# 2026-22712: Election Commission Keeps the Grant Progress Reports Coming

2026-22712, Agency Information Collection Activities, is a Federal Register notice from Election Assistance Commission published 2026-11-06, effective Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, December 9, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22712
- As of: 2026-11-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22712
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Election Assistance Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 70078
- Published: 2026-11-06
- Effective: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, December 9, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-12-09
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## In one line

Election Commission Keeps the Grant Progress Reports Coming

## Summary

The Election Assistance Commission is asking to extend its approval to collect progress reports from grant recipients, helping them manage federal funds more easily. This doesn’t change the report itself but keeps the paperwork simple and standardized. If you’re involved with these grants, you have until December 9, 2026, to share your thoughts—no extra costs or new rules, just smoother reporting!

## Abstract

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) gives notice that it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an extension of the previously approved information collection OMB Control Number 3265-0026 EAC Progress Report (EAC-PR).

## Effects PRIA read

- Continued EAC Progress Report Requirement: cost, low. If you are an EAC grant recipient or a state government, you must continue to submit the EAC Progress Report (EAC-PR) for interim and final grant reporting under HAVA. The collection imposes an estimated total annual burden of 138 hours and an annualized cost of $3,576.96 (calculated at $25.92/hour…
- Standardized Report Keeps Paperwork Simple: benefit, low. The EAC-PR format remains unchanged since the approved standard request in November 2023 and is used for both interim and final progress reports for grants issued under HAVA. This standardization is intended to make it easier for award recipients to administer federal grants by reducing administrat…

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- [2026-09423](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-09423): Sunshine Act Meetings, 2026-05-12

## Sources
- [2026-22712 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/06/2026-22712/agency-information-collection-activities)
- [2026-22712 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-06/pdf/2026-22712.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22712 (as of 2026-11-06).