Notice of Emergency Information Collection and Request for Comment: Assessment of Technology Needs in HUD-Subsidized Housing, 27996-27997 [2015-11806]

Download as PDF 27996 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices To view the recall notice, please visit https://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/ Kidde-Recalls-Smoke-and-CombinationSmokeCO-Alarms/. On December 16, 2014, Cavco submitted a revised plan of notification and correction. Pursuant to its notification and correction plan, Cavco has attempted to notify all affected homeowners by certified mail and telephone and send free-of-charge replacement Kidde combined smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to affected homeowners or install such replacement when requested by the homeowner. HUD approved the Cavco plan of notification and correction on December 29, 2014. Since receipts for all certified letters were not returned and in some cases a valid phone number was not available, Cavco, by letter dated April 24, 2015, requested an extension of 120 days to complete the notification and correction process. This notice advises that HUD finds that Cavco has shown good cause and that the extension is justified and not contrary to the public interest and, on April 24, 2015, granted the requested extension until August 24, 2015, to permit Cavco to continue its good faith efforts to contact the affected homeowners who did not receive a certified letter, and to replace Kidde combined smoke and carbon monoxide alarms at no cost to affected homeowners. Dated: May 12, 2015. Pamela Beck Danner, Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing Programs. [FR Doc. 2015–11805 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5830–N–02] Notice of Emergency Information Collection and Request for Comment: Assessment of Technology Needs in HUD-Subsidized Housing AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD. ACTION: Notice. Through this notice, and in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HUD invites mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 3,400 once ........... Jkt 235001 Title of Information Collection: Assessment of Technology Needs in HUD-Subsidized Housing. OMB Approval Number: Pending. Type of Request: New. Form Number: Pending. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This assessment will provide the data necessary to inform subsequent conversations with communities and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on the technology needs of residents housed with HUD assistance. The data will also inform the design and implementation of assistance efforts to narrow the technology infrastructure and digital literacy gaps in such housing, such as the absence of access to high-speed Internet. The standardized questions cover broad areas of relevance to assessing the technology needs of communities and PHAs, including: (1) Demographics of the populations served (including such factors as age, income, and education); (2) physical and technological infrastructure in the subsidized housing or that could be made available by the jurisdiction; and (3) potential use of federal and local resources to address the technology needs if these resources were made available. In addition, the assessment provides for communities and PHAs to provide any information pertaining to these topic areas that they may wish to note and that is not covered by the standardized questions, which would help better identify their technology needs. Respondents (i.e. affected public): Communities (i.e., city, tribal nation, or other target area) and PHAs. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3400. Estimated Number of Responses: 50. Frequency of Response: Once. Average Hours per Response: Three hours. Total Estimated Burdens: 450 hours. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 8339. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@ hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400. This is not a toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of Frequency of response Demographics .............................. A. Overview of Information Collection ADDRESSES: Number of respondents Information collection available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A. comment on a proposed information collection for the purpose of helping HUD assess technology needs, such as access to high-speed Internet, in HUDsubsidized housing. HUD is requesting emergency processing of this request because philanthropic foundations, nonprofit organizations, private sector entities, and others have expressed interest in helping residents housed with HUD assistance to narrow their technology infrastructure and digital literacy gaps. The questions included in the information collection will enable HUD to assess the technology needs of residents housed with HUD assistance, the commitment of communities and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to narrowing these technology gaps, and the capacity of such jurisdictions to successfully utilize the type of assistance that is being offered. The earlier that HUD can obtain this information, the earlier that HUD may be able to benefit from the generosity of the various organizations that have offered assistance. DATES: Comment Due Date: May 22, 2015. PO 00000 Frm 00112 Responses per annum Fmt 4703 50 Sfmt 4703 Burden hour per response Annual burden hours 1 E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM Hourly cost per response 1 15MYN1 Annual cost 0 0 27997 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices Number of respondents Frequency of response Physical and Technology Infrastructure. Potential uses of federal and local resources. 3,400 once ........... 50 1 1 0 0 3,400 once ........... 50 1 1 ...................... ...................... Totals .................................... 3,400 once ........... 150 3 3 0 0 Information collection B. Solicitation of Public Comment Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Dated: May 12, 2015. Camille E. Acevedo, Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations. [FR Doc. 2015–11806 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5828–N–20] Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Notice. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 Burden hour per response Annual burden hours FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following: (1) 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; (2) The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions. SUMMARY: Responses per annum Juanita Perry, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these telephone numbers are not toll-free), or call the toll-free Title V information line at 800–927–7588. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is publishing this Notice to identify Federal buildings and other real property that HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies regarding unutilized and underutilized buildings and real property controlled by such agencies or by GSA regarding its inventory of excess or surplus Federal property. This Notice is also published in order to comply with the December 12, 1988 Court Order in National Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503– OG (D.D.C.). Properties reviewed are listed in this Notice according to the following categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ unavailable, and suitable/to be excess, and unsuitable. The properties listed in the three suitable categories have been reviewed by the landholding agencies, and each agency has transmitted to HUD: (1) Its intention to make the property available for use to assist the homeless, (2) its intention to declare the property excess to the agency’s needs, or (3) a statement of the reasons that the property cannot be declared excess or made available for use as facilities to assist the homeless. Properties listed as suitable/available will be available exclusively for homeless use for a period of 60 days from the date of this Notice. Where property is described as for ‘‘off-site use only’’ recipients of the property will be required to relocate the building to their own site at their own expense. PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Hourly cost per response Annual cost Homeless assistance providers interested in any such property should send a written expression of interest to HHS, addressed to: Ms. Theresa M. Ritta, Chief Real Property Branch, the Department of Health and Human Services, Room 5B–17, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–2265 (This is not a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the interested provider an application packet, which will include instructions for completing the application. In order to maximize the opportunity to utilize a suitable property, providers should submit their written expressions of interest as soon as possible. For complete details concerning the processing of applications, the reader is encouraged to refer to the interim rule governing this program, 24 CFR part 581. For properties listed as suitable/to be excess, that property may, if subsequently accepted as excess by GSA, be made available for use by the homeless in accordance with applicable law, subject to screening for other Federal use. At the appropriate time, HUD will publish the property in a Notice showing it as either suitable/ available or suitable/unavailable. For properties listed as suitable/ unavailable, the landholding agency has decided that the property cannot be declared excess or made available for use to assist the homeless, and the property will not be available. Properties listed as unsuitable will not be made available for any other purpose for 20 days from the date of this Notice. Homeless assistance providers interested in a review by HUD of the determination of unsuitability should call the toll free information line at 1– 800–927–7588 for detailed instructions or write a letter to Ann Marie Oliva at the address listed at the beginning of this Notice. Included in the request for review should be the property address (including zip code), the date of publication in the Federal Register, the landholding agency, and the property number. E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27996-27997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11806]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5830-N-02]


Notice of Emergency Information Collection and Request for 
Comment: Assessment of Technology Needs in HUD-Subsidized Housing

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, and in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, HUD invites comment on a proposed information 
collection for the purpose of helping HUD assess technology needs, such 
as access to high-speed Internet, in HUD-subsidized housing. HUD is 
requesting emergency processing of this request because philanthropic 
foundations, nonprofit organizations, private sector entities, and 
others have expressed interest in helping residents housed with HUD 
assistance to narrow their technology infrastructure and digital 
literacy gaps. The questions included in the information collection 
will enable HUD to assess the technology needs of residents housed with 
HUD assistance, the commitment of communities and Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) to narrowing these technology gaps, and the capacity of 
such jurisdictions to successfully utilize the type of assistance that 
is being offered. The earlier that HUD can obtain this information, the 
earlier that HUD may be able to benefit from the generosity of the 
various organizations that have offered assistance.

DATES: Comment Due Date: May 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Assessment of Technology Needs in 
HUD-Subsidized Housing.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: Pending.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
assessment will provide the data necessary to inform subsequent 
conversations with communities and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) on 
the technology needs of residents housed with HUD assistance. The data 
will also inform the design and implementation of assistance efforts to 
narrow the technology infrastructure and digital literacy gaps in such 
housing, such as the absence of access to high-speed Internet. The 
standardized questions cover broad areas of relevance to assessing the 
technology needs of communities and PHAs, including: (1) Demographics 
of the populations served (including such factors as age, income, and 
education); (2) physical and technological infrastructure in the 
subsidized housing or that could be made available by the jurisdiction; 
and (3) potential use of federal and local resources to address the 
technology needs if these resources were made available. In addition, 
the assessment provides for communities and PHAs to provide any 
information pertaining to these topic areas that they may wish to note 
and that is not covered by the standardized questions, which would help 
better identify their technology needs.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Communities (i.e., city, tribal 
nation, or other target area) and PHAs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3400.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 50.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: Three hours.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 450 hours.

 
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                                            Number of                                 Responses    Burden hour     Annual      Hourly cost
         Information collection            respondents     Frequency of response      per annum   per response  burden hours  per response   Annual cost
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Demographics............................         3,400  once......................            50             1             1             0             0

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Physical and Technology Infrastructure..         3,400  once......................            50             1             1             0             0
Potential uses of federal and local              3,400  once......................            50             1             1  ............  ............
 resources.
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    Totals..............................         3,400  once......................           150             3             3             0             0
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

     Authority:  Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: May 12, 2015.
Camille E. Acevedo,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2015-11806 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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