[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39591-39592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14096]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Humanities
Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: National Endowment for the Humanities; National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is seeking
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information
collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, NEH is requesting comments from all interested individuals
and organizations on this proposed collection.
DATES: Please submit comments by July 31, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Mr. Timothy Carrigan, Chief Funding
Opportunity Officer, Office of Grant Management, National Endowment for
the Humanities: 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20506, or
[email protected]; or 202-606-8377.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEH first published notice of its intent to
seek OMB approval for this information
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collection in the Federal Register of April 13, 2020 (85 FR 20531) and
allowed 60 days for public comment. The agency received one public
comment, dated April 13, 2020, which expressed general concern about
high taxes and doubt about the benefit of this information collection
to the taxpayer. NEH acknowledged the comment but determined that it
did not call for any change to the planned information collection since
the opinion expressed was of a general nature and did not pertain to
any specific aspects of the information collection. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
Overview of This Information Collection
Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
Title of Information Collection: General Clearance Authority to
Develop Grantee Survey Instruments for the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Abstract: The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking to
revise its general clearance authority to develop survey instruments
for recipients of its grant programs. The NEH regularly monitors its
grants, relying primarily on data obtained in performance reports. In
many instances, outcomes are not readily observable during the one- to
three-year period of performance. The clearance to collect data from
grant recipients beyond the period of performance is essential to the
NEH's ability to assess it programs systemically and to measure
progress in achieving the goals articulated in the agency's strategic
plan.
The proposed revision adjusts the overall burden estimate from 580
to 615 hours, to reflect the anticipated change in the number of
respondents from 1,160 to 1,230. The estimated time per response
remains unchanged.
OMB Number: 3136-0139.
Affected Public: NEH grant recipients.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Respondents: 1,230.
Total Responses: 1,230.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 615 hours.
Request for Comments
The public is invited to comment on all aspects of this ICR,
including: (a) 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; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Dated: June 25, 2020.
Caitlin Cater,
Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2020-14096 Filed 6-30-20; 8:45 am]
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