Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Museum Assessment Program Application Forms and Surveys, 71937-71938 [2024-19821]

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[FR Doc. 2024–19803 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7515–01–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Institute of Museum and Library Services Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Museum Assessment Program Application Forms and Surveys Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 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 application forms and surveys to support the implementation of the Museum Assessment Program. 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 November 02, 2024. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Julie Balutis, 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. Ms. Balutis can be reached by telephone: 202–653–4645, or by email at jbalutis@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: Mark Isaksen, 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. Mr. Isaksen can be reached by telephone at 202–653–4667, or by email at misaksen@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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71937 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 Museum Assessment Program (MAP) offers museums an opportunity to strengthen operations and plan for the future through a process of selfassessment, institutional activities, and consultative peer review. MAP is supported through a cooperative agreement between IMLS and the American Alliance of Museums. Program participants choose from among four assessments: Collections Stewardship, Community and Audience Engagement, Education and Interpretation, and Organizational. Those who complete the assessment receive a report with prioritized recommendations reflecting the assessment type chosen. The forms submitted for public review will include the MAP Application, the MAP FollowUp Visit Request, the Implementation Stipend Request, and five online customer satisfaction surveys for MAP participants and peer reviewers. Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services. Title: Museum Assessment Program Application Forms and Surveys. OMB Control Number: 3137–0101. Agency Number: 3137. Respondents/Affected Public: Museum staff and peer reviewers. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 415. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Estimated Average Burden (Hours) per Response: 13.30. E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 71938 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2024 / Notices Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 811.25. Total Annual Cost Burden: $23,898. Total Annual Federal Costs: $3,527. 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 29, 2024. Suzanne Mbollo, Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services. [FR Doc. 2024–19821 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7036–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Survey of College Graduates National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew this collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of this collection for no longer than 3 years. DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by November 4, 2024 to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to the address below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E6300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone (703) 292–7556; or send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including Federal holidays). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: 2023 National Survey of College Graduates. OMB Control Number: 3145–0141. Expiration Date of Current Approval: April 30, 2025. Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to extend an information collection for three years. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 Abstract: Established within NSF by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505, codified in the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as a central Federal clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, analysis, and dissemination of objective data on science, engineering, technology, and research and development for use by practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public. The National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) is designed to comply with these mandates by providing information on the supply and utilization of the nation’s scientists and engineers. The purpose of the NSCG is to collect data that will be used to provide national estimates on the size, composition such as demographics, fields of degree and veteran’s status, and activities such as work activities, workrelated training, professional conference attendance of the science and engineering workforce and changes in their employment, education, and demographic characteristics (for example, race and ethnicity, citizenship, gender, age, disability status, place of birth). The NSCG has been conducted biennially since the 1970s. The 2025 NSCG sample will be selected from the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2023 NSCG. By selecting the sample from these two sources, the 2025 NSCG will provide coverage of the college graduate population residing in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau, as the agency responsible for the ACS, will serve as the NSCG data collection contractor for NCSES. The survey data collection is expected to begin in March 2025 and continue for approximately six months. Data will be collected using web and mail questionnaires. The individual’s response to the survey is voluntary. The survey will be conducted in conformance with Census Bureau statistical quality standards and, as such, the NSCG data will be afforded confidentiality protection under the applicable Census Bureau confidentiality statutes. Use of the Information: NSF uses the information from the NSCG to prepare congressionally mandated reports such as Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/women/) and Science and Engineering Indicators (https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators), both of which are available online. A public release file of collected data, designed to protect respondent confidentiality, will be made available PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 on the internet and will be accessible through an online data tool (https:// ncsesdata.nsf.gov/ids/). Expected Respondents: A statistical sample of approximately 161,000 individuals (103,000 returning sample members and 58,000 new sample members) will be contacted in 2025, using the ACS as the sampling frame in the rotating panel design. Under the rotating panel design, the 2025 NSCG production sample will include 161,000 sample cases which comprises: 1. Returning sample from the 2023 NSCG (originally selected from the 2017 ACS); 2. Returning sample from the 2023 NSCG (originally selected from the 2019 ACS); 3. Returning sample from the 2023 NSCG (originally selected from the 2021 ACS); and 4. New sample selected from the 2023 ACS Based on recent survey cycles, NCSES expects the overall response rate to be 60–65 percent. Estimate of Burden: The amount of time to complete the questionnaire may vary depending on an individual’s educational history, employment status, and past response to the NSCG. The time to complete the 2023 NSCG web survey ranged from 19.6 minutes on average for the returning sample members to 26.3 minutes on average for the new members, and approximately 91% of respondents completed the survey by using the web mode. Among respondents who completed the survey using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) and Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) modes, in which sample members contacted Census’s call center and took the survey over the phone, their interview times ranged from 33.6 minutes for returning sample members to 44.3 minutes for new sample members, and less than 2% of respondents completed the NSCG questionnaire by using the telephone mode. It was estimated that all forms of the 2023 NSCG paper questionnaire took 30 minutes to complete, and about 7% of respondents completed the paper form. Although the 2023 NSCG include a CATI mode, this mode is proposed to be discontinued in the 2025 NSCG due to increasing costs, reduced budget and low response in the 2023 cycle. TQA staff will take incoming interviews. Based on the 2023 cycle’s survey completion times, it is estimated that it will take approximately 23 minutes, on average, to complete the 2025 NSCG questionnaire. This takes into account the proposed removal of CATI and the continuation of TQA. This estimate also takes into account the continuation of E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19821]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Museum 
Assessment Program Application Forms and Surveys

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. The 
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning the three-year 
approval of application forms and surveys to support the implementation 
of the Museum Assessment Program. 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 November 02, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Julie Balutis, 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. Ms. Balutis can be reached by telephone: 
202-653-4645, 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: Mark Isaksen, 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. Mr. Isaksen can be reached by telephone at 
202-653-4667, 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 Museum Assessment Program (MAP) offers museums an opportunity 
to strengthen operations and plan for the future through a process of 
self-assessment, institutional activities, and consultative peer 
review. MAP is supported through a cooperative agreement between IMLS 
and the American Alliance of Museums. Program participants choose from 
among four assessments: Collections Stewardship, Community and Audience 
Engagement, Education and Interpretation, and Organizational. Those who 
complete the assessment receive a report with prioritized 
recommendations reflecting the assessment type chosen. The forms 
submitted for public review will include the MAP Application, the MAP 
Follow-Up Visit Request, the Implementation Stipend Request, and five 
online customer satisfaction surveys for MAP participants and peer 
reviewers.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: Museum Assessment Program Application Forms and Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-0101.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Museum staff and peer reviewers.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 415.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Estimated Average Burden (Hours) per Response: 13.30.

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    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 811.25.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $23,898.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $3,527.
    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 29, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-19821 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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