[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06986]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is seeking 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information 
collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, NEH is requesting comments from all interested individuals 
and organizations on this proposed collection.

DATES: Please submit comments by May 6, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Carrigan, Chief Funding 
Opportunity Officer, Office of Grant Management, National Endowment for 
the Humanities: 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20506, or 
[email protected]; or 202-606-8377.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEH first published notice of its intent to 
seek OMB approval for this information collection in the Federal 
Register of January 27, 2021 (86 FR 7310) and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. The agency received one public comment, dated January 
27, 2021, which expressed general concern about the benefit of this 
information collection to the taxpayer. NEH acknowledged the comment 
but determined that it did not call for any change to the planned 
information collection since the opinion expressed was of a general 
nature and did not pertain to any specific aspects of the information 
collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 
days for public comment.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Generic Clearance Authority for 
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Abstract: The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking to 
renew its generic clearance authority. The generic clearance authority 
includes all NEH information collections, except one-time evaluations, 
questionnaires, and surveys.
    The proposed revision adjusts the overall burden estimate from 
88,815 to 296,433 hours. This estimate reflects the anticipated change 
in the number of respondents from 7,815 to 6,767 and an updated 
estimated time per response that more accurately reflects the hours 
required to complete a grant application. Previously, NEH estimated 
fifteen hours were needed to complete a grant application. Further 
study has increased the estimate to sixty hours per proposal. The 
burden estimate for associated forms and reporting requirements has not 
changed.
    OMB Number: 3136-0134.
    Affected Public: Applicants to NEH grant programs, reviewers of NEH 
grant applications, and NEH award recipients.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Respondents: 6,767.
    Total Responses: 6,767.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies according to type of 
information collection.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 615 hours.

Request for Comments

    The public is invited to comment on all aspects of this ICR, 
including: (a) 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; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (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 respondents, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological 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.

    Dated: March 30, 2021.
Elizabeth Voyatzis,
Deputy General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2021-06986 Filed 4-5-21; 8:45 am]
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