[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1518-1519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00809]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: Guidelines for
IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments on this collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. This pre-clearance consultation 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
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
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A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before March 31, 2019.
IMLS is particularly interested in comments that help the agency
to:
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: Send comments to: Dr. Sandra Webb, Director, Office of
Grants Policy and Management, Institute of Museum and Library Services,
955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr.
Webb can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-4718, Fax: 202-653-4608, or
by email at [email protected], or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with
hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri DeVoe, Associate Deputy Director
for Grants to States, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum
and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024-2135. She can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-
4778, Fax: 202-653-4602, or by email at [email protected], or by teletype
(TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source
of federal support for the nation's libraries and museums. We advance,
support, and empower America's museums, libraries, and related
organizations through grant making, research, and policy development.
Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work together to
transform the lives of individuals and communities. To learn more,
visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The Grants to States program is the largest grant
program administered by IMLS. Through this program, IMLS provides
financial assistance to develop library services throughout the States,
U.S. Territories, and the Freely Associated States. IMLS funds support
projects that, among other purposes, promote literacy and education;
enhance and expand the services and resources provided by all types of
libraries; enhance the skills of the current and future library
workforce and leadership; develop public-private partnerships with
other agencies and community-based organizations; and target library
services to individuals with diverse geographic, cultural and socio-
economic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and individuals
from other underserved communities. The program recognizes the
increasing importance of information technology by emphasizing programs
that teach digital literacy skills; develop library services that
provide all users with access to information through local, State,
regional, national, and international collaborations and networks; and
establish or enhance electronic and other linkages among and between
libraries and other entities.
A State Library Administrative Agency (``SLAA'') is the official
agency of a State charged by law with the extension and development of
public library services throughout the State. To receive funds under
the Grants to States program, each SLAA must submit to the Director of
IMLS a State Plan detailing certain goals, assurances, and procedures
for a five-year period. A State Plan is a document that identifies a
State's library needs, sets forth the activities to be taken toward
meeting the identified needs supported with the assistance of Federal
funds made available under subchapter II (Library Services and
Technology, ``LSTA'') and provides assurances that the officially
designated SLAA has the fiscal and legal authority and capability to
administer all aspects of any award under the Grants to States program.
The State Plan must also provide assurances for establishing the
State's policies, priorities, criteria, and procedures necessary to the
implementation of all programs under the LSTA.
IMLS authorizing legislation directs State Library Administrative
Agencies (SLAAs) to ``independently evaluate, and report to the
Director regarding, the activities assisted under this subchapter,
prior to the end of the Five Year Plan.'' This evaluation provides
SLAAs an opportunity to measure progress in meeting the goals set in
their approved Five Year Plans with a framework to synthesize
information across all state reports in telling a national story.
This action is to seek approval for the instructions for the
Guidelines for IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation for the next
three years.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: Guidelines for IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation.
OMB Number: 3137-0090.
Frequency: Once every five years.
Affected Public: State Library Administrative Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 59.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 90 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,310 hours.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: n/a.
Total Annual Costs: $148,361.
Public Comments Invited: Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Dated: January 29, 2019.
Kim Miller,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2019-00809 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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