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within 30 days from this date of 

publication in this Federal Register:

(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974, 

Attention Ms. Katherine Astrich, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Commuity Service; and 

(2) Electronically by e-mail to: 

Katherine_T._Astrich@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 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; 

• 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, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Comments: A 60-day comment Notice 

was published in the Federal Register

on March 3, 2005. This comment period 

ended May 2, 2005 and resulted in no 

comments being received. 

Description: The Corporation requests 

reinstatement, with changes, of its 

AmeriCorps*VISTA Project Progress 

Report which reflects the Corporation’s 

intention to modify selected sections of 

the collection instrument to reflect 

changes in data considered ‘‘core 

reporting’’ information to meet a variety 

of needs, including modification of data 

elements, including adding new data 

elements as needed to ensure 

information collection captures 

appropriate data for the Corporation’s 

required performance measurement and 

other reporting. 

The Project Progress Report (PPR) was 

designed to assure that 

AmeriCorps*VISTA sponsors address 

and fulfill legislated program purposes, 

meet agency program management and 

grant requirements, and assess progress 

toward work plan objectives agreed 

upon in the granting of the 

memorandum of agreement. 

Further, the reinstatement of the 

previously used PPR will: (a) Enhance 

data elements collected via this 

information collection tool; (b) migrate 

the paper version of the form to the 

Corporation’s electronic grants 

management system, eGrants; and (c) 

establish reporting periods consistent 

with the Corporation’s integrated grants 

management and reporting policies. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently-approved collection. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: AmeriCorps*VISTA Project 

Progress Report. 

OMB Number: 3045–0043. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: AmeriCorps*VISTA 

sponsoring organizations, site 

supervisors, and members. 

Total Respondents: 1300. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Average Time Per Response: 14.7 

hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19,110 

hours per submission. Total annual 

burden assuming quarterly submission 

is 74,440 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None.

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Howard Turner, 

Acting Director, AmeriCorps*VISTA.

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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 

Application Instructions for State 

Commissions. These applications are 

used by current and prospective 

grantees to apply for funds to support 

AmeriCorps States and Territories 

Competitive, Education Award Program, 

and Formula Grants. 

Copies of the information collection 

requests can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the address section 

of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

October 24, 2005.

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: Amy Borgstrom, 

Associate Director for Policy, 

AmeriCorps State and National, 1201 

New York Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the Corporation’s mailroom at Room 

8410 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) 606–3476, 

Attention Amy Borgstrom, Associate 

Director for Policy, AmeriCorps State 

and National. 

(4) Electronically through the 

Corporation’s e-mail address system: 

aborgstrom@cns.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Borgstrom, (202) 606–6930, or by 

e-mail at aborgstrom@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: Since the President’s 

Call to Service, many Americans have 

expressed a renewed desire to serve 

their country by volunteering in their 

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community. Now, we have an obligation 

to ensure that Americans have quality 

opportunities to serve. The Corporation 

has amended several provisions relating 

to the AmeriCorps national service 

program, and has added a rule to clarify 

the Corporation’s requirements for 

program sustainability, performance 

measures and evaluation, capacitybuilding activities by AmeriCorps 

members, qualifications for tutors, and 

other requirements. The implementation 

of these changes through the rulemaking 

process includes ensuring the 

Corporation’s information collection 

instruments accurately reflect these 

issues. 

In an effort to be compliant while 

maintaining functions essential to the 

operations of each State Commission 

and AmeriCorps program, we are 

submitting the enclosed request to OMB 

for approval of information collection 

activities. This submission includes 

application instructions which are used 

by state commissions to apply for 

AmeriCorps States and Territories 

Competitive, Education Award Program, 

and Formula Grants. The application is 

completed electronically using eGrants, 

the Corporation’s web-based grants 

management system. 

Current Action: The Corporation seeks 

to renew and revise the current 

Application Instructions for State 

Commissions due to Rulemaking. When 

revised, the Application Instructions 

will revise/clarify the Application 

Instructions especially as they are 

affected by new regulations. In addition, 

these Application Instructions which 

previously were included in a larger 

collection, will now be separated into a 

new collection. 

The application will otherwise be 

used in the same manner as the existing 

application for State Primes which was 

included in the AmeriCorps National, 

State, and Indian Tribes and U.S. 

Territories 2005 Application 

Instructions, and which it replaces. The 

Corporation also seeks to continue using 

the current application until the revised 

application is approved by OMB. The 

current application is due to expire on 

September 30, 2005. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Application Instructions for 

State Commissions (formerly 2005 State 

Commission Administrative Guidance 

and Prime Application Instructions). 

OMB Number: New. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: State Commissions 

applying for AmeriCorps States and 

Territories Competitive, Education 

Award Program, and Formula Grants. 

Total Respondents: 54. 

Frequency: Annually for Competitive 

and Formula, bi-annually for the 

Education Award Program. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

24 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1296. 

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: August 18, 2005. 

Rosie Mauk, 

Director, AmeriCorps.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice is published in 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). The topic of the meeting on 

September 13 is to review continuing 

research and development projects 

requesting Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

funds in excess of $1M. The topic of the 

meetings on September 14–15 are to 

review new start research and 

development projects requesting 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program funds in excess 

of $1M. This meeting is open to the 

public. Any interested person may 

attend, appear before, or file statements 

with the Scientific Advisory Board at 

the time and in the manner permitted by 

the Board.

DATES: September 13, 2005 from 8 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m. (continuing research and 

development projects). September 14, 

2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (new start 

research and development projects). 

September 15, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. (new start research and 

development projects).

ADDRESSES: SERDP Program Office, 

Conference Facility, 901 North Stuart 

Street, Suite 804, Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Misa Jensen, SERDP Program Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) 

696–2126.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Threat Reduction Agency; 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records

AGENCY: Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency, DoD.

ACTION: Notice to Alter a System of 

Records; HDTRA 007 Security 

Operations. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency proposes to alter a system of 

records notice in its existing inventory 

of records systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended.

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

September 23, 2005 unless comments 

are received which result in a contrary 

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

General Counsel, Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–

6201

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Brenda Carter at (703) 325–1205.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Threat Reduction Agency 

systems of records notices subject to the 

Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address above. 

The proposed system reports, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, were 

submitted on August 16, 2005 to the 

House Committee on Government 

Reform, the Senate Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs, and the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) pursuant to 

paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB 

Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals,’’ dated 

February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 

FR 6427).