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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8305-8306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01814]

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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 
Grant Performance Report Forms

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 renewal of the 
three-year approval of the forms necessary to report on grant and 
cooperative agreement activities on interim and final bases for all 
IMLS grant programs for 2025-2027 Grant Performance Report Forms. 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 30, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Julie Balutis, Director of Grants 
Management, Office of Grants 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: Sandra Narva, Senior Grants Management 
Specialist Team Lead, Office of Grants 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 at 
202-653-4634, 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.

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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

    To administer the IMLS processes associated with grants and 
cooperative agreements, IMLS uses standardized application forms, 
guidelines, and reporting forms for eligible libraries, museums, and 
other organizations to apply for its funding and to report on 
performance of funded projects. The forms submitted for public review 
in this Notice are the Interim Performance Report and the Final 
Performance Report, with the instructions associated with each one. The 
collection of information using these forms is core to IMLS grant 
performance reporting requirements and monitoring processes.
    This action is to renew the content, forms, and instructions for 
the next three years.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: 2025-2027 Grant Performance Report Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-0100.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Library and Museum grant program 
awardees.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1200.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 12.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 14,400.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $482,688.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $103,200.
    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 23, 2025.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-01814 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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