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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 

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 

To administer the IMLS processes 

associated with Native American 

Library Services Basic Grants, IMLS 

uses standardized application forms, 

guidelines, and reporting forms for 

eligible Native American tribes. The 

form submitted for public review in this 

Notice is the Final Performance Report 

Form with instructions. The collection 

of information using this form is core to 

IMLS grant performance reporting 

requirements and monitoring processes. 

This action is to renew the content, 

form, and instructions for the next three 

years. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native 

American Library Services Basic Grants 

Program—Final Performance Report 

Form. 

OMB Number: 3137–0198. 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Affected Public: Native American 

tribe grant program awardees. 

Number of Respondents: TBD. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: TBD. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: TBD. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: n/a. 

Total Annual Costs: 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 4, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00072 Filed 1–7–21; 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: 2023–2027 IMLS Grants to 

States Program Five-Year State Plan 

Guidelines for State Library 

Administrative Agencies 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review, 

comment request. 

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. This notice proposes 

the clearance of the 2023–2027 IMLS 

Grants to States Program Five-Year State 

Plan Guidelines for State Library 

Administrative Agencies. 

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 FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

below on or before February 7, 2021. 

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). 

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 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Teresa DeVoe, Associate Deputy 

Director of State Programs, Office of 

Library Services, Institute of Museum 

and Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza 

North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 

20024–2135. Ms. DeVoe can be reached 

by telephone at 202–653–4778, or by 

email at tdevoe@imls.gov. Office hours 

are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

Current Actions: This notice proposes 

the clearance of the 2023–2027 IMLS 

Grants to States Program Five-Year State 

Plan Guidelines for State Library 

Administrative Agencies. The 60-day 

Notice was published in the Federal 

Register on November 3, 2020 (85 FR 

69649). The agency has taken into 

consideration the one comment that was 

received under this notice. 

The Grants to States program is the 

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support for library services in the U.S. 

Using a population based formula, more 

than $150 million is distributed among 

the State Library Administrative 

Agencies (SLAAs) every year. SLAAs 

are official agencies charged by law with 

the extension and development of 

library services, and they are located in: 

• Each of the 50 States of the United 

States, and the District of Columbia; 

• The Territories (the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands); and 

• The Freely Associated States (the 

Republic of the Marshall Islands, the 

Federated States of Micronesia, and the 

Republic of Palau). 

Each year, more than 1,500 Grants to 

States projects support the purposes and 

priorities outlined in the Library 

Services and Technology Act (LSTA). 

(See 20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.) SLAAs may 

use the funds to support statewide 

initiatives and services, and they may 

also distribute the funds through 

competitive subawards (e.g. subgrants or 

cooperative agreements) to public, 

academic, research, school, or special 

libraries or library consortia (for-profit 

and Federal libraries are not eligible). 

Each SLAA must submit a plan that 

details library services goals for a fiveyear period. (20 U.S.C § 9134). SLAAs 

must also conduct a five-year evaluation 

of library services based on that plan. 

These plans and evaluations are the 

foundation for improving practice and 

informing policy. Each SLAA receives 

IMLS funding to support the five year 

period through a series of overlapping, 

two year grant awards. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2023–2027 IMLS Grants to 

States Program Five-Year State Plan 

Guidelines for State Library 

Administrative Agencies. 

OMB Number: 3137–0029. 

Frequency: Once every five years. 

Affected Public: State and Territory 

Library Administrative Agencies. 

Number of Respondents: 59. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 90 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden: 5,310 hours. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: n/a. 

Total Five Year Costs: $158,078.70. 

Dated: January 4, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00094 Filed 1–7–21; 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: 2022–2024 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 

for the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: 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 

a plan to offer 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 

March 8, 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 at 

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: For 

IMLS Museum Grants for African 

American History and Culture Program, 

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. For IMLS 

Native American/Native Hawaiian 

Museum Services Program, contact 

Mark Feitl, 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. Mr. Feitl 

can be reached by telephone at 202– 

653–4635, or by email at mfeitl@

imls.gov. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

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 

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 transform the 

lives of individuals and communities. 

To learn more, visit www.imls.gov. 

II. Current Actions 

The goals of Museums 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. 


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