Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: February 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 29)]

[Notices]

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PEACE CORPS

Information Collection Requests Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: Notice of public use form review request to the Office of Management and Budget.

SUMMARY: The Associate Director for Management invites comments on information collection requests as required pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). This notice announces that the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request to approve the reinstatement of the National Agency Check Questionnaire for Peace Corps Volunteer Background Investigation (PC- 5). Section 22 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) mandates that ``all persons employed or assigned to duties under the Act shall be investigated to insure employment or assignment is consistent with national interest in accordance with standards and procedures established by the President.'' A copy of the information collection may be obtained from Stuart Moran, Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection, United States PEACE CORPS, 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20526. Mr. Moran may be contacted by telephone at (202) 606-2080. Peace Corps invites comments on whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for proper performance of the functions of the Peace Corps, including whether the information will have practical use; 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and, ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

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Comments on this form should be addressed to Victoria Becker Wassmer, Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.

Information Collection Abstract

Title: National Agency Check Questionnaire.

Need for and Use of This Information: Peace Corps needs this information in order to process applicants for Volunteer service. The information is used to insure that potential Volunteer's assignment is consistent with the national interest in accordance with the standards and procedures established by the President.

Respondents: Individuals who have applied for Peace Corps service and have been nominated to a specific program.

Respondents Obligation To Reply: Required to obtain benefits.

Burden On the Public

1. Annual reporting burden: 2,500 hrs.

2. Annual record keeping burden: 0 hrs.

3. Estimated average burden per response: 15 minutes.

4. Frequency of response: one time.

5. Estimated number of likely respondents: 10,000.

6. Estimated cost to respondents: $4.03.

This notice is issued in Washington, DC, on February 9, 1998. William C. Piatt, Associate Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 98-3542Filed2-11-98; 8:45 am]

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