[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58594-58595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29294]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts, as part of its continuing 
effort

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to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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. 
Currently, the National Endowment for the Arts is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed information collection of: The 1997 Survey of 
Public Participation in the Arts. A copy of the proposed information 
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed 
below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before January 13, 1997. The National 
Endowment for the Arts is particularly interested in comments which:
     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 submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Tom Bradshaw, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 617, Washington, DC 20506, telephone 
(202) 682-5432 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 682-5677.

Murray Welsh,
Director, Administrative Services.
[FR Doc. 96-29294 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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