Notice2026-09626
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Application Package for Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement
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Published
May 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
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 renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 27309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09626]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Application Package for Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and
Volunteering Supplement
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 renew an information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 13, 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: AmeriCorps, Attention: Andrea Robles, 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 (1) 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: Laura Schlachter, Ph.D., 202-855-2358,
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c100f3f34303d3f3428392e1c3d31392e353f332e2c2f723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da9689b9b2b6bbb9b2aebfa89abbb7bfa8b3b9b5a8aaa9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: Current Population
Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0139.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,670.
Abstract: AmeriCorps is mandated by the Serve America Act (2009) to
facilitate the establishment of a Civic Health Assessment in
partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship. AmeriCorps
aggregates and presents key indicators of civic health through its
Volunteering and Civic Life in America (VCLA) research. The agency
makes reports, tables, and data publicly available on the AmeriCorps
website. Specialized tables are made available upon request. The
proposed survey will be the only source of nationally representative
data on civic engagement trends across the United States and over time.
Key measures include formally volunteering through an organization;
informally interacting with family, friends, and neighbors;
participating in associations; charitable giving; learning about and
engaging with issues of public concern; and interacting with public and
private institutions. AmeriCorps has partnered with the US Census
Bureau to collect data and publish reports on civic engagement trends
since 2002. Currently, AmeriCorps is soliciting comments concerning its
proposed renewal of the Current Population Survey Volunteering and
Civic Engagement Supplement. AmeriCorps is directed by Congress to
collect data and produce reports on the nation's civic health
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12639(a); 13 U.S.C. 8(b), 182; 29 U.S.C. 1).
AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the currently approved
information collection until the renewed information collection is
approved by OMB. The currently approved information collection is due
to expire on August 31, 2026.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB 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>.
Mary Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2026-09626 Filed 5-13-26; 8:45 am]
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