Performance Report Justification for Change

Justification for Change - 3137-0071 IMLS Grant Program Application and Post-Award
Report Forms
IMLS is requesting a change to a previously approved clearance in order to extract the IMLS
Final Performance Report first page and the IMLS Interim Performance Report first page for
additional submissions. The currently approved IMLS Final and Interim Performance Reports
are for applicants FY16 forward. Awardees who received a grant FY15 and prior were required
to submit only the cover sheet of both those reports. IMLS needs to extract the first page from
each report as a standalone document for submission by awardees FY15 and before. This change
is requesting the same expiration date of 07/31/2018.
Previous request abstract:
IMLS requests delegation of authority to review and approve all agency information collection
requests (excluding surveys, evaluations, and data calls used for policy-making purposes, under
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collections in this package include all of the
guidelines and instructions to (1) apply for IMLS support, (2) identify grant reviewers, and (3)
complete post-award reports for the agency's grant programs. IMLS is requesting a three-year
generic clearance for all forms used in its grant programs, including application materials and
post-award reports.
Justification for the IMLS Grant Program Application and Post-Award Report Forms
IMLS is requesting a change to a previously approved clearance in order to extract the IMLS
Final Performance Report first page and the IMLS Interim Performance Report first page for
additional submissions. The currently approved IMLS Final and Interim Performance Reports
are for applicants FY16 forward. Awardees who received a grant FY15 and prior were required
to submit only the cover sheet of both those reports. IMLS needs to extract the first page from
each report as a standalone document for submission by awardees FY15 and before. This change
is requesting the same expiration date of 07/31/2018. The additional submissions will increase
the burden estimate because there will be awardees completing the IMLS Interim and Final
Performance Report cover sheets.