[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10688-10689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2933]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0274]


Public Buildings Service; Information Collection; Art-in-
Architecture Program National Artist Registry

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding the Art-in-Architecture Program 
National Artist Registry form. The clearance currently expires on July 
31, 2006.
    The Art-in-Architecture Program is the result of a policy decision 
made in January 1963 by GSA Administrator Bernard L. Boudin who had 
served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space in 1961-1962.
    The program has been modified over the years, most recently in 1996 
when a renewed focus on commissioning works of art that are an integral 
part of the building's architecture and adjacent landscape was 
instituted. The program continues to commission works of art from 
living American artists. One-half of one percent of the estimated 
construction cost of new or substantially renovated Federal buildings 
and U.S. courthouses is allocated for commissioning works of art.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Harrison, Public Buildings 
Service, Office of the Chief Architect, Art-in-Architecture Program, 
Room 3341, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405, at telephone (202) 
501-1812 or via e-mail to [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General 
Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0274, Art-in-Architecture 
Program National Artist Registry, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The Art-in-Architecture Program actively seeks to commission works 
from the full spectrum of American artists and strives to promote new 
media and inventive solutions for public art. The GSA Form 7437, Art-
in-Architecture Program National Artist Registry, will be used to 
collect information from artists across the country to participate and 
to be considered for commissions.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 360.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Hours Per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 90.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312.

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Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0274, Art-in-Architecture Program 
National Artist Registry, in all correspondence.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
Michael W. Carleton,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-2933 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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