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Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment Request
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 ...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NEH first published notice of its intent to seek OMB approval for this information collection in the
Federal Register
of May 24, 2024 (89 FR 45926) and allowed 60 days for public comment. The agency received no public comments. 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.
NEH's burden estimate for this clearance is 301,962 and the estimated number of respondents is 13,014, an increase from the estimates in the 60-day notice of 296,433 hours and 6,767 respondents. The updated estimates better represent the number of individuals responding to NEH's information collections under this clearance and their time spent.
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:
13,014.
Total Responses:
13,014.
Estimated Time per Response:
Varies according to type of information collection.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
301,962.
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: August 14, 2024.
Jessica Graves,
Paralegal Specialist, National Endowment for the Humanities.