[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8252-8253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02412]


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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: 
2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines 
for State Library Administrative Agencies

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 (IMLS) 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 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year 
State Plan Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies. 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 March 8, 2024.

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 the 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: Teri 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]. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background

    IMLS 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. Our vision is a nation where museums 
and libraries work together to work together to transform the lives of 
individuals and communities. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

    This Notice proposes the clearance of the 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to 
States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines for State Library 
Administrative Agencies. The Grants to States program is the largest 
grant program administered by IMLS, providing financial assistance to 
develop library services throughout the states, U.S. territories, and 
the Freely Associated States. Using a population based formula, around 
$180 million is distributed among the State Library Administrative 
Agencies (SLAAs) every year. SLAAs are official agencies charged by law 
with the extension and development of library services, and they are 
located in:
     Each of the 50 states of the United States, and the 
District of Columbia;
     The territories (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands); and
     The Freely Associated States (the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of 
Palau).
    Each year, approximately 1,500 Grants to States projects support 
the purposes and priorities outlined in the Library Services and 
Technology Act. (See 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165) SLAAs may use the funds to 
support statewide initiatives and services, and they may also 
distribute the funds through competitive subawards (e.g., subgrants or 
cooperative agreements) to public, academic, research, school, or 
special libraries or library consortia (for-profit and Federal 
libraries are not eligible). Each SLAA must submit a plan that details 
library services goals for a five-year period. (20 U.S.C. 9134). SLAAs 
must also conduct a five-year evaluation of library services based on 
that plan. These plans and evaluations are the foundation for improving 
practice and informing policy. Each SLAA receives IMLS funding to 
support the five-year period through a series of overlapping, two-year 
grant awards.
    The 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on December 
1, 2023 (88 FR 83975) (Document Number 2023-26487). The agency received 
no comments under this Notice.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan 
Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies.
    OMB Number: 3137-0029.
    Frequency: Once every five years.
    Affected Public: State and Territory Library Administrative 
Agencies.
    Number of Respondents: 59.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 90 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden: 5,310 hours.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: n/a.
    Total Cost Burden: $165,354.
    Total Federal Costs: $10,821.

    Dated: February 1, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-02412 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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