[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 251 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33055]


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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 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)(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 
collect requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the National Endowment for the Arts is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed information collection of: Blanket 
Justification for NEA Funding Application Guidelines FY 1998-FY 2001. A 
copy of the current 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 February 289, 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: A.B. Spellman, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 516, Washington, DC 20506-0001, 
telephone (202) 682-5421 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 
682-5049.
Murray Welsh,
Director, Administrative Services.
[FR Doc. 96-33055 Filed 12-27-96; 8:45 am]
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