[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70707-70708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24681]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Notice of Proposed
Information Collection Request: ``Museums Empowered: Professional
Development and Capacity Building Opportunities for Museums''--A
Museums for America Special Initiative
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Service (``IMLS'') as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. This pre-clearance consultation 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. The
purpose of this Notice is to solicit comments concerning Museums
Empowered: Professional Development and Capacity Building Opportunities
for Museums--A Museums for America Special Initiative.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before December 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: For a copy of the documents contact: Mark Isaksen, Senior
Museum Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955
L'Enfant Plaza North SW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024. Mr. Isaksen
can be reached by telephone: 202-653-4662; fax: 202-653-4667; email:
[email protected] or by or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for persons with
hearing difficulty at 202-653-4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source
of federal support for the Nation's 123,000 libraries and 35,000
museums. The Institute's mission is to inspire libraries and museums to
advance innovation, learning and civic engagement. We provide
leadership through research, policy development, and grant making. IMLS
provides a variety of grant programs to assist the Nation's museums and
libraries in improving their operations and enhancing their services to
the public. (20 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.).
The IMLS 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,
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electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
II. Current Actions
To administer a special initiative in the Museums for America (MFA)
grant program titled Museums Empowered: Professional Development and
Capacity Building Opportunities for Museums--A Museums for America
Special Initiative.
Museums for America (MFA) grants support projects that strengthen
the ability of an individual museum to serve its public. This special
MFA initiative will provide professional development and capacity
building opportunities for eligible museums.
As centers of innovation and discovery, as well as catalysts of
community revitalization, museums are at the forefront of change in our
communities. Like any other institution, museums need to remain dynamic
to respond to fast-evolving technological advances and changing
demographics. Museums also need to generate and share outcomes-based
data and results of their community impact and develop sustainable
organizational structures and strategies for continued growth and
vitality. Professional Development is critical for museums to deliver
on these areas of need.
To support and empower museums of all sizes and disciplines in
responding to the evolving needs and changes, this MFA special
initiative has four areas of focus for professional development and
capacity building 1. Diversity and Inclusion 2. Digital Technology 3.
Evaluation 4. Organizational Management. Potential projects will
address one of these four priority areas and help strengthen the
capability of an individual museum to better serve its public.
Funded projects may support a wide variety of training
opportunities for museum staff at a variety of levels (senior
leadership, middle management, front-line staff, interns and
volunteers) and in various lines of museum work or a combination of
(education and outreach, interpretation, curation, registration,
conservation, exhibition design, administration, finance, marketing,
public relations, community engagement, visitor services security and
other).
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: ``Museums Empowered: Professional Development and Capacity
Building Opportunities for Museums''--A Museums for America Special
Initiative.
OMB Number: TBD.
Agency Number: 3137.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: Museums that meet the IMLS Museums for America
institutional eligibility criteria.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 4,000.
Total Annualized cost to respondents: $109,600.00.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total Annualized Cost to Federal Government: $13,651.84.
Public Comments Invited: Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Burwell, Chief Information
Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Institute of Museum
and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW., Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024-2135. Mrs. Burwell can be reached by Telephone:
202-653-4684, Fax: 202-653-4625, or by email at [email protected] or by
teletype (TTY/TDD) at 202-653-4614. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Dated: October 6, 2016.
Kim Miller,
Grants Management Specialist.
[FR Doc. 2016-24681 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am]
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