[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47429-47430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17025]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Request: State Library 
Administrative Agency, FY 2020-FY 2022

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review, comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the 
following information collection has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This 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. By this notice, IMLS is 
soliciting comments concerning the continuance of the State Library 
Administrative Agencies Survey for FY 2020 and FY 2022. 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: Comments must be submitted to the office listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below on or before September 4, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
7316.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Connie Bodner, Director of Grants 
Policy and Management, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 
L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr. 
Bodner can be reached by Telephone: 202-653-4636, 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 
work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To 
learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

    State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs) are the official 
agencies of each state charged by state law with the extension and 
development of public library services throughout the state. (20 U.S.C. 
Chapter 72, 20 U.S.C. 9122.) The purpose of this survey is to provide 
state and federal policymakers with information about SLAAs, including 
their governance, allied operations, developmental services to 
libraries and library systems, support of electronic information 
networks and resources, number and types of outlets, and direct 
services to the public. This request includes new SLAA data elements 
regarding the COVID-19 public health emergency. Through the FY 2010 
collection, the SLAA Survey was conducted annually; beginning with the 
FY 2012 collection, the survey is conducted biennially. Because the FY 
2020 collection will not begin until early 2021, we are carrying over 
the documentation associated with the FY

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2018 data collection. Except for slight adjustments to respondent 
burden, the content of the statement is identical to that submitted for 
the renewal in 2019. The SLAA Survey has been conducted by the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services under the clearance number 
3137-0072. OMB approved the SLAA Survey collection on 01/15/2020, and 
it expires 01/31/2023. Due to the addition of COVID-19-related 
questions in the FY 2020 SLAA Survey, this action is to request a new 
three-year approval.
    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 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: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: State Library Administrative Agencies Survey, FY 2020-FY 
2022.
    OMB Number: 3137-0072.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Affected Public: Federal, State and local governments, State 
library administrative agencies, libraries, general public.
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Burden Hours per Respondent: 30.4.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,550.4.
    Total Annual Costs: $44,015.86.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $311,371.20.

    Dated: July 31, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services.
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