Peace Corps 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 USC, 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 request for approval for 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. Submit comments on or before July 13, 2009.

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.

The Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will survey a sample of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers about their thoughts 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. The data collected will inform agency programming and help the Agency to assess, through 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 available to RPCVs and by the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning to support Agency level reporting. The initial Federal Register notice was published on December 2, 2008, Volume 73, No. 232, pgs. 73356-73357 for 60 days. Also available at GPO Access: https://wais.access.gpo.gov. No comments, inquiries or responses to the notice were received. A copy of the proposed information collections can be obtained from 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. Comments on the collections should be addressed to the attention of Dr. Jenkins and should be received on or before February 26, 2009.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) the Peace Corps is giving notice of a new system of records, PC-33, titled the Consolidated Incident Reporting System (CIRS).