Notice2024-20996
30-Day Notice for the “Arts Basic Survey”; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
September 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Abstract
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 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 of 1995. 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. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection of information for the Arts Basic Survey. Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by visiting www.Reginfo.gov.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75591-75592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20996]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
30-Day Notice for the ``Arts Basic Survey''; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Endowment for the Arts.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 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 of 1995. 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. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed collection of information for the Arts Basic
Survey. Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by visiting <a href="http://www.Reginfo.gov">www.Reginfo.gov</a>.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
address section below within 30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days from the date 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 by selecting, ``National
Endowment for the Arts'' 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, comments can be sent to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the National Endowment for the Arts, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316,
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is
particularly interested in comments which:
<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
the electronic submissions of responses.
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts.
Title: Arts Basic Survey.
OMB Control Number: 3135-0131.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Estimated Annual Time per Respondent (Hours): 0.04167.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): The total one-time cost to the federal government for all
activities associated with this collection is $390,000.
Description: This request is for clearance to conduct the 2025 Arts
Basic Survey (ABS) (formally titled Annual Arts Benchmarking Survey,
and Annual Arts Basic Survey). This survey will be conducted by the
U.S. Census Bureau as a supplement to the Bureau of Labor
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Statistic's Current Population Survey. The ABS will be conducted in
February 2025 and serves as a supplement when the National Endowment
for the Arts' (NEA) Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA)
is not conducted. To date, the ABS was conducted six times from 2013 to
2020. One of the strengths of the ABS is that it will complement and
supplement the information collected in the SPPA. The SPPA is the
field's premiere repeated cross-sectional survey of individual
attendance and involvement in arts and cultural activities, and is
conducted approximately every five years. The ABS is much shorter than
the SPPA, consisting of 12 to 14 questions per module that will be used
to track arts participation over time.
As with the SPPA, the ABS data will be circulated to interested
researchers and will be the basis for a range of NEA reports and
independent research publications. Reports on these data will be made
publicly available on the NEA's website or NEA-designated websites. The
ABS will provide primary knowledge on the extent and nature of
participation in the arts in the United States.
Dated: September 11, 2024.
RaShaunda Thomas,
Administrative Officer (Deputy), Office of Administrative Services &
Contracts, National Endowment for the Arts.
[FR Doc. 2024-20996 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
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