[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11218-11219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3090]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Indian Arts and Crafts Board


Proposed Agency Information Collection With Indian Artist/Artisan 
Survey; Comment Request

AGENCY: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposal for the collection of information listed below

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has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed information collection form may be 
obtained by contacting the Board's Director at the phone number listed 
below. Comments and suggestions on the requirement should be made 
directly to the Office of Management and Budget. A copy of the comments 
and suggestions should also be sent to the Board's Director.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB by April 5, 2006, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention, 
Department of the Interior Desk Officer, by fax to 202-395-6566, or by 
e-mail to [email protected]. Send a copy of your written 
comments to Meridith Z. Stanton, Director, Indian Arts and Crafts 
Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-2058 
MIB, Washington, DC 20240. If you wish to submit comments by facsimile, 
the number is (202) 208-5196, or you may send them by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Please mention that your comments concern the Indian 
Artist/Artisan Survey, OMB control  1085-0003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the Indian Artist/Artisan Survey, OMB Control  1085-
0003, i.e., the information collection instrument, should be directed 
to Meridith Z. Stanton, Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 1849 C 
Street, NW., MS 2058 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may also call (202) 
208-3773 (not a toll free call), or send your request by e-mail to 
[email protected] or by facsimile to (202) 208-5196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The IACB is responsible for promoting the development of American 
Indian and Alaska Native Arts and crafts, improving the economic status 
of members of federally recognized Tribes, and helping to develop and 
expand marketing opportunities for arts and crafts produced by Native 
American Indians and Alaska Natives. This year, the Secretary of the 
Interior has mandated that each department complete a Strategic Plan. 
In conjunction with this plan, the Commissioners for the IACB have 
requested that the IACB generate baseline numbers that will be included 
in the Strategic Plan, as well as other statistics that will be used 
for evaluating and strengthening our Congressional mandate. The IACB 
has designed a questionnaire that would produce valid and reliable 
results that can be generalized to the entire universe of study. It is 
directed toward the Native American Indian and Alaska Native artist/
artisan constituency. The questionnaire is to be utilized at Indian 
markets across the country, which is where most artists and artisans 
served by the IACB sell their work. Recently, the IACB learned that it 
would be able to participate in the Santa Fe Indian Market, the largest 
event in the Southwest, and felt this would be an excellent opportunity 
to utilize the questionnaire. In order to do this, it requested 
emergency approval of the Indian Artist/Artisan Survey; OMB approved 
the survey under OMB Control Number 1085-0003. The IACB is planning to 
extend the information collection approval for the standard three years 
and to add additional surveys in other regions necessary to establish a 
national baseline.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Indian Artist/Artisan Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1085-0003.
    Current Expiration Date: February 28, 2006.
    Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal.
    Affected Entities: Businesses or other for-profit entities; Tribes.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 400.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    (2) Annual reporting and record keeping burden.
    Total annual reporting per respondent: 10 minutes.
    Total annual reporting: 67 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: This 
information is required to generate baseline numbers for our Strategic 
Plan, as well as other statistics to be used for evaluating and 
strengthening our Congressional mandate.

III. Request for Comments

    The Department of the Interior invites comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to 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 collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide 
information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize 
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able 
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to 
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

    Dated: February 17, 2006.
Meridith Z. Stanton,
Director, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
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