Notice To Announce Request for Information for the Modification of the Eligibility Requirements for the Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Program, 49356-49357 [2021-19017]
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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
museums, libraries, and related
organizations through grant making,
research, and policy development. To
learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
II. Current Actions
The Native American Library Services
Enhancement Grants program is
designed to assist Native American
tribes in improving core library services
for their communities. The program
goals are (1) to improve digital services
to support needs for education,
workforce development, economic and
business development, health
information, critical thinking skills, and
digital literacy skills; (2) to improve
educational programs related to specific
topics and content areas of interest to
library patrons and community-based
users; and (3) to enhance the
preservation and revitalization of Native
American cultures and languages.
This action is to modify the eligibility
criteria and to update performance
measurement requirements for Native
American Library Services
Enhancement Grants. If approved, the
program would no longer require
applicants to first submit an application
to the Native American Library Services
Basic Grants program in the same year.
This would reduce unnecessary
administrative burden for applicants
and awardees and allow applicants to
choose the grant program(s) best suited
to their needs. Updating performance
measurement requirements will bring
this program into better alignment with
other IMLS grant programs and make it
easier for applicants to comply.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
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Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native
American Library Services
Enhancement Grants Notice of Funding
Opportunity.
OMB Control Number: 3137–0110.
Agency Number: 3137.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Native American Tribes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 40.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Hours per Response: 40
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,600.
Cost Burden (dollars): $47,632.
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: August 27, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice To Announce Request for
Information for the Modification of the
Eligibility Requirements for the Native
American Library Services
Enhancement Grants Program
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities .
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
This Request for Information
(RFI) is intended to gather broad input
to assist the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) in making a
determination whether or not to modify
the eligibility requirements for the
Native American Library Services
Enhancement Grants program
(Enhancement Grant). Currently, to be
eligible for Enhancement Grant funding,
an applicant is required to first submit
a Native American Library Services
Basic Grant (Basic Grant) application in
the same year. IMLS is considering the
elimination of this specific eligibility
requirement to reduce application and
administrative burdens for applicants
and awardees and to allow applicants to
choose the grant program(s) best suited
to their needs.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
Friday, October 29, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be
submitted to imls-librarygrants@
imls.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Both the
Enhancement Grants program and the
Basic Grants program are designed to
assist federally recognized Indian tribes
in improving core library services for
their communities. See https://
www.imls.gov/grants/available/nativeamerican-library-services-enhancementgrants and https://www.imls.gov/grants/
available/native-american-libraryservices-basic-grants for details. IMLS is
committed to the continuous
improvement of all its grant programs
and to minimizing grant-related
application and administrative burdens
for its applicants and awardees. The
current structure requires every
applicant for an Enhancement Grant
program to also apply for a Basic Grant
in the same year.
The Basic Grant program is designed
to support library operations and core
services, including library workforce
training. The Enhancement Grant
program is designed to support larger
and more complex library projects,
including preservation. For the Basic
Grant program in Fiscal Year 2021,
IMLS expects to award a total of
$1,900,000, consisting of 192 individual
awards ranging from $6,000 to $10,000.
For the Enhancement Grant program,
IMLS expects to award a total of
$1,200,000, consisting of 20 individual
awards ranging from $10,000 to
$150,000.
The Basic Grant program is less
competitive than the Enhancement
Grant program because essentially every
eligible Basic Grant applicant receives a
grant; whereas Enhancement Grant
applications compete against each other
and not all applications receive an
award. The two programs are also
financially interdependent: Funding
that is not awarded from the Basic
Program pool is then added to the
funding available for the Enhancement
Program pool. For example, if not all of
the FY21 $1,900,000 funding is awarded
because IMLS receives fewer Basic
Grant applications than anticipated, the
balance of unawarded Basic Grant funds
will then be made available to the
Enhancement Grant funding pool (i.e.,
whatever is not awarded from the
$1,900,000 Basic Grants pool is added to
the $1,200,000 Enhancement Grant
pool).
The original reason to have a Basic
Grant before applying for an
Enhancement Grant was to help ensure
that all Tribes received at least a basic
level of funding before larger, more
complex projects were supported.
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However, this may place unnecessary
application and grant administration
burdens on applicants who wish to
apply for, and carry out, only an
Enhancement Grant. For example, such
applicants may not want to apply for
and administer a Basic Grant but are
simply looking for a grant to support a
larger project.
Eliminating the requirement to first
apply for a Basic Grant would make it
possible for Tribes to apply for an
Enhancement Grant only and still allow
them to apply for both an Enhancement
Grant and a Basic Grant if they wish.
This change is intended to give
applicants the flexibility to apply for the
grant(s) that best suit their needs.
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Information Requested
IMLS invites input from all Tribal
communities, including but not limited
to individuals, Tribal governments,
libraries, archives, museums,
institutions of higher education, and
cultural heritage centers.
Organizations are strongly encouraged
to submit a single response that reflects
the views of their organization and
membership as a whole.
IMLS asks you to consider the
following when reflecting on the
proposed elimination of the requirement
that Indian tribes wishing to apply for
an Enhancement Grant apply first for a
Basic Grant in the same year:
• How might the elimination of this
requirement benefit the Tribe(s) with
which you have close relationships?
• How might the elimination of this
requirement harm or result in an
unexpected negative consequence for
the Tribe(s) with which you have close
relationships?
• Taking the potential benefits and
negative consequences into account, do
you recommend we eliminate or keep
the requirement as is?
• What other suggestions do you have
for improving these two grant programs?
• What else would you like to see
IMLS do to minimize the grant-related
administrative burden for its applicants
and awardees?
Responses
Responses to this RFI are voluntary.
Please do not include any personally
identifiable information or any
information that you do not wish to
make public. Proprietary, classified,
confidential, or sensitive information
should not be included in your
response. The Government will use the
information submitted in response to
this RFI at its discretion. The
Government reserves the right to use
any submitted information on public
websites, in reports, in any possible
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resultant solicitation(s), grant(s), or
cooperative agreement(s), or in the
development of future funding
opportunity announcements.
This request is for information and
planning purposes only and should not
be construed as a solicitation or as an
obligation on the part of the United
States Government. IMLS will not make
any awards based on responses to this
RFI or pay for the preparation of any
information submitted or for the
Government’s use of such information.
Dated: August 30, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice To Announce Request for Information for the Modification
of the Eligibility Requirements for the Native American Library
Services Enhancement Grants Program
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities .
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to gather broad
input to assist the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in
making a determination whether or not to modify the eligibility
requirements for the Native American Library Services Enhancement
Grants program (Enhancement Grant). Currently, to be eligible for
Enhancement Grant funding, an applicant is required to first submit a
Native American Library Services Basic Grant (Basic Grant) application
in the same year. IMLS is considering the elimination of this specific
eligibility requirement to reduce application and administrative
burdens for applicants and awardees and to allow applicants to choose
the grant program(s) best suited to their needs.
DATES: Submit comments on or before Friday, October 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Both the Enhancement Grants program and the
Basic Grants program are designed to assist federally recognized Indian
tribes in improving core library services for their communities. See
https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/native-american-library-services-enhancement-grants and https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/native-american-library-services-basic-grants for details. IMLS is committed
to the continuous improvement of all its grant programs and to
minimizing grant-related application and administrative burdens for its
applicants and awardees. The current structure requires every applicant
for an Enhancement Grant program to also apply for a Basic Grant in the
same year.
The Basic Grant program is designed to support library operations
and core services, including library workforce training. The
Enhancement Grant program is designed to support larger and more
complex library projects, including preservation. For the Basic Grant
program in Fiscal Year 2021, IMLS expects to award a total of
$1,900,000, consisting of 192 individual awards ranging from $6,000 to
$10,000. For the Enhancement Grant program, IMLS expects to award a
total of $1,200,000, consisting of 20 individual awards ranging from
$10,000 to $150,000.
The Basic Grant program is less competitive than the Enhancement
Grant program because essentially every eligible Basic Grant applicant
receives a grant; whereas Enhancement Grant applications compete
against each other and not all applications receive an award. The two
programs are also financially interdependent: Funding that is not
awarded from the Basic Program pool is then added to the funding
available for the Enhancement Program pool. For example, if not all of
the FY21 $1,900,000 funding is awarded because IMLS receives fewer
Basic Grant applications than anticipated, the balance of unawarded
Basic Grant funds will then be made available to the Enhancement Grant
funding pool (i.e., whatever is not awarded from the $1,900,000 Basic
Grants pool is added to the $1,200,000 Enhancement Grant pool).
The original reason to have a Basic Grant before applying for an
Enhancement Grant was to help ensure that all Tribes received at least
a basic level of funding before larger, more complex projects were
supported.
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However, this may place unnecessary application and grant
administration burdens on applicants who wish to apply for, and carry
out, only an Enhancement Grant. For example, such applicants may not
want to apply for and administer a Basic Grant but are simply looking
for a grant to support a larger project.
Eliminating the requirement to first apply for a Basic Grant would
make it possible for Tribes to apply for an Enhancement Grant only and
still allow them to apply for both an Enhancement Grant and a Basic
Grant if they wish. This change is intended to give applicants the
flexibility to apply for the grant(s) that best suit their needs.
Information Requested
IMLS invites input from all Tribal communities, including but not
limited to individuals, Tribal governments, libraries, archives,
museums, institutions of higher education, and cultural heritage
centers.
Organizations are strongly encouraged to submit a single response
that reflects the views of their organization and membership as a
whole.
IMLS asks you to consider the following when reflecting on the
proposed elimination of the requirement that Indian tribes wishing to
apply for an Enhancement Grant apply first for a Basic Grant in the
same year:
How might the elimination of this requirement benefit the
Tribe(s) with which you have close relationships?
How might the elimination of this requirement harm or
result in an unexpected negative consequence for the Tribe(s) with
which you have close relationships?
Taking the potential benefits and negative consequences
into account, do you recommend we eliminate or keep the requirement as
is?
What other suggestions do you have for improving these two
grant programs?
What else would you like to see IMLS do to minimize the
grant-related administrative burden for its applicants and awardees?
Responses
Responses to this RFI are voluntary. Please do not include any
personally identifiable information or any information that you do not
wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential, or
sensitive information should not be included in your response. The
Government will use the information submitted in response to this RFI
at its discretion. The Government reserves the right to use any
submitted information on public websites, in reports, in any possible
resultant solicitation(s), grant(s), or cooperative agreement(s), or in
the development of future funding opportunity announcements.
This request is for information and planning purposes only and
should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the
part of the United States Government. IMLS will not make any awards
based on responses to this RFI or pay for the preparation of any
information submitted or for the Government's use of such information.
Dated: August 30, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
[FR Doc. 2021-19017 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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