Supporting Statement_online_conference_registration

Peace Corps—Office of Domestic Programs

Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools

World Wise Schools Conference - Online Registration Form

OMB Approval Number: 0420-XXXX

Supporting Statement

Section A: Justification

1. The Peace Corps Office of Domestic Programs promotes the contributions that former Peace Corps Volunteers make in the United States after their service. The Office of Domestic Programs comprises the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools program, the Masters International program, the Fellows/USA graduate fellowship program, and Returned Volunteer Services. The Office of Domestic Programs activities and publications support section 2 of the Peace Corps Act, which states that one of the agency’s missions is to “promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people.” Coverdell World Wise Schools was established in 1989 in order to bring the cross-cultural experience of Peace Corps Volunteers into the classrooms of the United States. Within the purview of Coverdell World Wise Schools, an annual conference is hosted to promote Coverdell World Wise Schools as a leader in global education by showcasing educational materials and services to a wide range of K–12 and university educators; and by fostering working relationships with governmental and nongovernmental organizations that support international and cross-cultural education programs. The online registration form will be made available on the World Wise Schools website annually, for three months prior to the conference, to allow attendees to register.
   
   

2. The World Wise Schools Conference Online Registration Form is used to collect basic information about the attendees. Information to be collected includes name; phone number; e-mail address; affiliation with a school, university, or agency; and questions or additional information attendees may have. Respondents include educators, and employees of governmental and nongovernmental organizations interested in promoting global education in the classroom. The information is used for purposes of maintaining contact with others who want to register for the annual Global Issues in the Classroom conference. The information will be collected from the World Wise Schools website annually, for three months prior to the conference.

3. The information will be collected from an online form that will be made available on the conference section of the World Wise Schools website. The electronic submission of information is sent to the World Wise Schools e-mail inbox, [email protected] and the information saved onto a spreadsheet.

4. The Peace Corps has reviewed this registration form in order to identify and avoid duplications. No other existing information can be used or modified to identify people attending the annual Coverdell World Wise Schools Conference since a substantially different group of participants will attend the conference annually. The information collected is unique in that it applies only to the Global Issues in the Classroom conference and elicits data about conference participants only.

5. The collection of information does not impact small businesses or other small entities.

6. This information cannot be collected less frequently than annually because the conference occurs once a year. Without the collected information, Coverdell World Wise Schools will not be able to suitably prepare for the amount of people attending the conference.

7. There are no special circumstances. Collection will be conducted in a manner consistent with CFR 1320.6 guidelines.

   1. The collection does not require respondents to report information to the agency more often than quarterly.

   2. The collection does not require respondents to prepare a written response in fewer than 30 days after receipt.

   3. The collection does not require respondents to submit more than an original or facsimile copy of the form.

   4. The collection does not require respondents to retain records for more than three years.

   5. The collection is not designed to produce valid and reliable results that can be generalized to the universe of study.

   6. The collection is not statistical.

   7. The collection does not include a pledge of confidentiality.

   8. The collection does not require respondents to submit proprietary trade secrets or other confidential information.

8. The 60 day Federal Register Notice was published on 4/20/2007 on page 19982. No public comments were received.

9. Peace Corps will not provide any payments of gifts to respondents.

10. Assurance of privacy provided to respondents is on the Privacy Act Notice posted on the bottom of the form, as well as the Privacy and freedom of information policies available on every page of the website.

11. The registration form does not contain any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, etc. The information on the registration form will be used to provide program information to people interested in attending the conference as well as for logistical purposes to prepare for the conference.

12. Number of Respondents: 300

Frequency of Response: 1

Completion Time: x 10 minutes

Total Annual Hour Burden: 50 hours

13. Cost estimate to the respondent: $0.00

14. Online Form Development: $28/hour x 40 hours = $1120.00

Employee labor to collect information:

Employee $28/hour x 25 labor hours/fiscal year= $700.00

Cost to the Federal Government (2007): $1820.00

15. N/A.

15. Coverdell World Wise Schools will not publish the registration information. Collection of information does not employ statistical methods.

15. The agency plans to display the expiration date for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection on all instruments.

15. The agency is able to certify compliance with all provisions under Item 19 of OMB Form 83-I.

Section B: Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods

The collection of information does not employ statistical methods.

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