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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Corporation for National and Community Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office listed in the ADDRESSES section by May 27, 2008.
DOCUMENT 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. 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 proposed renewal of its Forbearance Request for National Service Form. Copies of the information collection requests can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the address section of this notice.
SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Corporation is particularly interested in comments that:[[Page 16276]]
technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses). Background
This form or the electronic equivalent are used by AmeriCorps members to request a postponement, during their term of service, of their obligation to make payment on qualified student loans while they are earning a minimal living allowance in their national service position. The form provides proof that the borrower is serving in an approved national service position, thereby meeting the criteria for the mandatory forbearance based on national service. The form has a ``Manual'' version generated from the online request when the institution is not registered online, which provides the AmeriCorps member's electronic signature; the nonelectronic version provides a space for the member and the authorized program official to sign. Current Action
The Corporation seeks to renew the current form. The application
will be used in the same manner as the existing application. 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 July 31, 2008.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Forbearance Request for National Service Form.
OMB Number: 30450030.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Individuals who have enrolled in a term of national service who wish to postpone loan payments on qualified loans while they serve.
Total Respondents: 11,000 responses annually, using the paper form.
Frequency: Some members do not have any qualified student loans while others have several. Currently, we estimate about half of the forbearance requests are processed electronically. The Corporation expects the use of paper forms to decrease over the next few years.
Average Time per Response: Total of 10 minutes (nine minutes for
the AmeriCorps member's section (nonelectronic version) and one minute for certification).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,833 hours.
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: March 20, 2008.
Maggie TaylorCoates,
Manager (Acting), National Service Trust.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Bruce Kellogg, (202) 606-6954, or by email at bkellogg@cns.gov.
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