[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 67497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18579]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities; National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is seeking 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information 
collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, NEH is requesting comments from all interested individuals 
and organizations on this proposed collection.

DATES: Please submit comments by September 19, 2024.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lutie Rodriguez, Data Coordination & 
Enablement Officer, Office of Data and Evaluation, National Endowment 
for the Humanities: 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 
606-8331; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEH first published notice of its intent to 
seek OMB approval for this information collection in the Federal 
Register of May 24, 2024 (89 FR 45926) and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. The agency received no public comments. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Generic Clearance Authority for 
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Abstract: The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking to 
renew its generic clearance authority. The generic clearance authority 
includes all NEH information collections, except one-time evaluations, 
questionnaires, and surveys.
    NEH's burden estimate for this clearance is 301,962 and the 
estimated number of respondents is 13,014, an increase from the 
estimates in the 60-day notice of 296,433 hours and 6,767 respondents. 
The updated estimates better represent the number of individuals 
responding to NEH's information collections under this clearance and 
their time spent.
    OMB Number: 3136-0134.
    Affected Public: Applicants to NEH grant programs, reviewers of NEH 
grant applications, and NEH award recipients.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Respondents: 13,014.
    Total Responses: 13,014.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies according to type of 
information collection.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 301,962.

Request for Comments

    The public is invited to comment on all aspects of this ICR, 
including: (a) 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; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide 
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize 
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able 
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to 
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.

    Dated: August 14, 2024.
Jessica Graves,
Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2024-18579 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
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