[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47471-47472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16621]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection: 
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: Submission for OMB Review, request for comments, collection of 
information.

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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. This Notice proposes the 
clearance of 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before September 02, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this Notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection request by selecting ``Institute 
of Museum and Library Services'' under ``Currently Under Review;'' then 
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Once you have 
found this information collection request, select ``Comment,'' and 
enter or upload your comment and information. Alternatively, please 
mail your written comments to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316.
    OMB 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 submission of responses).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa DeVoe, Associate Deputy 
Director of State Programs, 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]. Persons who are deaf or 
hard of hearing (TTY users) may contact IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 
for TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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making, research, and policy development. To learn more, visit 
www.imls.gov.
    Current Actions: This notice proposes the clearance of the IMLS 
Grants to States Program State Reporting System, Including Site Visit 
Checklist. 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. The 60-day Notice was 
published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2022 (87 FR 26231). The 
agency has taken into consideration the one comment that was received 
under this notice.
    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.
    Affected Public: State Library Administrative Agencies.
    Total Number of Respondents: 59.
    Frequency of Response: Annually for the State Program Report, once 
every five years for the Site Visit Checklist.
    Average Hours per Response: 47.83 hours for the State Program 
Report (annually), 20 hours for the Site Visit Checklist (once every 
five years).
    Total Burden Hours: 2,822.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: n/a.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $87,086.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $40,377.

    Dated: July 29, 2022.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2022-16621 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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