Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: IMLS Collections Assessment for Preservation Forms, 2704-2705 [2021-00548]

Download as PDF 2704 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2021 / Notices cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills. 6. Targeting library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved. 7. Developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, State, regional, national, and international collaborations and networks. 8. Carrying out other activities consistent with the purposes of the Library Services and Technology subchapter of the IMLS statute (20 U.S.C. 9121). Indian tribes are eligible to apply for funding under the Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant program. Entities such as libraries, schools, tribal colleges, or departments of education are not eligible applicants, although they may be involved in the administration of this program and their staff may serve as project directors in partnership with an eligible applicant. For purposes of funding under this program, ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. A list of eligible entities is available from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. To be eligible for this program an applicant must be able to document an existing library that meets, at a minimum, three basic criteria: (1) Regularly scheduled hours, (2) staff, and (3) materials available for library users. This action is to seek approval for the information collection for the 2021– 2023 IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity for the next three years. The 60-day notice for the 2021–2023 IMLS Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity, was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2020 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 (85 FR 38933–38934). No comments were received. Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services. Title: 2021–2023 IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity OMB Number: 3137–0110. Frequency: Once per year. Affected Public: American Indian tribes recognized by the Secretary of the Interior. Number of Respondents: 51. Estimated Average Burden per Response: 40 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,040 hours. Total Annualized capital/startup costs: n/a. Total Annual costs: $60,730.80. Total Federal Costs: $2,667.71. Dated: January 8, 2021. Kim Miller, Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services. [FR Doc. 2021–00549 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7036–01–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Institute of Museum and Library Services Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: IMLS Collections Assessment for Preservation Forms Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information. AGENCY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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. The purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning the three-year approval of the forms necessary to support the implementation of the Collections SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. They are designed to collect information to support applications to the program by both museums and conservators/assessors as well as preprogram questionnaires and postprogram evaluations. 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 March 12, 2021. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants Policy and Management, Office of Grants Policy and Management, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by telephone: 202–653–4636, or by email at cbodner@ imls.gov. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher J. Reich, Chief Administrator, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington DC 20024–2135. Mr. Reich can be reached by telephone at 202–653–4685, or by email at creich@imls.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is particularly interested in public comment 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 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 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2021 / Notices museums, libraries, and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy development. Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov. II. Current Actions The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program allows a qualified conservator to study of all of a museum’s collections, buildings and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to improve collections care. The forms submitted for public review in this Notice are application forms for assessors and participating museums; pre-visit site questionnaires for participating museums; CAP program evaluation forms for participating museums and assessors; and program Outcomes Based Evaluation forms. Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services. Title: IMLS Collections Assessment for Preservation Forms. OMB Control Number: 3137–NEW. Agency Number: 3137. Respondents/Affected Public: Museum professionals and professional conservators. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: TBD. Frequency of Response: TBD. Average Minutes per Response: TBD. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: TBD. Cost Burden (dollars): TBD. 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: January 8, 2021. Kim Miller, Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services. [FR Doc. 2021–00548 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7036–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 30–10716; NRC–2020–0214] Sigma-Aldrich Company; Fort Mims Site Correction In notice document 2020–28065 appearing on pages 83109–83111 in the issue of Monday, December 21, 2020, make the following correction: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 Jan 12, 2021 Jkt 253001 (1) On page 83109, in the first column, in the DATES section, change ‘‘January 20, 2021’’ to read ‘‘January 21, 2021.’’ [FR Doc. C1–2020–28065 Filed 1–12–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1301–00–D OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Federal Personnel Vetting Core Doctrine Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). ACTION: General statement of policy. AGENCY: This action by the Acting OPM Director in the capacity as the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the capacity as the Security Executive Agent, establishes a Federal Personnel Vetting Core Doctrine to guide transformative efforts to reform the U.S. Government personnel security vetting processes. This policy statement is consistent with direction established by the President in an Executive order entitled Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information, mandating the Executive Agents to align, to the greatest extent practicable, the Federal workforce vetting processes to promote mobility, improve efficiencies and move towards an enhanced risk management approach. With the issuance of this general statement of policy, the Federal Personnel Vetting Core Doctrine establishes the philosophy for the Government’s personnel vetting program and will guide development of Government-wide and agency policy. This Core Doctrine defines the personnel vetting mission, its guiding principles, key supporting processes, and policy priorities. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 12, 2021. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the docket number or Regulation Identifier Number (Z–RIN) for this document, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for sending comments. All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number or RIN (RIN 3206–ZA02, October 2020) for this document. The SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2705 general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. OPM will prepare and post a public response to major concerns raised in the comments, as appropriate, on its guidance Web portal, either before or when the guidance document is finalized and issued. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorianna Rice at Suitability Executive Agent Programs, OPM, SuitEA@opm.gov or (202) 606–8460 and/or National Counterintelligence and Security Center, ODNI, at SecEA@dni.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for This Action Executive Order 13467, Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information (June 30, 2008), as amended, established the DNI as the Security Executive Agent and the Director of OPM as the Suitability & Credentialing Executive Agent.1 ODNI and OPM are the primary entities responsible for policy and oversight of the Federal Government’s personnel vetting process. The ODNI and OPM are issuing this general statement of policy to inform Federal agencies and the public of a new framework designed to guide the fundamental transformation of the Federal Government’s personnel vetting process. All other applicable authorities are cited within the body of the general statement of policy below. 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(D) provides that agencies publish their general 1 Previously, OPM was already responsible for issuing the standards by which candidates for the competitive and senior executive service were to be assessed for entry into the civil service, pursuant to the President’s statutory authority to establish the criteria for entry into the competitive service, and his delegation of that authority to OPM through the Civil Service Rules. 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, Civil Service Rules II, and V, codified at 5 CFR parts 2 and 5, as amended. Under President Clinton’s E.O. 12968 (Aug. 2, 1995), the Security Policy Board and successor Policy Coordinating Committee were responsible for recommending standards to the President by which eligibility for access to classified information was to be determined. With President George W. Bush’s promulgation of E.O. 13467, the Director of National Intelligence assumed that function. E.O. 13467, and subsequent Executive Orders, have also made OPM responsible for issuing standards related to for eligibility for logical or physical access to Government systems and facilities; fitness for performing work on behalf of the Government under a contract; and fitness for appointment to the excepted service. E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: IMLS 
Collections Assessment for Preservation Forms

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
for 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. The 
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning the three-year 
approval of the forms necessary to support the implementation of the 
Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. They are 
designed to collect information to support applications to the program 
by both museums and conservators/assessors as well as pre-program 
questionnaires and post-program evaluations.
    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 March 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants 
Policy and Management, Office of Grants Policy and Management, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, 
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by 
telephone: 202-653-4636, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher J. Reich, Chief 
Administrator, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and 
Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington 
DC 20024-2135. Mr. Reich can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4685, 
or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is particularly interested in public 
comment 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

    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

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museums, libraries, and related organizations through grant making, 
research, and policy development. Our vision is a nation where museums 
and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and 
communities. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

    The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program allows a 
qualified conservator to study of all of a museum's collections, 
buildings and building systems, as well as its policies and procedures 
relating to collections care. Participants who complete the program 
receive an assessment report with prioritized recommendations to 
improve collections care. The forms submitted for public review in this 
Notice are application forms for assessors and participating museums; 
pre-visit site questionnaires for participating museums; CAP program 
evaluation forms for participating museums and assessors; and program 
Outcomes Based Evaluation forms.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: IMLS Collections Assessment for Preservation Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-NEW.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Museum professionals and professional 
conservators.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: TBD.
    Frequency of Response: TBD.
    Average Minutes per Response: TBD.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: TBD.
    Cost Burden (dollars): TBD.
    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: January 8, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services.
[FR Doc. 2021-00548 Filed 1-12-21; 8:45 am]
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