Administracja i zamówienia · 3/10/2003

Art in Architecture Program National Artist Registry

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding the Art in Architecture Program national artist registry form. The Art in Architecture Program is the result of a policy decision made in January 1963 by GSA Administrator, Bernard L. Boudin, who had served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space in 1961-62. The program has been modified over the years, most recently in 1996 when a renewed focus on commissioning works of art that are an integral part of the building's architecture and adjacent landscape was instituted. The program continues to commission works of art from living American artists. One half of one percent of the estimated construction cost of new or substantially renovated Federal buildings and U.S. courthouses is allocated for commissioning works of art. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of