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OMB Control No: 3135-0142	ICR Reference No: 202009-3135-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202005-3135-001
Agency/Subagency: NEA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Survey of American Artists Participating in International Exchanges
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/08/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/14/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2023
Responses	264	0	189
Time Burden (Hours)	35	0	25
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This request for full clearance will enable the National Endowment for the Arts (“the Arts Endowment”) to implement a web survey that will be used to support performance reporting on the career benefits to U.S. artists who receive grants to travel and perform abroad. This package requests the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) full clearance for annual data collection. The Arts Endowment’s Office of International Activities provides opportunities for U.S. artists to participate in global arts events by partnering with U.S. regional arts organization Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation on the USArtists International (USAI) program, as well as through several other partnerships and activities. The USAI program is the largest of the Arts Endowment’s efforts supporting artists’ travel and performances abroad and therefore was selected for this work because it will provide the largest sample of respondents, allowing the Arts Endowment to measure the impacts an international exchange program can have on artists’ careers. The Arts Endowment has conducted a pilot test of the survey and will implement the annual, web-based census survey of USAI grantees to provide the Arts Endowment with evidence of the program’s benefits to artists’ professional careers. The web survey data will support performance reporting on the Arts Endowment’s fiscal year (FY) 2018‒2022 Strategic Plan, which seeks to gather evidence to show that “Arts Endowment-supported international exchanges have a demonstrable benefit on the careers of participating American artists” (Performance Goal 3.3.3). The annual data collection will provide evidence in response to the associated performance indicator (3.3.3.1), “The percentage of American artists that report benefits of their participation in NEA-supported international exchanges.” The survey will focus on benefits to artists’ professional opportunities, professional networks, professional skills and learning, reputations, and creativity. The survey is designed to take approximately 8 minutes and asks 24 questions, with skip patterns.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 16506	08/02/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 2150	01/14/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	264	189	75
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	35	25	10
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Burden was increased in order to add an expected annual full study data collection in addition to the pilot study data collection that has already occurred.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $910

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. No

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. No

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? No

Agency Contact: Melissa Menzer 202 682-5548 menzerm@arts.gov

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