[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35575-35576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12478]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Guidelines 
for IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, 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 Guidelines 
for IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation. 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 August 9, 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 
Federal holidays.

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    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, 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 202-653-2135, or by email at 
[email protected]. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is particularly interested in public 
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.
    IMLS authorizing legislation (20 U.S.C. 9134) 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 renew clearance of the Guidelines for IMLS Grants to 
States Five-Year Evaluation (2023-2027) for the next three years.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: Guidelines for IMLS Grants to States Five-Year Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-0090.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State Library Administrative Agencies.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 59.
    Frequency of Response: Once every five years.
    Average Hours per Response: 90 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,310 hours.
    Cost Burden (dollars): $156,220.20.
    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: June 6, 2022.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-12478 Filed 6-9-22; 8:45 am]
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