[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-200]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; Submission of OMB Review: 
Comment Request

    The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has submitted the 
following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35]. Copies of the ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may 
be obtained by contacting Sunil Iyengar via telephone at 202-682-5654 
(this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail at [email protected]. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDD) 
may call 202-682-5496 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday 
through Friday.
    Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National Endowment for the 
Arts, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, 202-395-7316, within 30 days from the date of this publication 
in the Federal Register.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: National Endowment for the Arts.
    Title: Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals.
    OMB Number: New.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: Festival organizers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7769.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 16.0 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 2071 hours.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs (Operating/Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 
Services): 0.
    Description: The National Endowment for the Arts plans to conduct a 
study of outdoor arts festivals in the United States. There currently 
is no single, comprehensive research publication or database that 
describes the range and/or impact of arts festivals in this country. 
The study proposed here is a two-pronged research effort to describe 
the U.S. outdoor festival community--among other characteristics, its 
number, types, financing, staffing, regional distribution, and artist 
employment patterns. The first prong of the study is a national on-line 
survey of the universe of outdoor arts festivals, and the second is a 
series of seven case studies of festivals involving site visits, 
audience surveys, interviews with festival administrators, focus groups 
of artists, and focus groups of volunteers. Festivals in the study may 
be one-day or season-long programs, multi-disciplinary or discipline-
specific, and funded by non-profit or for-profit organizations. The 
activities include collecting uniform data from festival organizers 
while still keeping data collection burdens to a minimum.

ADDRESSES: Sunil Iyengar, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 616, Washington, DC 20506-0001, 
telephone (202) 682-5654 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 
682-5677.

Kathleen Edwards,
Support Services Supervisor, Administrative Services, National 
Endowment for the Arts.
 [FR Doc. E9-200 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am]
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