97-19260. National Endowment for the Arts; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19260]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts, 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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(A)]. 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 National Endowment for the Arts is soliciting comments 
concerning a proposed revision of: Blanket justification for NEA 
Funding Application Guidelines FY 1998-FY 2001 to include reporting 
requirements for grants resulting from those applications. A copy of 
this revised collection request can be obtained by contacting the 
office listed below in the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 23, 1997. The National 
Endowment for the Arts is particularly interested in comments which:
     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;
     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;
     Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     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.

ADDRESS: Lauren Baden, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 628, Washington, DC 20506-0001, 
telephone [phone] (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 
682-5798.
Murray Welsh,
Director, Administrative Services.
[FR Doc. 97-19260 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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