[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9769]


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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 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 has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve an extension of a currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding Art-in Architecture Program National 
Artist Registry. A request for public comments was published at 71 FR 
10688, March 2, 2006. No comments were received. This OMB clearance 
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 2000 
when a renewed focus on commissioningworks 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 21, 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 Ms. Jeanette Thornton, GSA Desk Officer, OMB, 
Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy 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.
    Total Responses: .25.
    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. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0274, Art-in-Architecture Program National Artist 
Registry, in all correspondence.

    Dated: May 31, 2006
Michael W. Carleton,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-9769 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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