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6See 84 FR 18974 (May 3, 2019). 

7See 84 FR 48138 (Sept. 12, 2019). 

8See 84 FR 64932 (Nov. 25, 2019). 

9 84 FR 64993. 

10See 85 FR 16340 (March 23, 2020). 

11As stated in the EEOC’s July 14, 2016, 30-day 

notice, EEOC concluded that ‘‘implementing the 

proposed EEO–1 pay data collection will improve 

the EEOC’s ability to efficiently and effectively 

structure its investigation of pay discrimination 

charges.’’ See 81 FR 45479, 45483 (July 14, 2016). 

OFCCP, too, believes the compensation data 

collection may be useful for its enforcement efforts. 

immediate reinstatement of the 

collection of 2017 and 2018 Component 

2 data from EEO–1 filers.6 A February 6, 

2020 Joint Status Report to the court 

stated that more than 89% of all eligible 

employers had submitted Component 2 

data, and on February 10, 2020, the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia deemed the 

collection complete. 

On September 12, 2019, the EEOC 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register announcing its intention not to 

seek renewal of the OMB approval for 

the collection of Component 2 data.7

The EEOC concluded that, it should 

consider information from the 

Component 2 data collection before 

deciding whether to pursue another pay 

data collection consistent with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Subsequently, on November 25, 2019, 

OFCCP published a notice in the 

Federal Register indicating that the 

agency would not ‘‘request, accept, or 

use Component 2 data, as it does not 

expect to find significant utility in the 

data given limited resources and [the 

data’s] aggregated nature.’’ 8 While the 

notice conceded that ‘‘the data could 

potentially inform OFCCP’s scheduling 

process for compliance evaluations,’’ 

OFCCP concluded that the Component 

2 data was too broad and not collected 

at a level of detail that would enable the 

agency to make comparisons among 

similarly situated employees as required 

by the ‘‘Title VII standards that OFCCP 

applies in administering and enforcing 

[E.O.] 11246’’ without conducting 

additional analysis that would put an 

unnecessary financial burden on the 

agency.9

On March 23, 2020, the EEOC 

published the 30-day notice indicating 

that it would not seek an extension to 

continue Component 2 data 

collection.10

Accepting Aggregated Component 2 

Data from the EEOC 

OFCCP issued its November 2019 

notice stating the agency would not 

request, accept, or use Component 2 

data even before the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia deemed the collection of 2017 

and 2018 Component 2 data complete in 

February 2020. At that time, OFCCP had 

little information about the response 

rate of the collection, how the data was 

submitted and assembled, or the 

completeness of the data. Nor did the 

agency have the opportunity to review 

and analyze the data. 

Upon further consideration, OFCCP 

believes the position taken by the 

agency in the November 2019 notice 

was premature and counter to the 

agency’s interests in ensuring pay 

equity. As detailed below, there are 

substantial reasons to believe that the 

Component 2 data could be useful to 

OFCCP’s enforcement. Given the effort 

expended by employers to submit the 

data and resources devoted by the EEOC 

and OFCCP in the development of the 

collection, OFCCP believes it would be 

valuable to analyze this data to assess its 

utility for OFCCP’s enforcement efforts. 

OFCCP intends to devote further 

agency resources to evaluate the data’s 

utility because the joint collection and 

analysis of compensation data could 

improve OFCCP’s ability to efficiently 

and effectively investigate potential pay 

discrimination.11 Also, analyzing 

compensation data in conjunction with 

other available information, such as 

labor market survey data, could help 

OFCCP identify neutral criteria to select 

contractors for compliance evaluations. 

Thus, OFCCP is rescinding its 

November 25, 2019 notice. OFCCP plans 

to analyze the Component 2 data 

collection to assess its utility for 

providing insight into pay disparities 

across industries and occupations and 

strengthen Federal efforts to combat pay 

discrimination. 

Tina T. Williams, 

Director, Division of Policy and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18924 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CM–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests: 2022–2024 IMLS 

Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (3137–0110) 

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. The purpose 

of this Notice is to solicit comments 

concerning a plan to modify the 

eligibility criteria and to update 

performance measurement requirements 

for Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants. 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 

October 31, 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: 

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. 

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: 

Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy 

Director, Office of Library Services, 

Discretionary Programs, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 955 

L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20024–2135. Mr. Smith 

can be reached by telephone at 202– 

653–4716, or by email at asmith@

imls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is 

particularly interested in public 

comment that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

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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. To 

learn more, visit www.imls.gov. 

II. Current Actions 

The Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants program is 

designed to assist Native American 

tribes in improving core library services 

for their communities. The program 

goals are (1) to improve digital services 

to support needs for education, 

workforce development, economic and 

business development, health 

information, critical thinking skills, and 

digital literacy skills; (2) to improve 

educational programs related to specific 

topics and content areas of interest to 

library patrons and community-based 

users; and (3) to enhance the 

preservation and revitalization of Native 

American cultures and languages. 

This action is to modify the eligibility 

criteria and to update performance 

measurement requirements for Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants. If approved, the 

program would no longer require 

applicants to first submit an application 

to the Native American Library Services 

Basic Grants program in the same year. 

This would reduce unnecessary 

administrative burden for applicants 

and awardees and allow applicants to 

choose the grant program(s) best suited 

to their needs. Updating performance 

measurement requirements will bring 

this program into better alignment with 

other IMLS grant programs and make it 

easier for applicants to comply. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–0110. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents: Federally recognized 

Native American Tribes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 40. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Hours per Response: 40 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,600. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $47,632. 

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 27, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18937 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice To Announce Request for 

Information for the Modification of the 

Eligibility Requirements for the Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities . 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This Request for Information 

(RFI) is intended to gather broad input 

to assist the Institute of Museum and 

Library Services (IMLS) in making a 

determination whether or not to modify 

the eligibility requirements for the 

Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants program 

(Enhancement Grant). Currently, to be 

eligible for Enhancement Grant funding, 

an applicant is required to first submit 

a Native American Library Services 

Basic Grant (Basic Grant) application in 

the same year. IMLS is considering the 

elimination of this specific eligibility 

requirement to reduce application and 

administrative burdens for applicants 

and awardees and to allow applicants to 

choose the grant program(s) best suited 

to their needs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

Friday, October 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted to imls-librarygrants@

imls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Both the 

Enhancement Grants program and the 

Basic Grants program are designed to 

assist federally recognized Indian tribes 

in improving core library services for 

their communities. See https://

www.imls.gov/grants/available/nativeamerican-library-services-enhancementgrants and https://www.imls.gov/grants/ 

available/native-american-libraryservices-basic-grants for details. IMLS is 

committed to the continuous 

improvement of all its grant programs 

and to minimizing grant-related 

application and administrative burdens 

for its applicants and awardees. The 

current structure requires every 

applicant for an Enhancement Grant 

program to also apply for a Basic Grant 

in the same year. 

The Basic Grant program is designed 

to support library operations and core 

services, including library workforce 

training. The Enhancement Grant 

program is designed to support larger 

and more complex library projects, 

including preservation. For the Basic 

Grant program in Fiscal Year 2021, 

IMLS expects to award a total of 

$1,900,000, consisting of 192 individual 

awards ranging from $6,000 to $10,000. 

For the Enhancement Grant program, 

IMLS expects to award a total of 

$1,200,000, consisting of 20 individual 

awards ranging from $10,000 to 

$150,000. 

The Basic Grant program is less 

competitive than the Enhancement 

Grant program because essentially every 

eligible Basic Grant applicant receives a 

grant; whereas Enhancement Grant 

applications compete against each other 

and not all applications receive an 

award. The two programs are also 

financially interdependent: Funding 

that is not awarded from the Basic 

Program pool is then added to the 

funding available for the Enhancement 

Program pool. For example, if not all of 

the FY21 $1,900,000 funding is awarded 

because IMLS receives fewer Basic 

Grant applications than anticipated, the 

balance of unawarded Basic Grant funds 

will then be made available to the 

Enhancement Grant funding pool (i.e., 

whatever is not awarded from the 

$1,900,000 Basic Grants pool is added to 

the $1,200,000 Enhancement Grant 

pool). 

The original reason to have a Basic 

Grant before applying for an 

Enhancement Grant was to help ensure 

that all Tribes received at least a basic 

level of funding before larger, more 

complex projects were supported. 


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