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Patricia Briscoe,
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and Information Management).
[FR Doc. 2012–6442 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am]
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The CFTC announces that on
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Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–6369 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
National Performance Measurement
Assessment through a proposed survey
and follow up interview of AmeriCorps
State and National grantees and State
Commissions. The purpose of this data
collection is for CNCS to understand the
tools and processes grantees and
commissions have used to select,
implement and report program
performance using pilot measures
developed for programs receiving
AmeriCorps grants in 2010 and 2011.
CNCS will use the results of this
assessment to inform the ongoing
adoption of AmeriCorps grantee
measures as well as new performance
measurement efforts within other CNCS
programs. Completion of this
information collection is considered
completely voluntary and is not
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required to be considered for or to
obtain grant funding support from any
CNCS program.
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 May
15, 2012.
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,
Strategy Office, Attention Joscelyn
Silsby, Research and Evaluation
Specialist, Room 10906A; 1201 New
York Avenue 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. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 202–606–3464,
Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Research and
Evaluation Specialist.
(4) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–
3722 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joscelyn Silsby, (202) 606–6772, or by
email at jsilsby@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
areas outlined in the Serve America Act.
These areas include Disaster Services,
Economic Opportunity, Education,
Environmental Stewardship, Healthy
Futures, and Veterans and Military
Families.
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).
Current Action
Background
The Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) is seeking
timely feedback from State and National
AmeriCorps grantees and State Service
Commissions regarding the National
Performance Measures Pilot to help the
agency (1) improve guidance materials
and technical assistance regarding
performance measurement and (2)
effectively use the measures for internal
management and external
accountability.
In order to achieve its strategic
objectives, CNCS must create effective
services, products, and communications
materials for program partners (sponsors
and grantees) pursuant to its goals.
Performance measures are imbedded in
objectives under each of the goals of
CNCS’s 2011–2015 Strategic Plan.
The three-year National Performance
Measures Pilot will be completed in FY
2012; in FY 2013 AmeriCorps will begin
to implement a standard set of national
grantee measures. AmeriCorps staff,
state service commissions, and grantees
have been preparing for this shift in
performance measurement over the past
three years.
When fully implemented, the national
performance measures are intended to
(1) focus AmeriCorps-funded programs
on producing measurable outcomes and
(2) make it possible to assess and report
the overall impact of performance in key
This is a new information collection
request by the Corporation for National
and Community Service. An online
survey and follow-up interview will be
conducted with two categories of
respondents: (1) State service
commissions, sponsored by State or
Tribal governments, and (2) nonprofit
organizations awarded AmeriCorps
grants in 2010 and 2011. Data collection
will occur among respondents at the
commission or grantee organization who
are responsible for the oversight and
implementation of performance
measurement and evaluation activities.
Grantees implementing programs
through a state service commission are
referenced in the instruments and
sampling plan as ‘‘State Competitive’’
grantees or ‘‘subgrantees.’’ Multi-state
grantees are referenced as ‘‘National
Direct’’ grantees.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: National Performance
Measurement Assessment.
OMB Number: New.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: State Service
Commissions and Grantees in
AmeriCorps State and National.
Total Respondents: 243.
Frequency: All possible respondents
(n=243) will receive and be asked to
complete the online survey. A randomly
selected sub-set of 36 respondents will
be asked to participate in follow-up
interviews.
Average Time per Response: 42
minutes (279 total responses/196.5 total
burden hours).
BURDEN HOURS
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Participation
time
(min)
Number of
respondents
Category of respondent
Burden
(hours)
State Service Commissions—survey ........................................................................................
State Service Commissions—follow-up interview .....................................................................
Grantees—survey ......................................................................................................................
Grantees—follow-up interview ...................................................................................................
51
12
192
24
30
45
45
45
25.5
9.0
144.0
18.0
Totals ..................................................................................................................................
243
..........................
196.5 hours‘
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 196.5
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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: March 9, 2012.
John Kim,
Acting Chief Strategy Officer, Office of
Strategy and Special Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2012–6364 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulation
System
[Docket No. DARS–2012–0015–0002]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Defense Acquisition Regulations
System has submitted to OMB for
clearance, the following proposals for
collection of information under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by April 16, 2012.
Title, Associated Forms and OMB
Number: Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
Business Systems-Definition and
Administration; DFARS 234, Earned
Value Management Systems, OMB
Control Number 0704–0479; and
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) Business SystemsDefinition and Administration; DFARS
245, Contractors Property Management
System, OMB Control Number 0704–
0480.
Type of Request for 0704–0479:
Extension.
Number of Respondents for 0704–
0479: 186.
Responses per Respondent for 0704–
0479: 48.
Annual Responses for 0704–0479:
8,928.
Average Burden per Response for
0704–0479: 40 hours.
Annual Burden Hours for 0704–0479:
357,120.
Type of Request for 0704–0480:
Extension.
Number of Respondents for 0704–
0480: 2,646.
Responses per Respondent for 0704–
0480: 1.
Annual Responses for 0704–0480:
2,646.
Average Burden per Response for
0704–0480: 1.2 hours.
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Annual Burden Hours for 0704–0480:
3,200.
Needs and Uses: a. DFARS 242.70,
Contractor Business Systems, and the
clauses at 252.242–7005, Contractor
Business Systems, 252.234–7002,
Earned Value Management Systems, and
252.245–7003, Contractor Property
Management System Administration,
require certain contractors to establish
and maintain acceptable business
systems which include contractor
Earned Value Management Systems and
property management systems, and
respond in writing to an initial
determination from the administrative
contracting officer that identifies
deficiencies in any of the contractor’s
business systems, as well as written
notifications from the Government that
identifies deficiencies in the
contractor’s business systems.
Affected Public: The business systems
clause will be used in solicitations and
contracts that include DFARS clause
252.234–7002, Earned Value
Management System, or 252.245–7003,
Contractor Property System
Administration.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or maintain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room
10236, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number, and title for the Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other public
submissions from members of the public
is to make these submissions available
for public viewing on the Internet at
https://www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check https://www.regulations.gov
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except
allow 30 days for posting of comments
submitted by mail).
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia
Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
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be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/
Information Management Division, 4800
Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East
Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA
22350–3100.
Ynette R. Shelkin,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations
System.
[FR Doc. 2012–6255 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Education
(the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 15,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding burden and/or the collection
activity requirements should be
electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov or mailed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Please note that written comments
received in response to this notice will
be considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information
and Records Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
SUMMARY:
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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 (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 concerning its
National Performance Measurement Assessment through a proposed survey
and follow up interview of AmeriCorps State and National grantees and
State Commissions. The purpose of this data collection is for CNCS to
understand the tools and processes grantees and commissions have used
to select, implement and report program performance using pilot
measures developed for programs receiving AmeriCorps grants in 2010 and
2011. CNCS will use the results of this assessment to inform the
ongoing adoption of AmeriCorps grantee measures as well as new
performance measurement efforts within other CNCS programs. Completion
of this information collection is considered completely voluntary and
is not
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required to be considered for or to obtain grant funding support from
any CNCS program.
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 May 15, 2012.
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, Strategy Office, Attention Joscelyn Silsby, Research and
Evaluation Specialist, Room 10906A; 1201 New York Avenue 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. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 202-606-3464, Attention: Joscelyn Silsby,
Research and Evaluation Specialist.
(4) Electronically through www.regulations.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call 1-800-833-
3722 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joscelyn Silsby, (202) 606-6772, or by
email at jsilsby@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 for National and Community Service (CNCS) is
seeking timely feedback from State and National AmeriCorps grantees and
State Service Commissions regarding the National Performance Measures
Pilot to help the agency (1) improve guidance materials and technical
assistance regarding performance measurement and (2) effectively use
the measures for internal management and external accountability.
In order to achieve its strategic objectives, CNCS must create
effective services, products, and communications materials for program
partners (sponsors and grantees) pursuant to its goals. Performance
measures are imbedded in objectives under each of the goals of CNCS's
2011-2015 Strategic Plan.
The three-year National Performance Measures Pilot will be
completed in FY 2012; in FY 2013 AmeriCorps will begin to implement a
standard set of national grantee measures. AmeriCorps staff, state
service commissions, and grantees have been preparing for this shift in
performance measurement over the past three years.
When fully implemented, the national performance measures are
intended to (1) focus AmeriCorps-funded programs on producing
measurable outcomes and (2) make it possible to assess and report the
overall impact of performance in key areas outlined in the Serve
America Act. These areas include Disaster Services, Economic
Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and
Veterans and Military Families.
Current Action
This is a new information collection request by the Corporation for
National and Community Service. An online survey and follow-up
interview will be conducted with two categories of respondents: (1)
State service commissions, sponsored by State or Tribal governments,
and (2) nonprofit organizations awarded AmeriCorps grants in 2010 and
2011. Data collection will occur among respondents at the commission or
grantee organization who are responsible for the oversight and
implementation of performance measurement and evaluation activities.
Grantees implementing programs through a state service commission
are referenced in the instruments and sampling plan as ``State
Competitive'' grantees or ``subgrantees.'' Multi-state grantees are
referenced as ``National Direct'' grantees.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: National Performance Measurement Assessment.
OMB Number: New.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: State Service Commissions and Grantees in
AmeriCorps State and National.
Total Respondents: 243.
Frequency: All possible respondents (n=243) will receive and be
asked to complete the online survey. A randomly selected sub-set of 36
respondents will be asked to participate in follow-up interviews.
Average Time per Response: 42 minutes (279 total responses/196.5
total burden hours).
Burden Hours
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Number of Participation Burden
Category of respondent respondents time (min) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Service Commissions--survey.............................. 51 30 25.5
State Service Commissions--follow-up interview................. 12 45 9.0
Grantees--survey............................................... 192 45 144.0
Grantees--follow-up interview.................................. 24 45 18.0
------------------------------------------------
Totals..................................................... 243 ............... 196.5 hours`
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 196.5 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $56,716.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
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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: March 9, 2012.
John Kim,
Acting Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Strategy and Special
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2012-6364 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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