60-Day Notice for the “Applications From Students for Agency Initiatives Poetry Out Loud or the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students”

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#  60-Day Notice for the “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 Loud 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* .

**ADDRESSES:**

Email comments to Daniel Beattie, Director, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, at: *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

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.

Dated: July 30, 2024.

David Travis,

Guidelines and Panel Operations Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts.