In the Dec. 7, 2011 Federal Register USAID announced a proposed information collection burden for its grantees that will apply to a pilot Partner Vetting System. It gave the public 30 days to submit comments.
The notice says, “USAID intends to collect information from approximately 10,000 individuals and/or officers of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who apply for USAID contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, other funding from USAID, or who apply for registration with USAID as Private and Voluntary Organizations (PVO). Collection of personally identifiable information from these individuals is specifically used to conduct screening to ensure that neither USAID funds nor USAID-funded activities inadvertently provide support to entities or individuals associated with terrorism.”
This notice comes just weeks after a similar notice from the State Dept. Comments on the USAID notice are due no later than Jan. 5, 2012.
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