Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 3, 2022 / Notices 26231 

found online at http://technology.

nasa.gov. 

Helen M. Galus, 

Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09466 Filed 5–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Request: IMLS Grants to 

States Program State Reporting 

System, Including Site Visit Checklist 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comments on 

this 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 

related to the IMLS Grants to States 

Program State Reporting System, 

including Site Visit Checklist. 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 

July 03, 2022. 

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 on 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: Teri 

DeVoe, Associate Deputy Director for 

Grants to States, 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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 Grants to States program is the 

largest source of federal funding support 

for library services in the U.S. Using a 

population-based formula, more than 

$160 million is distributed among the 

State Library Administrative Agencies 

(SLAAs) every year. SLAAs are official 

agencies charged by the Library Services 

and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 and 

20 U.S.C. 9141) with the extension and 

development of library services, and 

they are located in each of the 50 States 

of the United States, the District of 

Columbia, the five Territories of Guam, 

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and the three Freely 

Associated States of Federated States of 

Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the 

Republic of the Marshall Islands. 

Each State Library Administrative 

Agency (SLAA) is required, under 20 

U.S.C. 9101 et seq. (in particular 20 

U.S.C. 9134), to submit a plan that 

details library services goals for a fiveyear period, along with associated 

certifications. Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 

9134 (c), each SLAA that receives an 

IMLS grant under the Grants to States 

program is required to evaluate and 

report on all funded project activities to 

IMLS, prior to the end of the execution 

of its five-year plan. Each SLAA 

receives IMLS funding to support 

activities for the five-year period 

through a series of overlapping two-year 

grant awards. Each SLAA must file 

interim and final financial reports, and 

final performance reports for each of 

these two-year grants through IMLS’s 

State Program Report (SPR) system. This 

action is to incorporate a Site Visit 

Checklist as a stand-alone form in the 

SPR system, which has an OMB Control 

Number of 3137–0071, expiring 8/31/ 

2024. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: IMLS Grants to States Program 

State Reporting System, including Site 

Visit Checklist. 

OMB Number: 3137–0071. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State 

Library Administrative Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 59. 

Frequency of Response: Annually for 

the State Program Report, once every 

five years for the Site Visit Checklist. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 47.83 hours for the State 

Program Report (annually), 20 hours for 

the Site Visit Checklist (once every five 

years). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,822. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $87,086. 

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: April 28, 2022. 

Suzanne Mbollo, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09487 Filed 5–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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