# 60-Day Notice for “Applications From Students for Agency Initiatives Poetry Out Loud or the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students”
**AGENCY:**
National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
**ACTION:**
Notice of proposed collection; comment request.
**SUMMARY:**
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 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. This program helps to ensure that requested data is 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 is properly assessed. Currently, the NEA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information collection of: Applications from Students for Agency Initiatives Poetry Out Load or the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students.” A copy of the current information 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 within 60 days from the date of this publication in the *Federal Register* . The NEA is particularly interested in comments that:
• 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
• Can help the agency minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the electronic submission of responses.
**ADDRESS:**
Email comments to Daniel Beattie, Director, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, at: 202-682-5688 or *[email protected].*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Daniel Beattie, Director of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, at: 202-682-5688 or *[email protected].*
Dated: July 22, 2021.
Daniel Beattie,
Director, Guidelines and Panel Operations, Administrative Services, National Endowment for the Arts.