In order to comply with the
requirements of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as
amended, P.L. 106-170 (NCSA) and the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Corporation for National and
Community Services requires programs to submit information about
AmeriCorps members enrolled and the service activities provided
toward specified objectives.
When burden was initially
calculated for this collection, it was calculated on the basis of 3
hours per effort by every AmeriCorps program that would be using
our online grants management system for any purpose during the
year. This includes grantees and subgrantees. Since the system was
then being used for member timekeeping, the calculation included
this function in this information collection. Since then, we have
separated out progress reporting from the other member management
functions. Only grantees54 state grantees and 100 national
granteeswill be responding to these progress reporting
questions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.