[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24583]
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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 in soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information collection request of: generic
approval for customer satisfaction surveys and focus groups. A copy of
the 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
address section below on or before November 13, 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 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.
ADDRESSES: Laurence M. Baden, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 628, Washington, DC 20506-0001,
telephone (202) 682-5408 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202)
682-5798.
Murray Welsh,
Director, Administrative Services.
[FR Doc. 97-24583 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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