Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2025-2027 IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Notice of Funding Opportunity
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 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. By this Notice, IMLS is soliciting comments concerning the Notice of Funding Opportunity for an initiative targeting the needs of small museums and their communities nationwide: IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Program. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19888-19889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05922]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2025-2027
IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Notice of Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. By
this Notice, IMLS is soliciting comments concerning the Notice of
Funding Opportunity for an initiative targeting the needs of small
museums and their communities nationwide: IMLS Inspire! Grants for
Small Museums Program. 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 May 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sandra Narva, Senior Grants Management
Specialist--Team Lead, Office of Grants Policy and Management,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Ms. Narva can be reached by
telephone: 202-653-4634, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dba8b5baa9adba9bb2b6b7a8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d7e636c7f7b6c4d6460617e236a627b">[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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reagan Moore, Senior Program Officer,
Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services,
955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Ms.
Moore can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4637, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285a4547475a4d684145445b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7859a98988592b79e9a9b84d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: IMLS is particularly interested in public
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 submissions of responses.
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 transform the lives of individuals and
communities. To learn more, visit <a href="http://www.imls.gov">www.imls.gov</a>.
II. Current Actions
The goal of IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is to help small
museums implement projects that address priorities identified in their
strategic plans. It has three project categories: Lifelong Learning,
Institutional Capacity, and Collections Stewardship and Access. This
action is to renew the content, forms, and instructions for the Notice
of Funding Opportunity for the next three years.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: 2025-2027 IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums Notice of
Funding Opportunity.
OMB Number: 3137-0111.
Respondents/Affected Public: Eligible museum organizations.
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Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 250.
Frequency of Response: Once per year.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 35.
Total Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 8,750.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $283,938.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $38,056.
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: March 15, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-05922 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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