Notice2024-05932

Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: 2025-2027 Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture Notice of Funding Opportunity

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Published
March 21, 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), 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. The purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning the Notice of Funding Opportunity for Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture, a new grant program to support projects that build the capacity for American Latino history and culture museums. 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 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20253-20254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05932]


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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 
Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture 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. The 
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning the Notice of 
Funding Opportunity for Museum Grants for

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American Latino History and Culture, a new grant program to support 
projects that build the capacity for American Latino history and 
culture museums. 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#2a59444b585c4b6a43474659044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a69747b686c7b5a73777669347d756c">[email&#160;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: Gibran Villalobos, 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. Mr. Villalobos can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4649, or by 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1473627d787875787b767b67547d7978673a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6d7c6366666b66656865794a63676679246d657c">[email&#160;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

    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 <a href="http://www.imls.gov">www.imls.gov</a>.

II. Current Actions

    The goal of the Museum Grants for American Latino History and 
Culture is to support projects that build the capacity of American 
Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities as well 
as projects that broadly advance the growth and development of a 
professional workforce in American Latino institutions. The American 
Latino History and Culture Program was authorized for creation by the 
National Museum of the American Latino Act in 2020 (20 U.S.C. 80u) the 
same Act that authorized the creation of a new Smithsonian National 
Museum of the American Latino.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: 2025-2027 Museum Grants for American Latino History and 
Culture Notice of Funding Opportunity.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-NEW.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: American Latino Museums that offer or 
wish to offer American Latino art, history, and culture.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Response: Once per year.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 45.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,700.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $87,615.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $9,400.
    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. 2024-05932 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7036-01-P


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