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the office listed in the addresses section 

of this notice. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Learn and Serve America 

Progress Report. 

OMB Number: 3045–0089. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: State and Local 

Government, Not-for-profit institutions. 

Total Respondents: 175. 

Frequency: Twice Annually. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

2 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 700 

(annual). 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Dated: March 23, 2010. 

Cara Patrick, 

Learn and Serve America. 

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BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 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. 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 the collection requirement 

on respondents can be properly 

assessed. 

Currently, the Corporation is 

soliciting comments concerning its 

proposed renewal of ‘‘Application for 

the President’s Higher Education 

Community Service Honor Roll’’ which 

will involve the collection of 

information from institutions of higher 

education concerning community 

service activities and will provide the 

basis for the national honor roll and 

awards program. Each year the Honor 

Roll program includes a Special Focus 

Area that awards excellence in a 

specific category of community service 

work. This Special Focus Area will fall 

within the Administration’s and Edward 

M. Kennedy Serve America Act’s (Pub. 

L. 111–13) national service priorities: 

Education, health, clean energy, veteran 

and economic opportunity. 

Copies of the information collection 

requests 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 June 

1, 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, Learn 

and Serve America; Attention: Kevin 

Michael Days, Advisor, Higher 

Education Special Initiatives, Room 

9616A; 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. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3477, 

Attention: Kevin Michael Days, Advisor, 

Higher Education Special Initiatives. 

(4) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TTY–TDD) may call (202) 606– 

3472 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

eastern time, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Michael Days, (202) 606–6899, or 

by e-mail at kdays@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 President’s Higher Education 

Community Service Honor Roll program 

is designed to identify and reward 

exemplary higher education community 

service programs and practices. This 

program helps fulfill the Corporation’s 

strategic goals of engaging Americans, 

particularly millions of college students, 

in service, and ensuring that all higher 

education institutions provide, or 

stimulate the creation of resources to 

coordinate service, service-learning, and 

community partnerships. Beginning 

with the fifth year of the Honor Roll 

program, the application will include a 

special focus area that will highlight the 

national service priorities of the 

Administration and the Edward M. 

Kennedy Serve America Act, by 

encouraging higher education 

institutions’ efforts to tackle priorities 

ranging from increasing high school 

graduation rates to fostering economic 

opportunity. 

Current Action 

The Corporation seeks to renew the 

current information collection. The 

Corporation is making the following 

changes to the application and guidance 

for two reasons. First, to better align the 

program with the current 

Administration’s goals for service, (i.e., 

measuring the impact of service in the 

community, strengthening of civic 

infrastructures, and building the 

capacities of nonprofits) the focus of the 

application is moving away from 

individual project descriptions toward 

institutional and long-term support of 

community service. The Corporation is 

also revising the Special Focus area 

competition to align with the current 

Administration’s and Edward M. 

Kennedy Serve America Act’s national 

service priorities. 

Second, as a result of feedback from 

respondents from the higher education 

field, we are reducing the number of 

project descriptions within the 

application and instructing applicants 

to align their project/program 

descriptions to their institution’s overall 

support for community service. These 

changes will reduce the number of 

project/program descriptions from five 

to three but will include expanded 

opportunity for applicants to 

demonstrate the connection of this 

service to their larger institutional 

commitment to service, and the impact 


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of this service in the targeted 

community. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing application. The current 

application is due to expire on June 30, 

2010. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Application for the President’s 

Higher Education Community Service 

Honor Roll. 

OMB Number: 3045–0120. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Degree-granting 

colleges and universities located in the 

U.S. and its territories. 

Total Respondents: 4,500. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

1 hour. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500 

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: March 24, 2010. 

Cara Patrick, 

Acting Director, Learn and Serve America. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6959 Filed 3–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–$$–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 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. 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 its 

proposed renewal of the Learn and 

Serve America Programs and 

Performance Reporting System, also 

referred to as the Learn and Serve 

Systems and Information Exchange 

(LASSIE). The system collects annual 

program data from organizations that 

receive grants or subgrants through the 

Learn and Serve America program. Data 

collected through the system is used for 

grants management and annual 

reporting requirements. 

Copies of the information collection 

requests 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 June 

1, 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, Learn 

and Serve America; Attention: Meredith 

Archer Hatch, Program Coordinator for 

Knowledge Management, Room 9613–C; 

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. Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3477, 

Meredith Archer Hatch, Program 

Coordinator for Knowledge 

Management. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system 

mhatch@cns.gov or through the 

government-wide comment system 

http://www.regulations.gov. Individuals 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TTY–TDD) may call (202) 

606–3472 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

eastern time, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meredith Archer Hatch, (202) 606–7513, 

fax (202) 606–3477, or by e-mail at 

mhatch@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 Learn and Serve America 

Program supports efforts in schools, 

higher education institutions, and 

community-based organizations to 

involve young people in meaningful 

service to their communities while 

improving academic, civic, social, and 

career-related skills. The Learn and 

Serve program is administered by the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service and is funded 

through grants to states, national 

organizations, and institutions of higher 

education, and through them to 

individual schools, local education 

agencies, community-based 

organizations, and colleges and 

universities. Approximately 1,800 

organizations receive Learn and Serve 

funding each year and report on their 

Learn and Serve-funded activities 

through the Learn and Serve America 

Programs and Performance Reporting 

System. All data is collected 

electronically and accessed via the Web 

site, http://www.lsareports.org. 

Current Action 

The Corporation seeks to renew the 

current information collection. The 

system collects annual data from those 

organizations that receive Learn and 

Serve America grants and subgrants. 

Data collected includes information on 

the scope and structure of servicelearning activities funded through the 

grants; participants and hours; 

community partnerships; and 

institutional policies and practices that 

support service-learning. Minor 

modifications and adjustments will be 

made for the renewal to accommodate 

changes resulting for the Edward M. 

Kennedy Serve America Act (2009) and 

to minimize burden, improve reliability, 

and streamline reporting. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing application. The 

Corporation also seeks to continue using 


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