[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39966-39967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17095]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 7518]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collections: ECA/P/V Youth
and Leadership Survey Questions
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of
proposed collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the following
information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Title of Information Collection: ECA/P/V Youth and
Leadership Programs: Pre Program Survey Questions.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Originating Office: Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, Office of Policy and Evaluation, Evaluation Division (ECA/P/
V).
Form Number: SV2011-0019.
Respondents: Participants in ECA exchange programs that
focus on youth and leadership. Specifically the programs that bring
students to the United States. For the purposes of this collection
``youth'' is defined solely as high-school aged.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,500 annually.
Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden: 500 hours annually.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.
Title of Information Collection: ECA/P/V Youth and
Leadership Programs: Post Program Survey Questions.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Originating Office: Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, Office of Policy and Evaluation, Evaluation Division (ECA/P/
V).
Form Number: SV2011-0020.
Respondents: Participants in ECA exchange programs that
focus on youth and leadership. Specifically the programs that bring
students to the United States. For the purposes of this collection
``youth'' is defined solely as high-school aged.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,500 annually.
Average Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden: 625 hours annually.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.
Title of Information Collection: ECA/P/V Youth and
Leadership Programs: Follow-up Program Survey Questions.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Originating Office: Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, Office of Policy and Evaluation, Evaluation Division (ECA/P/
V).
Form Number: SV2011-0021.
Respondents: Participants in ECA exchange programs that
focus on youth and leadership. Specifically the programs that bring
students to the United States. For the purposes of this collection
``youth'' is defined solely as high-school aged.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,500 annually.
Average Hours per Response: 25 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden: 625 hours annually.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.
DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
up to 30 days from July 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the Department of State Desk Officer in
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). You may submit comments by the following
methods:
E-mail: [email protected]. You must include the
DS form number, information collection title, and OMB control number in
the subject line of your message.
Fax: 202-395-5806. Attention: Desk Officer for Department
of State.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain copies of the proposed
information collection and supporting documents from Michelle Hale,
ECA/P/V, SA-5, C2 Floor, Department of State, Washington, DC 20522-
0582, who may be reached on 202-632-6312 or at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are soliciting public comments to permit
the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary to properly perform our functions.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
Abstract of Proposed Collections
These information collections will allow ECA/P/V to conduct pre-
program, post-program and follow-up surveys of exchange participants
from various ECA exchange programs that are focused on youth and
leadership using pre-approved questions. For the purposes of this
collection ``youth'' is defined solely as high-school aged. Collecting
this data will allow ECA/P/V to help inform the overall effectiveness
of ECA youth and leadership programs, by gathering data to be used for
program support, such as planning and design, as well as to help
monitor the program's performance. Respondents are the exchange
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participants who participate in youth and leadership programs through
ECA.
ECA/P/V: Youth and Leadership Programs: Pre Program Survey
Questions: This collection will cover pre-program surveys.
ECA/P/V: Youth and Leadership Programs: Post Program
Survey Questions: This collection will cover post program surveys
ECA/P/V: Youth and Leadership Programs: Follow-up Program
Survey Questions: This collection will cover follow-up program surveys.
Methodology
ECA/P/V estimates that at least 90% of the data collected through
these information collections will be done so electronically via a web-
based surveying system for ease of use. Non-electronic means such as
paper surveys will be used when electronic means are not technically
feasible.
Additional Information
These three collections together represent the full spectrum of the
performance measurement process (i.e. a pre-program, post-program, and
follow-up program surveying), and data collected across these
collections will be used to monitor ECA's youth and leadership
programs. The proposed questions have been designed to appear across
these collections as appropriate, and therefore it is imperative that
these questions remain unchanged so as to continue our vital
performance measurement work.
Dated: June 27, 2011.
Julianne Paunescu,
Acting Director of the Office of Policy and Evaluation, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-17095 Filed 7-6-11; 8:45 am]
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