Notice2024-02412
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection: 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies
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Published
February 6, 2024
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National Foundation on the Arts and the HumanitiesInstitute of Museum and Library Services
Abstract
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This 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. This notice proposes the clearance of the 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8252-8253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02412]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection:
2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines
for State Library Administrative Agencies
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review, request for comments, collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces
the following information collection has been submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This 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. This notice proposes the
clearance of the 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year
State Plan Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies. A copy
of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before March 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this Notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this particular information collection request by selecting ``Institute
of Museum and Library Services'' under ``Currently Under Review;'' then
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Once you have
found this information collection request, select ``Comment,'' and
enter or upload your comment and information. Alternatively, please
mail your written comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that help the agency to:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
<bullet> 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 submission of responses).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri DeVoe, Associate Deputy Director
of State Programs, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b2f3f3e2d343e1b32363728753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="681c0c0d1e070d280105041b460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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. Our vision is a nation where museums
and libraries work together to work together to transform the lives of
individuals and communities. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.imls.gov">www.imls.gov</a>.
II. Current Actions
This Notice proposes the clearance of the 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to
States Program Five-Year State Plan Guidelines for State Library
Administrative Agencies. The Grants to States program is the largest
grant program administered by IMLS, providing financial assistance to
develop library services throughout the states, U.S. territories, and
the Freely Associated States. Using a population based formula, around
$180 million is distributed among the State Library Administrative
Agencies (SLAAs) every year. SLAAs are official agencies charged by law
with the extension and development of library services, and they are
located in:
<bullet> Each of the 50 states of the United States, and the
District of Columbia;
<bullet> The territories (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands); and
<bullet> The Freely Associated States (the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of
Palau).
Each year, approximately 1,500 Grants to States projects support
the purposes and priorities outlined in the Library Services and
Technology Act. (See 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165) SLAAs may use the funds to
support statewide initiatives and services, and they may also
distribute the funds through competitive subawards (e.g., subgrants or
cooperative agreements) to public, academic, research, school, or
special libraries or library consortia (for-profit and Federal
libraries are not eligible). Each SLAA must submit a plan that details
library services goals for a five-year period. (20 U.S.C. 9134). SLAAs
must also conduct a five-year evaluation of library services based on
that plan. These plans and evaluations are the foundation for improving
practice and informing policy. Each SLAA receives IMLS funding to
support the five-year period through a series of overlapping, two-year
grant awards.
The 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on December
1, 2023 (88 FR 83975) (Document Number 2023-26487). The agency received
no comments under this Notice.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: 2028-2032 IMLS Grants to States Program Five-Year State Plan
Guidelines for State Library Administrative Agencies.
OMB Number: 3137-0029.
Frequency: Once every five years.
Affected Public: State and Territory Library Administrative
Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 59.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 90 hours.
Estimated Total Burden: 5,310 hours.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: n/a.
Total Cost Burden: $165,354.
Total Federal Costs: $10,821.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-02412 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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