[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19891-19892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05921]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2025-2027 
IMLS National Leadership Grants for Museums and IMLS Museums for 
America Program Notices of Funding Opportunity

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities.

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. By 
this Notice, IMLS is soliciting comments concerning the Notices of 
Opportunity for two grant programs targeting the needs of museums 
nationwide: IMLS National Leadership Grants for Museums and IMLS 
Museums for America Program. 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 May 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sandra Narva, Senior Grants Management

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Specialist--Team Lead, Office of Grants Policy and Management, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, 
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Ms. Narva can be reached by 
telephone: 202-653-4634, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the IMLS National Leadership for 
Museums Program, contact Helen Wechsler, Supervisory Grants Management 
Specialist, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington DC 20024-
2135. Ms. Wechsler can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4779, or by 
email at [email protected]. For the IMLS Museums for America Program, 
contact Mark Feitl, Senior Program Officer, Office of Museum Services, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, 
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Mr. Feitl can be reached by 
telephone at 202-653-4635, 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

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

II. Current Actions

    The goal of IMLS National Leadership Grants for Museums is to 
support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and 
that have the potential to advance practice in the profession so that 
museums can improve services for the American public. The goal of IMLS 
Museums for America Program is to support projects that strengthen the 
ability of an individual museum to serve its public. It has three 
project categories: Lifelong Learning, Community Engagement, and 
Collections Stewardship and Access. This action is to renew the 
content, forms, and instructions for each of the two Notices of Funding 
Opportunity for the next three years.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: 2025-2027 IMLS National Leadership Grants for Museums and 
IMLS Museums for America Program Notices of Funding Opportunity.
    OMB Number: 3137-0094.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Museum organization applicants.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 395.
    Frequency of Response: Once per year.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 50.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,325.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $594,647.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $61,210.
    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: March 15, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-05921 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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