Justification for Non-Substantive Change

Justification

Non-Substantive Change to an Existing Approved Information Collection

AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle Evaluation – Puerto Rico Bundled Evaluation

OMB Control Number 3045-0202

Expiration September 30, 2027

AmeriCorps is requesting this non-substantive change to bring its Puerto Rico Bundled Evaluation forms into compliance with Executive Order (EO) 14168 of January 20, 2025, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, 90 Fed. Reg. 8615 (January 30, 2025).

Section 2(e) of EO 14168 on Defending Women requires:

Agencies shall remove all statements, policies, regulations, forms, communications, or other internal and external messages that promote or otherwise inculcate gender ideology, and shall cease issuing such statements, policies, regulations, forms, communications or other messages. Agency forms that require an individual’s sex shall list male or female, and shall not request gender identity. Agencies shall take all necessary steps, as permitted by law, to end the Federal funding of gender ideology.

AmeriCorps is therefore requesting this non-substantive change to the Puerto Rico Bundled Evaluation forms to:

• In question 29 of the AmeriCorps Alumni Survey Protocol, replace the term “gender” with “sex,” delete references to “transgender men,” “transgender women,” “nonbinary/nonconforming,” “non-conforming,” and delete the option “Prefer to self describe as ________”

• In question 36 of the AmeriCorps Member/VISTA Survey, replace the term “gender” with “sex,” delete references to “transgender men,” “transgender women,” “nonbinary/nonconforming,” “non-conforming,” and delete the option “Prefer to self describe as ________”

• In question 5.B of the Pre-/Post-Evaluation Technical Assistance Program Assessment, replace the term “gender” with “sex,” delete reference to “non-conforming,” and delete the option “Prefer to self describe (please specify)_______”.