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OMB Control No: 3135-0112	ICR Reference No: 201908-3135-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201608-3135-001
Agency/Subagency: NEA	Agency Tracking No: 3135 NEA
Title: Blanket Justification for Arts Endowment Funding Application Guidelines and Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/09/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/03/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2019
Responses	6,463	0	6,553
Time Burden (Hours)	134,282	0	163,049
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,463	6,553	-90
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	134,282	163,049	-28,767
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: When this information collection was last cleared three years ago, it included all of the Arts Endowment’s grantee final reporting forms and instructions in addition to the agency’s application guidelines and requirements. To better align with Arts Endowment’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, grantee final reporting requirements have been cleared with OMB on a separate schedule since 2018. As a result, the overall decrease in annual burden is primarily attributed to this submission’s focus on application guidelines and requirements only. We also have carefully examined all of our grant funding opportunities to see where streamlining and consolidation might be desirable. As a result, the application guidelines and requirements for nonprofit organizations (approximately 4,500 applications per year) will see respondents’ average time spent per application reduced by one hour. The application instructions and requirements for only one area (Individuals) will see a modest increase in annual applicant burden from three years ago. This is because we have consolidated all of the agency’s application materials and requirements into this submission, incorporating two forms for individuals that OMB has previously approved. See "Arts Endowment Supporting Statement A 2019" for more information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,443,014

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Jillian Miller 202-682-5504 millerj@arts.endow.gov