[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 26231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09487]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Request: IMLS Grants to 
States Program State Reporting System, Including Site Visit Checklist

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
on 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. The 
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments related to the IMLS 
Grants to States Program State Reporting System, including Site Visit 
Checklist. 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 July 03, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants 
Policy and Management, 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. Bodner can be reached by 
telephone: 202-653-4636, or by email at [email protected]. Office hours 
are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except on 
Federal holidays. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) 
can contact IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 for TTY-Based 
Telecommunications Relay Service.

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. Ms. DeVoe can be reached by telephone at 202-
653-4778, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).

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. 
To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

     The Grants to States program is the largest source of federal 
funding support for library services in the U.S. Using a population-
based formula, more than $160 million is distributed among the State 
Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs) every year. SLAAs are official 
agencies charged by the Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 
9121 and 20 U.S.C. 9141) with the extension and development of library 
services, and they are located in each of the 50 States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, the five Territories of Guam, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 
three Freely Associated States of Federated States of Micronesia, 
Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
    Each State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA) is required, under 
20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq. (in particular 20 U.S.C. 9134), to submit a plan 
that details library services goals for a five-year period, along with 
associated certifications. Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 9134 (c), each SLAA 
that receives an IMLS grant under the Grants to States program is 
required to evaluate and report on all funded project activities to 
IMLS, prior to the end of the execution of its five-year plan. Each 
SLAA receives IMLS funding to support activities for the five-year 
period through a series of overlapping two-year grant awards. Each SLAA 
must file interim and final financial reports, and final performance 
reports for each of these two-year grants through IMLS's State Program 
Report (SPR) system. This action is to incorporate a Site Visit 
Checklist as a stand-alone form in the SPR system, which has an OMB 
Control Number of 3137-0071, expiring 8/31/2024.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: IMLS Grants to States Program State Reporting System, 
including Site Visit Checklist.
    OMB Number: 3137-0071.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State Library Administrative Agencies.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 59.
    Frequency of Response: Annually for the State Program Report, once 
every five years for the Site Visit Checklist.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 47.83 hours for the State 
Program Report (annually), 20 hours for the Site Visit Checklist (once 
every five years).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,822.
    Cost Burden (dollars): $87,086.
    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: April 28, 2022.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-09487 Filed 5-2-22; 8:45 am]
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