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is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of NASA, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

NASA’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including automated 

collection techniques or the use of other 

forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection. 

They will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995. 

Lori Parker, 

NASA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16383 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–2021–038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We have submitted a request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval to continue to 

collect information from people who 

participate in the National Historical 

Publications and Records Commission 

(NHPRC) grant programs. Organizations 

requesting a grant from the NHPRC must 

submit certain information the NHPRC 

staff, reviewers, and the Commission 

use to determine if the applicant and 

proposed project are eligible for an 

NHPRC grant; if the request is 

recommended for approval, the 

prospective grantee provides additional 

information acknowledging the offer of 

the grant and regulatory requirements; 

and, grantees must respond to an 

accounting questionnaire designed to 

identify potential recipients with 

limited experience managing Federal 

funds and provide appropriate training 

or additional safeguards for Federal 

funds. We invite you to comment on the 

proposed information collections. 

DATES: OMB must receive written 

comments on or before September 1, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send any comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection in writing to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

You can find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamee Fechhelm, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Officer, by email at 

tamee.fechhelm@nara.gob or by 

telephone at 301.837.1694 with any 

requests for additional information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), we invite the public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on proposed information collections. 

We published a notice of proposed 

collection for these information 

collections on May 7, 2021 (86 FR 

24670) and we received no comments. 

We are therefore submitting the 

described information collections to 

OMB for approval. 

If you have comments or suggestions, 

they should address one or more of the 

following points: (a) Whether the 

proposed information collections are 

necessary for NARA to properly perform 

its functions; (b) our estimate of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collections and its accuracy; (c) ways we 

could enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information we collect; (d) 

ways we could minimize the burden on 

respondents of collecting the 

information, including through 

information technology; and (e) whether 

these collections affect small businesses. 

In this notice, we solicit comments 

concerning the following information 

collections: 

1. Title: National Historical 

Publications and Records Commission 

(NHPRC) Grant Program Budget Form 

and Instructions and NHPRC Grant 

Offer Acknowledgement. 

OMB number: 3095–0013. 

Agency form number: NA Form 17001 

and 17001a. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Nonprofit 

organizations and institutions, state and 

local government agencies, and 

Federally-acknowledged or staterecognized Native American tribes or 

groups, who apply for and receive 

NHPRC grants for support of historical 

documentary editions, archival 

preservation and planning projects, and 

other records projects. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

244 per year submit applications; 

approximately 25 grantees need to 

submit revised budgets. 

Estimated time per response: 10 hours 

per application; five hours per revised 

budget. 

Frequency of response: On occasion 

for the application; as needed for 

revised budget. Currently, the NHPRC 

considers grant applications two times 

per year. Respondents usually submit 

no more than one application per year, 

and, for those who need to submit 

revised budgets, only one revised 

budget per year. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,765 hours. 

Abstract: The NHPRC posts grant 

announcements to their website and to 

grants.gov (www.grants.gov), where the 

information will be specific to the grant 

opportunity named. The basic 

information collection remains the 

same. The NA Form 17001 is used by 

the NHPRC staff, reviewers, and the 

Commission to determine if the 

applicant and proposed project are 

eligible for an NHPRC grant, and 

whether the proposed project is 

methodologically sound and suitable for 

support. The NA Form 17001a, NHPRC 

Grant Offer Acknowledgement, is used 

after the Archivist of the United States, 

as chair of the Commission, 

recommends a grant for approval. The 

prospective grantee must acknowledge 

the offer of the grant and agree to meet 

the requirements of applicable Federal 

regulations. In addition, they must 

verify the existence of an indirect cost 

agreement with a cognizant Federal 

agency if they are claiming indirect 

costs in the project’s budget. 

2. Title: Accounting System and 

Financial Capability Questionnaire. 

OMB number: 3095–0072. 

Agency form numbers: NA Form 

17003. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Not-for-profit 

institutions and state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Estimated number of respondents: 75. 

Estimated time per response: 4 hours. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

300. 

Abstract: Pursuant to Title 2, Section 

215 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

Grants and Agreements with Institutions 

of Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

Other Non-Profit Organizations 

(formerly OMB Circular A–110), and 

OMB Circular A–133, Audits of States, 

Local Governments, and Non-Profit 

Organizations, grant recipients are 

required to maintain adequate 

accounting controls and systems in 

managing and administering Federal 

funds. Some of the recipients of grants 

from the NHPRC have proven to have 

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Federal funds. This questionnaire is 

designed to identify those potential 

recipients and provide appropriate 

training or additional safeguards for 

Federal funds. Additionally, the 

questionnaire serves as a pre-audit 

function in identifying potential 

deficiencies and minimizing the risk of 

fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement, 

which we use in lieu of a more costly 

and time consuming formal pre-award 

audit. 

Swarnali Haldar, 

Executive for Information Services/CIO. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16442 Filed 7–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–21–0010; NARA–2021–037] 

Records Schedules; Availability and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed records schedules; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

publishes notice of certain Federal 

agency requests for records disposition 

authority (records schedules). We 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

and on regulations.gov for records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on such records 

schedules. 

DATES: NARA must receive comments 

by September 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by the following method. You must cite 

the control number, which appears on 

the records schedule in parentheses 

after the name of the agency that 

submitted the schedule. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Due to COVID–19 building closures, 

we are currently temporarily not 

accepting comments by mail. However, 

if you are unable to comment via 

regulations.gov, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Keravuori, Regulatory and 

External Policy Program Manager, by 

email at regulation_comments@

nara.gov. For information about records 

schedules, contact Records Management 

Operations by email at 

request.schedule@nara.gov, by mail at 

the address above, or by phone at 301– 

837–1799. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Procedures 

We are publishing notice of records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on these records 

schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 

3303a(a), and list the schedules at the 

end of this notice by agency and 

subdivision requesting disposition 

authority. 

In addition, this notice lists the 

organizational unit(s) accumulating the 

records or states that the schedule has 

agency-wide applicability. It also 

provides the control number assigned to 

each schedule, which you will need if 

you submit comments on that schedule. 

We have uploaded the records 

schedules and accompanying appraisal 

memoranda to the regulations.gov 

docket for this notice as ‘‘other’’ 

documents. Each records schedule 

contains a full description of the records 

at the file unit level as well as their 

proposed disposition. The appraisal 

memorandum for the schedule includes 

information about the records. 

We will post comments, including 

any personal information and 

attachments, to the public docket 

unchanged. Because comments are 

public, you are responsible for ensuring 

that you do not include any confidential 

or other information that you or a third 

party may not wish to be publicly 

posted. If you want to submit a 

comment with confidential information 

or cannot otherwise use the 

regulations.gov portal, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

We will consider all comments 

submitted by the posted deadline and 

consult as needed with the Federal 

agency seeking the disposition 

authority. After considering comments, 

we will post on regulations.gov a 

‘‘Consolidated Reply’’ summarizing the 

comments, responding to them, and 

noting any changes we have made to the 

proposed records schedule. We will 

then send the schedule for final 

approval by the Archivist of the United 

States. You may elect at regulations.gov 

to receive updates on the docket, 

including an alert when we post the 

Consolidated Reply, whether or not you 

submit a comment. If you have a 

question, you can submit it as a 

comment, and can also submit any 

concerns or comments you would have 

to a possible response to the question. 

We will address these items in 

consolidated replies along with any 

other comments submitted on that 

schedule. 

We will post schedules on our 

website in the Records Control Schedule 

(RCS) Repository, at https://

www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, 

after the Archivist approves them. The 

RCS contains all schedules approved 

since 1973. 

Background 

Each year, Federal agencies create 

billions of records. To control this 

accumulation, agency records managers 

prepare schedules proposing retention 

periods for records and submit these 

schedules for NARA’s approval. Once 

approved by NARA, records schedules 

provide mandatory instructions on what 

happens to records when no longer 

needed for current Government 

business. The records schedules 

authorize agencies to preserve records of 

continuing value in the National 

Archives or to destroy, after a specified 

period, records lacking continuing 

administrative, legal, research, or other 

value. Some schedules are 

comprehensive and cover all the records 

of an agency or one of its major 

subdivisions. Most schedules, however, 

cover records of only one office or 

program or a few series of records. Many 

of these update previously approved 

schedules, and some include records 

proposed as permanent. 

Agencies may not destroy Federal 

records without the approval of the 

Archivist of the United States. The 

Archivist grants this approval only after 

thorough consideration of the records’ 

administrative use by the agency of 

origin, the rights of the Government and 

of private people directly affected by the 

Government’s activities, and whether or 

not the records have historical or other 

value. Public review and comment on 

these records schedules is part of the 

Archivist’s consideration process. 

Schedules Pending 

1. Department of Commerce, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Ombuds Program Records (DAA–0167– 

2021–0001). 

2. Department of Health and Human 

Services, National Institutes of Health, 

Peer Review Records (DAA–0443–2021– 

0001). 

3. Department of Homeland Security, 

Federal Emergency Management 


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