NTIA Seeks Comment on SLIGP Information Collection for Closeout Report
NTIA seeks comment on proposed information collection related to closing out the State and Local Implementation Grant Program, says a notice for Monday's Federal Register. The SLIGP was designed to help states and territories prepare for FirstNet. “SLIGP 2.0 recipients’…
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periods of performance are currently scheduled to end in early 2020,” NTIA said. “Following the award end date, recipients will be required to complete grant closeout activities within 90 days.” A form “will ask recipients to aggregate their cumulative progress toward program priority areas identified in their quarterly performance progress reports,” it said. “Recipients will also be asked to report on their cumulative expenditures.” The FR notice “allows NTIA to begin the process to obtain the approval for the standard three years,” it said. The agency estimated average time per response as 25 hours. It asked whether the proposed information collection is necessary; the accuracy of the estimated burden; ways to enhance quality, utility and clarity of information; and ways to minimize burden.