[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 43038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15361]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0274; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 8]


Submission for OMB Review; Art-in-Architecture Program Center for 
Fine Arts, GSA Form 7437

AGENCY: Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of an information collection requirement regarding the Art-in 
Architecture (AIA) Program Center for Fine Arts, GSA Form 7437.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer Gibson, Office of the 
Chief Architect, Center for Fine Arts (PCAC), 1800 F Street NW, Room 
3100 PCAC, Washington, DC 20405, at telephone 202-501-0930 or via email 
at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this 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 Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The AIA Program actively seeks to commission works from the full 
spectrum of American artists and strives to promote new media and 
inventive solutions for public art. The GSA Form 7437, Art in 
Architecture Program National Artist Registry, will be used to collect 
information from artists across the country to participate and to be 
considered for commissions.
    The AIA Program is the result of a policy decision made in January 
1963 by GSA Administrator Bernard L. Boudin, who served on the Ad Hoc 
Committee on Federal Office Space in 1961-1962.
    The program has been modified over the years, most recently in 
2020, to align with Executive Order (E.O.) 13934 issued July 3, 2020, 
Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes. As mandated by 
E.O. 13934, the AIA program prioritized the commissioning of artworks 
that portray historically significant Americans or events of American 
historical significance, or that illustrate the ideals upon which the 
Nation was founded. Priority was to be given to public-facing monuments 
to former Presidents of the United States, and to individuals and 
events relating to the discovery of America, the founding of the United 
States, and the abolition of slavery. Such works of art were to be 
designed to be appreciated by the general public and by those who use 
and interact with Federal buildings. When an artwork commissioned by 
GSA was meant to depict a historically significant American, the 
artwork was required to be a lifelike or realistic representation of 
that person, not an abstract or modernist representation. The AIA 
program has been modified in 2022 to align with E.O. 14029, Revocation 
of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment, which revoked 
E.O. 13934, and to support the goals of E.O. 13895, Advancing Racial 
Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal 
Government.
    With the implementation of the 2022 policy, the AIA program 
actively seeks to commission works from the full spectrum of American 
artists and strives to promote new media and inventive solutions for 
public art. In support of the AIA program's goal to commission the most 
talented contemporary American artists to create works for the nation's 
important new civic buildings, it is necessary to identify those 
artists. The National Artist Registry (Registry) offers the opportunity 
for artists across the country to participate and to be considered for 
commissions.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 300.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Responses: 300.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 75.

C. Public Comments

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register as part of final 
rule FMR 2021-02, published at 87 FR 5711 on February 2, 2022. There 
were three comments received on the PRA portion of the rule.

Discussion and Analysis

    Two comments offered no specific suggestions. One comment provided 
detailed and specific suggestions and recommendations that were 
primarily outside of the mission of the Art in Architecture program, 
and in a number of instances, duplicate work already being done by the 
National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, the comments were 
operational and are either already in place or will be addressed as 
part of the management of the Art in Architecture program. For example, 
the Registry form can now be submitted directly online via the AiA 
website, and the site includes information on the selection process and 
project timeframes.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 
Division by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please 
cite OMB Control No. 3090-0274, Art-in Architecture Program Historic 
Buildings and the Arts, GSA Form 7437.

Beth Anne Killoran,
Deputy Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-15361 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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