Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2025-2027 IMLS Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Program and IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program Notices of Funding Opportunity, 19889-19890 [2024-05923]
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 250.
Frequency of Response: Once per
year.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Response: 35.
Total Estimated Number of Burden
Hours: 8,750.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $283,938.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $38,056.
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. 2024–05922 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests: 2025–2027 IMLS
Museum Grants for African American
History and Culture Program and IMLS
Native American/Native Hawaiian
Museum Services Program Notices of
Funding Opportunity
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on 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. By this Notice,
IMLS is soliciting comments concerning
the Notices of Opportunity for two grant
programs targeting the needs of specific
museums and their communities
nationwide: IMLS Museum Grants for
African American History and Culture
Program and IMLS Native American/
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Native Hawaiian Museum Services
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
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 snarva@imls.gov.
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
IMLS Museum Grants for African
American History and Culture Program,
contact Jessica Ottley, 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. Ms. Ottley can be reached by
telephone at 202–653–4666, or by email
at jottley@imls.gov. For IMLS Native
American/Native Hawaiian Museum
Services Program, contact Sarah Glass,
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. Ms. Glass can be reached
by telephone at 202–653–4668, or by
email at sglass@imls.gov. 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
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• 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 goals of Museum Grants for
African American History and Culture
(AAHC) are to build the capacity of
African American museums and to
support the growth and development of
museum professionals at African
American museums.
The goal of Native American/Native
Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH)
grant program is to support the capacity
of Native American Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations to provide
museum services to their communities.
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 Museum
Grants for African American History
and Culture Program and IMLS Native
American/Native Hawaiian Museum
Services Program Notices of Funding
Opportunity.
OMB Number: 3137–0095.
Respondents/Affected Public: Eligible
museum organizations; Historically
Black Colleges and Universities;
Federally recognized Native American
Tribes; non-profit organizations that
primarily serve and represent Native
Hawaiians.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 130.
Frequency of Response: Once per
year.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Response: 45.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 5,850.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $189,833.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $20,633.
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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 / Notices
Dated: March 15, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024–05923 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request, Proposed
Collection: Collection of Information
To Assess the Current State of Library
and Museum Infrastructure To Identify
Infrastructure Needs
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review,
comment request.
AGENCY:
The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) announces that
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 Collection of
Information to Assess the Current State
of Library and Museum Infrastructure to
Identify Infrastructure Needs. 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
April 19, 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
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information. Alternatively, please mail
your written comments to 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:
Matthew Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director of
Research and Evaluation, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, 955
L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr.
Birnbaum can be reached by telephone:
202–653–4760, or by email at
mbirnbaum@imls.gov. Persons who are
deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) may
contact IMLS at 202–207–7858 via 711
for TTY-Based Telecommunications
Relay Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Current Actions: This Notice proposes
the clearance of the Collection of
Information to Assess the Current State
of Library and Museum Infrastructure to
Identify Infrastructure Needs. This
study will be carried out according to
the requirements set forth by The House
Appropriations Labor, Health and
Human Services Subcommittee’s 2023
Appropriations Bill for the Department
of Labor (Report 117–403), and the
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee’s
Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and
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Related Agencies Appropriations Act
(2023) (S.4659). The subcommittees
recommended that IMLS conduct an
investigation to examine the physical
condition of museum and library
facilities, prioritizing those serving rural
and underserved communities and
facilities affected by natural disasters
and extreme weather events.
In compliance with this legislation,
IMLS intends to assess museum and
library infrastructures to ascertain the
status of their physical condition. This
study is a formative needs assessment,
and as such, data collected will be used
to illuminate priorities that the agency
should consider in informing future
data collections and potential future
facilities investments throughout the
United States.
The 60-day Notice was published in
the Federal Register on December 26,
2023 (88 FR 88980) (Document Number:
2023–28405). The agency has taken into
consideration one comment that was
received under this Notice.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Collection of Information to
Assess the Current State of Library and
Museum Infrastructure to Identify
Infrastructure Needs.
OMB Control Number: 3137–NEW.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: Museum and library
management; museum and library
associations, state, municipal, and city
level stakeholders.
Total Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency of Response: Once per
response.
Average Hours per Response: 1.25.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 45.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $1,814.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $15,684.
Dated: March 14, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024–05843 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests: 2025–2027 IMLS
Museums Empowered Notice of
Funding Opportunity
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
AGENCY:
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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 Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Program and
IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services 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 specific
museums and their communities nationwide: IMLS Museum Grants for
African American History and Culture Program and IMLS Native American/
Native Hawaiian Museum Services 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
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 IMLS Museum Grants for African
American History and Culture Program, contact Jessica Ottley, 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. Ms. Ottley can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4666,
or by email at [email protected]. For IMLS Native American/Native
Hawaiian Museum Services Program, contact Sarah Glass, 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. Ms. Glass can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4668, 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 goals of Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
(AAHC) are to build the capacity of African American museums and to
support the growth and development of museum professionals at African
American museums.
The goal of Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH)
grant program is to support the capacity of Native American Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations to provide museum services to their
communities.
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 Museum Grants for African American History
and Culture Program and IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum
Services Program Notices of Funding Opportunity.
OMB Number: 3137-0095.
Respondents/Affected Public: Eligible museum organizations;
Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Federally recognized
Native American Tribes; non-profit organizations that primarily serve
and represent Native Hawaiians.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 130.
Frequency of Response: Once per year.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 45.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,850.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $189,833.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $20,633.
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.
[[Page 19890]]
Dated: March 15, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-05923 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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