89 FR 120 pg. 52102 - Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection: 2025-2027 IMLS Museums Empowered Notice of Funding Opportunity
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 120Page: 52102
Page: 52102FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-13578 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection: 2025-2027 IMLS Museums Empowered Notice of Funding Opportunity
AGENCY:
Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION:
Submission for OMB Review, comment request.
SUMMARY:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments about this assessment process, instructions, and data collections.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES:
Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section below on or before July 21, 2024.
OMB is particular interested in comments that help the agency to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of publication of this Notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection request by selecting "Institute of Museum and Library Services" under "Currently Under Review;" then check "Only Show ICR for Public Comment" checkbox. Once you have found this information collection request, select "Comment," and enter or upload your comment and information. Alternatively, please mail your written comments to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Isaksen, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Mr. Isaksen can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4667, or by email at misaksen@imls.gov. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) can contact IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 for TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the primary source of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums. We advance, support, and empower America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy development. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The goal of Museums Empowered is to strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public through professional development activities that cross-cut various departments to generate systemic change within the museum. It has four project categories: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Digital Technology; Evaluation; and Organizational Management.
This action is to renew the content, forms, and instructions for the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the next three years. The 60-Day Notice was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2024 (89 FR 19890). The agency received non comments in response to this notice.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title of Collection: 2025-2027 IMLS Museums Empowered Notice of Funding Opportunity.
OMB Control Number: 3137-0107.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: Museums that meet the IMLS Museums for America institutional eligibility criteria.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 65.
Frequency of Response: Once per year.
Average Hours per Response: 45.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,925.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $94,917.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $10,087.
Dated: June 14, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-13578 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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