[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25919-25920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12933]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum Services
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Institute of Museum Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the agency requests comment on a
proposed information collection prior to submitting it to the Office of
Management and Budget for review. The collection is entitled ``Status
of Educational Programming Between Museums and Schools.''
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 22, 1996.
ADDRESS: Submit written comments to: Rebecca Danvers, Program Director,
Institute of Museum Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20506. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to
Imsinfo@ims.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Submit requests for more information, including copies of the proposed
collection of information and supporting documentation, to IMS Program
Office, Institute of Museum Services, Room 609, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information Collection Request
IMS is seeking comments on the following Information Collection
Request.
Title: ``Status of Educational Programming Between Museums and
Schools.''
Affected Entities: Parties affected by this information collection
are museum educators.
Abstract: IMS supports museum school partnerships for K-12 school
children through the Museum Leadership Initiative program. In the fall
of 1995, IMS sponsored a conference on museum school partnerships.
Information about the projects IMS has supported and on selected
conference proceedings will be published and disseminated widely to the
museum and school communities. IMS also intends to collect, analyze and
disseminate data to document the current status of educational
programming activity between museums and schools.
Currently, no body of data exists to identify how museums are
interacting with schools to advance the education of the nation's
school age population. Therefore, we propose to survey a portion of the
museum community with a brief questionnaire to collect this
information. The data collection is intended to provide the basis of
statistical conclusions about the nature and level of educational
programming between museums and schools, but rather is to illustrate
the current status and the possibilities for further development.
Burden Statement: For this collection, the estimated average burden
hours is .5 and the frequency of response is once. The number of
respondents is 500.
II. Request for Comments
IMS solicits comments to:
(i) 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.
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden
of the proposed collection of information.
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected.
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
or electronic collection technologies of other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
III. Public Inspection
Information submitted as a comment concerning this document may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
Confidential Business Information (CBI). Information so marked will not
be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR
part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be
submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked
confidential may be disclosed publicly by IMS without prior notice. All
comments, written and printed versions of electronic comments, not
including any information claimed as CBI, are available for inspection
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays, in Rm. 510, Institute of Museum Services, 1100 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
List of Subjects
Museums and Information collection requests.
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Dated: May 17, 1996.
Diane B. Frankel,
Director, Institute of Museum Services.
[FR Doc. 96-12933 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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