Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 62 / Thursday, March 31, 2022 / Notices 18773 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

AmeriCorps Diversity Questionnaire 

Form 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service, operating as 

AmeriCorps, has submitted a public 

information collection request (ICR) 

entitled AmeriCorps Diversity 

Questionnaire Form for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by May 

2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by calling the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Sharron Tendai at 202–606–3904 or by 

email to stendai@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, 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; 

• Propose ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Propose ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments 

A 60-day notice requesting public 

comment was published in the Federal 

Register on January 13, 2022 at 87 FR 

2145. The comment period ended 

March 15, 2022. Twenty (20) public 

comments were received from the 

notice. Most of the comments focused 

on the purpose of the data collection, 

the ability or organizational capacity of 

partners to collect the requested data, 

the design of the data collection tool, 

the format of the tool, the usage of the 

data, the assessment of burden, and 

training and technical assistance. 

Changes to the questionnaire include 

separating the requested data into two 

sections for project information and 

organizational information to be more 

user-friendly, adding additional basic 

organizational information to better 

track data in AmeriCorps’ systems, 

clarifying the instructions based on 

feedback, clarifying purpose and usage 

of the data to be collected, adding 

definitions based on feedback and 

aligning definitions with the rest of the 

revisions to the tool. The burden 

estimates are also increasing because 

AmeriCorps revised the amount of time 

estimated to complete the questionnaire 

from 30 minutes to 5 hours to account 

for the time it would take an 

organization to collect and analyze the 

data (previously not included) as well as 

time to complete the questionnaire. The 

burden has also increased as 

AmeriCorps also plans to use the 

Diversity Questionnaire in all of its 

programs (AmeriCorps State and 

National, Volunteers in Service to 

America (VISTA), National Civilian 

Community Corps (NCCC) and 

AmeriCorps Seniors) while the current 

OMB Control Number covers 

AmeriCorps State & National. 

Title of Collection: AmeriCorps 

Diversity Questionnaire Form. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0193. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Organizations OR State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,350. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 16,750. 

Abstract: This information collection 

addresses the diversity of two 

populations—the people being served 

by AmeriCorps resources and partners 

of AmeriCorps. It aims to collect the 

proposed reach of beneficiaries of the 

AmeriCorps investment, disaggregated 

by poverty status, as well as 

demographic information. It also 

collects demographic information about 

the Board of Directors, senior leadership 

and staff of organizations that are 

applying for AmeriCorps resources. The 

demographic information is racial/ 

ethnic identification, gender, 

LGBTQIA+, disability, and veterans’ 

status. This is a Revision to an Existing 

Collection. The revisions are intended 

to improve the tool based on public 

feedback as well as analysis of the first 

round of information collection. The 

revisions aim to clarify the intended use 

of the data, render the tool more userfriendly, improve instructions, clarify 

definitions and enable AmeriCorps to 

track the information more effectively. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing application. CNCS also 

seeks to continue using the current 

application until the revised application 

is approved by OMB. The current 

application is due to expire on March 

31, 2022. 

Dated: March 25, 2022. 

Anna Mecagni, 

Chief of Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06761 Filed 3–30–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Personnel Development To Improve 

Services and Results for Children With 

Disabilities—National Center for 

Improving Teacher and Leader 

Professions To Better Serve Children 

With Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2022 for the National Center 

for Improving Teacher and Leader 

Professions to Better Serve Children 

with Disabilities, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.325A. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1820–0028. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 31, 

2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 31, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 29, 2022. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

No later than [April 5, 2022, the Office 

of Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services (OSERS) will post details on 

pre-recorded informational webinars 

designed to provide technical assistance 


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