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PA. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2014–19397 Filed 8–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Information Collection; Submission for 

OMB Review, Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS) has 

submitted a public information 

collection request (ICR) entitled 

AmeriCorps VISTA Project Progress 

Report for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of 

this ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

calling the Corporation for National and 

Community Service, Mr. Robert Cox, at 

202–606–6851 or email to vista@

americorps.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register: 

(1) By fax to: 202–395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk 

Officer for the Corporation for National 

and Community Service; or 

(2) By email to: smar@omb.eop.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 used; 

• 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 February 20, 2014. This 

comment period ended April 28, 2014. 

All comments and the disposition of 

each are addressed below. 

One set of comments was in regard to 

the Member Development section of the 

Project Progress Report. One comment 

expressed appreciation for the change in 

how applicants report information in 

this section. Specifically, respondents 

are now asked to report the number of 

hours of member development 

opportunities provided to AmeriCorps 

VISTA members, where previously 

respondents were asked to report the 

number of AmeriCorps VISTA members 

that received member development 

opportunities. The commenter stated 

that counting hours will be less 

burdensome for respondents. 

A second comment regarding the 

Member Development section suggested 

providing more detailed definitions of 

the individual member development 

areas. CNCS lists these member 

development areas (which include 

Community Volunteer Generation/

Recruitment, Effective Volunteer 

Management, and Grantwriting) without 

detailed definition because they are 

broad functions that are reflected in the 

assignment descriptions of VISTA 

members. CNCS believes their meaning 

is understandable to individuals 

involved in sponsoring a VISTA project. 

A third comment regarding the 

Member Development section was a 

suggestion to provide a higher character 

limit for the ‘‘Other’’ line than has been 

allowed in the past. CNCS notes that the 

character limit for respondents to 

provide professional development 

information for the ‘‘Other’’ area is 

higher than it has been in the past in the 

CNCS eGrants system and is of 

sufficient size to adequately spotlight 

professional development. 

A fourth set of comments focused on 

the Demographics section of the Project 

Progress Report. One comment noted a 

lack of clarity on whether respondents 

are being asked to provide information 

about a duplicated or unduplicated 

count of community volunteers who are 

recruited and managed. Another 

comment expressed a preference for one 

combined count that reflects community 

volunteers who are recruited and 

managed. CNCS notes that the measures 

included in the Demographics section 

are a subset of the CNCS National 

Performance Measures, which include 

specific definitions and data collection 

standards for each measure. Those 

standards require that the total number 

of volunteers recruited and managed is 

an unduplicated count and that 

respondents control for double counting 

or select the measure that best fits their 

program model. 

To clarify this requirement in the 

Project Progress Report, CNCS amended 

the Demographics section by creating 

one response line for community 

volunteers recruited and a separate 

response line for community volunteers 

managed. CNCS also added language 

that refers respondents to the definitions 

and data collection standards for each 

measure and thus the requirement to 

report an unduplicated count. 

Additionally, CNCS also created one 

line for respondents to report the 

number of hours of service contributed 

by community volunteers and a separate 

line for respondents to report the 

number of hours of service contributed 

by community volunteers managed. 

CNCS also added language that refers 

respondents to where they can find the 

definitions and data collection 

standards for those measures, as well as 

every other measure in this section. 

The fifth set of comments focused on 

the Performance Measure section of the 

Project Progress Report. One comment 

asked whether the instructions were 

requiring respondents to report on data 

collected for performance measures for 

the project in the aggregate or for each 

VISTA member individually. The CNCS 

requirement is neither. The CNCS 

requirement is for respondents to report 

progress with respect to each individual 

performance measure set that the 

respondent identified in their approved 

application. An individual performance 

measure set is based on the unique 

combination of a site and a capacity goal 

and may represent the activities of 

multiple VISTA members. 

To further clarify the requirement, 

CNCS amended the Performance 

Measurement section to require 

respondents to enter data for each 

individual performance measure set that 

was created in the application. The 

CNCS eGrants system will also 

automatically display each performance 

measure set for which respondents must 

enter data, further clarifying the 

requirement. 

Other comments regarding the 

Performance Measure section expressed 

the preference that CNCS require 

respondents to report data for the 


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project in the aggregate rather than at 

the individual performance measure set 

level and offered an opinion that data 

reported in disaggregated fashion would 

be burdensome for respondents to 

provide and would not result in 

meaningful information for CNCS. 

CNCS acknowledges that the level of 

burden may be higher for some 

respondents to report on individual 

performance measure sets and has 

increased the burden estimate. CNCS 

notes that the increased burden stems 

from additional data entry into the 

CNCS eGrants reporting system and is 

not a burden caused by additional data 

collection or other reporting steps 

peculiar to reporting to CNCS on 

individual performance measure sets. 

Further, given the unique and 

complex nature of capacity building 

activities, CNCS believes that the 

information reported at an individual 

performance measure set level will 

provide meaningful and valuable 

information about how respondents are 

using VISTA resources in a way that an 

aggregate cannot. 

The intent of VISTA resources is to 

build capacity of individual 

organizations and programs to address 

poverty. Even sites that have similar 

capacity goals and performance 

measures—as expressed in individual 

performance measure sets—may achieve 

results at different rates, need different 

levels of VISTA resources to make 

progress, or require different types of 

service activities from VISTA members. 

Reporting data on individual 

performance sets is necessary for 

respondents, CNCS, and other 

stakeholders to monitor this variability 

in resources, aspirations and 

accomplishments, both to assist in the 

accomplishment of the individual 

project as well as to support the 

continuous improvement of the VISTA 

program as a whole. 

Description: CNCS seeks to revise the 

Project Progress Report, which contains 

the instructions used by AmeriCorps 

VISTA sponsors to report on the use of 

AmeriCorps VISTA resources and on 

progress against their approved 

application. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Project Progress Report. 

OMB Number: 3045–0038. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: AmeriCorps VISTA 

sponsoring organizations. 

Total Respondents: 900. 

Frequency: Four times a year for each 

sponsor in the first year; twice per year 

thereafter unless performance or nature 

of the project requires more frequent 

reporting and review. 

Average Time per Response: 20 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 48,000 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None. 

Dated: August 12, 2014. 

D. Paul Monteiro, 

Director, AmeriCorps VISTA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors will meet to make such 

inquiry, as the Board shall deem 

necessary, into the state of morale and 

discipline, the curriculum, instruction, 

physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and 

academic methods of the Naval 

Academy. The executive session of this 

meeting from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on 

September 8, 2014, will include new 

and pending administrative/minor 

disciplinary infractions and non-judicial 

punishments involving the Midshipmen 

attending the U.S. Naval Academy to 

include but not limited to individual 

honor/conduct violations within the 

Brigade, the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. For this 

reason, the executive session of this 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

DATES: The open session of the meeting 

will be held on September 8, 2014, from 

8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The closed session 

of this meeting will be the executive 

session held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Library of Congress in Washington, 

DC. The meeting will be handicap 

accessible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Eric Madonia, 

USN, Executive Secretary to the Board 

of Visitors, Office of the Superintendent, 

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 

21402–5000, 410–293–1503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of meeting is provided per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The executive 

session of the meeting from 11 a.m. to 

12 p.m. on September 8, 2014, will 

include new and pending 

administrative/minor disciplinary 

infractions and non-judicial 

punishments involving the Midshipmen 

attending the U.S. Naval Academy to 

include but not limited to individual 

honor/conduct violations within the 

Brigade. The discussion of such 

information cannot be adequately 

segregated from other topics, which 

precludes opening the executive session 

of this meeting to the public. 

Accordingly, the Secretary of the Navy 

has determined in writing that the 

meeting shall be partially closed to the 

public because the discussions during 

the executive session from 11 a.m. to 12 

p.m. will be concerned with matters 

coming under sections 552b(c) (5), (6), 

and (7) of title 5, United States Code. 

Dated: August 11, 2014. 

P.A. Richelmi, 

Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0120] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; State 

Educational Agency and Local 

Educational Agency—School Data 

Collection and Reporting Under ESEA, 

Title I, Part A 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education (OESE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0120 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 


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