a study to determine the impact 
of participation in youth corps on members' educational attainment, 
employment and earnings, workplace and life skills, and avoidance of 
risk behaviors. The National Evaluation of Youth Corps is based on the 
hypothesis that participation in youth corps may lead to measurable 
outcomes for participants. The study uses an experimental design to 
assess program impacts on program participants. Many of the youth corps 
programs receive all or part of their funding from the Corporation.
    Copies of the information collection requests 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 September 20, 2010.

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, Attention: Lillian Dote, Program Officer, Office of Research 
and Policy Development, Curtis Center, 601 Walnut Street, Suite 876E, 
Philadelphia, PA, 19106.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the street address given in 
paragraph (1) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    (3) By fax to: (215) 597-4933, Attention: Lillian Dote, Program 
Officer, Office of Research and Policy Development.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
ldote@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Dote at (215) 597-2715 or by 
e-mail at ldote@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

    The Corporation is interested in learning about the effects of 
national service on participants. This study uses an experimental 
design to assess the outcomes associated with participation in national 
service. The proposed locating effort will be completed by sample 
members only, including former corps members and their counterparts in 
the comparison group.
    In an effort to reduce the burden on sample members during this 
locating effort, the Corporation is simplifying the information 
collection. A large number of employment, education, civic engagement, 
and risk behavior questions will be eliminated or simplified, thereby 
resulting in a reduction in the prior burden estimate. In addition, the 
Corporation has reduced the sample from 2,267 to 2,043. Study 
participants who did not respond to the baseline and 18-month follow-up 
survey have been removed from the sample.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks renewal of its earlier application.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: National Evaluation of Youth Corps.
    OMB Number: 3045-0124.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals who have agreed to participate in the 
National Evaluation of Youth Corps and who have completed a baseline 
survey.
    Total Respondents: 2,043.
    Frequency: Periodically.
    Average Time per Response: Averages 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 511 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: July 13, 2010.
Kevin Cramer,
Acting Director, Office of Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-17586 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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