[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47429-47430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17025]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Request: State Library
Administrative Agency, FY 2020-FY 2022
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review, comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces 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. By this notice, IMLS is
soliciting comments concerning the continuance of the State Library
Administrative Agencies Survey for FY 2020 and FY 2022. 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: Comments must be submitted to the office listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below on or before September 4,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-
7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Connie Bodner, Director 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, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with hearing
difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work together to
work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To
learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
II. Current Actions
State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs) are the official
agencies of each state charged by state law with the extension and
development of public library services throughout the state. (20 U.S.C.
Chapter 72, 20 U.S.C. 9122.) The purpose of this survey is to provide
state and federal policymakers with information about SLAAs, including
their governance, allied operations, developmental services to
libraries and library systems, support of electronic information
networks and resources, number and types of outlets, and direct
services to the public. This request includes new SLAA data elements
regarding the COVID-19 public health emergency. Through the FY 2010
collection, the SLAA Survey was conducted annually; beginning with the
FY 2012 collection, the survey is conducted biennially. Because the FY
2020 collection will not begin until early 2021, we are carrying over
the documentation associated with the FY
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2018 data collection. Except for slight adjustments to respondent
burden, the content of the statement is identical to that submitted for
the renewal in 2019. The SLAA Survey has been conducted by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services under the clearance number
3137-0072. OMB approved the SLAA Survey collection on 01/15/2020, and
it expires 01/31/2023. Due to the addition of COVID-19-related
questions in the FY 2020 SLAA Survey, this action is to request a new
three-year approval.
IMLS 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 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).
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: State Library Administrative Agencies Survey, FY 2020-FY
2022.
OMB Number: 3137-0072.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: Federal, State and local governments, State
library administrative agencies, libraries, general public.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Frequency: Biennially.
Burden Hours per Respondent: 30.4.
Total Burden Hours: 1,550.4.
Total Annual Costs: $44,015.86.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $311,371.20.
Dated: July 31, 2020.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
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