Notice2026-08968

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; AmeriCorps VISTA Application and Reporting Forms

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Published
May 6, 2026

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Corporation for National and Community Service

Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to revise an information collection for AmeriCorps VISTA application and reporting forms.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24529-24530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08968]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
AmeriCorps VISTA Application and Reporting Forms

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as 
AmeriCorps) is proposing to revise an information collection for 
AmeriCorps VISTA application and reporting forms.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 6, 2026.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) Electronically through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (preferred method).
    (2) By mail sent to: Orlaith Duggan, AmeriCorps VISTA, 250 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20525.
    (3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at 
the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send 
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this 
public comment request containing any routine notice about the 
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment 
that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion 
of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Orlaith Duggan, AmeriCorps VISTA, 202-
606-6658, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#68272c1d0f0f09062809050d1a010b071a181b460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdb2b9889a9a9c93bd9c90988f949e928f8d8ed39a928b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: AmeriCorps VISTA Application and Reporting 
Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0038.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations, State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 750.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 13,763.
    Abstract: AmeriCorps seeks to revise the concept paper and project 
application instructions, continuation application instructions, 
project progress report instructions, and support grant budget 
instructions in the current information collection. The revisions 
streamline content, ensure use of plain English with use of the second 
person, separate systems instructions from content explanations, update 
terminology, and divide narrative fields into clearer subsections to 
organize content. No revisions are being made to the VISTA Progress 
Report Supplement (VPRS) instructions. The information collection will 
otherwise be used in the same manner as the existing application and 
reporting forms. AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the current 
forms until the revised forms are approved by OMB. The currently 
approved information collection is due to expire on March 31, 2027.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB

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approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs 
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to 
provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All 
written comments will be available for public inspection on 
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>.

Brendan Murphy,
Acting Director, AmeriCorps VISTA.
[FR Doc. 2026-08968 Filed 5-5-26; 8:45 am]
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