Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment Request
| Published date | 06 April 2021 |
| Record Number | 2021-06986 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Endowment For The Humanities,National Foundation On The Arts And The Humanities |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06986]
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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 May 6, 2021.
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 collection in the Federal
Register of January 27, 2021 (86 FR 7310) and allowed 60 days for
public comment. The agency received one public comment, dated January
27, 2021, which expressed general concern 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: Generic Clearance Authority for
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Abstract: The National Endowment for the Humanities is seeking to
renew its generic clearance authority. The generic clearance authority
includes all NEH information collections, except one-time evaluations,
questionnaires, and surveys.
The proposed revision adjusts the overall burden estimate from
88,815 to 296,433 hours. This estimate reflects the anticipated change
in the number of respondents from 7,815 to 6,767 and an updated
estimated time per response that more accurately reflects the hours
required to complete a grant application. Previously, NEH estimated
fifteen hours were needed to complete a grant application. Further
study has increased the estimate to sixty hours per proposal. The
burden estimate for associated forms and reporting requirements has not
changed.
OMB Number: 3136-0134.
Affected Public: Applicants to NEH grant programs, reviewers of NEH
grant applications, and NEH award recipients.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Respondents: 6,767.
Total Responses: 6,767.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies according to type of
information collection.
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: March 30, 2021.
Elizabeth Voyatzis,
Deputy General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities.
[FR Doc. 2021-06986 Filed 4-5-21; 8:45 am]
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