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administering HUD-assisted programs
must enforce Federal labor standards
requirements, including the payment of
prevailing wage rates to laborers and
mechanics employed on HUD-assisted
construction and maintenance work that
is covered by these requirements.
Enforcement activities include securing
funds to ensure the payment of wage
restitution that has been or may be
found due to laborers and mechanics
who were employed on HUD-assisted
projects, and the payment of liquidated
damages that may be assessed for
violations of Contract Work Hours and
Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA)
overtime provisions. Ultimately, these
funds are deposited to an account in the
U.S. Treasury. If the labor standards
discrepancies are resolved, HUD
refunds associated amounts to the
depositor. As underpaid laborers and
mechanics are located, HUD sends wage
restitution payments to the effected
workers. Liquidated damages assessed
for CWHSSA overtime violations are
retained by HUD.
In order to make refunds and wage
restitution payments, HUD must verify
the identity of the payee to ensure that
the refund is made to the correct
depositor or to the correct worker before
payment is made. In order to complete
these verifications, HUD will request
information such as the depositor’s or
payee’s tax identification number (i.e.,
employer identification number or
Social Security Number), the project
name or number, and/or the worker’s
employer’s name.
All refunds from labor standards
deposit accounts are made
electronically. Depositors entitled to a
refund must provide to HUD the name,
address, and account information for the
banking institution to which it wants
the refund sent. Wage restitution
payments may be made by check or
electronically, at the payee’s choice.
HUD must collect either the payee’s
mailing address, so that a check may be
sent to them, or banking information for
an electronic payment.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
HUD–4734, Labor Standards Deposit
Account Voucher. This form is
completed by HUD staff after depositor
or payee verification and the collection
of payment processing information, i.e.,
financial institution information or mail
delivery address.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The estimated
number of respondents is 50 per year.
The estimated number of hours needed
per respondent is .1 hours. The total
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public burden is estimated to be 5 hours
per year. Payees do not need to
complete a form; the information may
be collected by HUD in person, by
telephone, or in writing, at the payee’s
option.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of existing
collection approved under OMB number
2501–0021.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Edward L. Johnson,
Director, Office of Labor Relations.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5091–N–04]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; Federal
Labor Standards Remote Monitoring
Office of Labor Relations, HUD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: December
4, 2006.
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:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410
or Lillian_L._Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade
Banks, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of
Labor Relations, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410
or Jade_M._Banks@hud.gov, telephone
(202) 708–0370, Ext. 5475 (this is not a
toll-free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
information.
The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Federal Labor
Standards Remote Monitoring.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Many
HUD programs are subject to Federal
labor standards provisions, including
the payment of federally-determined
prevailing wage rates to construction
and maintenance laborers and
mechanics, and the payment of
premium rates for overtime hours
worked. Several HUD programs are
administered by State, local, and tribal
agencies, aka local contracting agencies
(LCAs), to which HUD has delegated
labor standards administration and
enforcement responsibilities. HUD is
responsible, overall, for full compliance
with Federal labor standards
requirements in all of its programs and
must monitor LCA performance. HUD
prefers to conduct monitoring reviews
on-site, at the LCA’s place(s) of
business. In some instances, resource
constraints may limit HUD’s ability to
conduct on-site LCA monitoring. To
ensure compliance, HUD may resort to
remote monitoring requiring LCAs to
submit to HUD information relating to
performance in the delegated areas of
labor standards administration and
enforcement.
In order for HUD to accomplish
remote monitoring and to assist LCAs,
HUD proposes to institute remote
monitoring information collection
requirements and has created forms on
which LCAs may submit information
necessary for HUD’s monitoring review.
HUD and LCAs would be required to
maintain records of these remote
monitoring forms and the results of the
remote monitoring review for three (3)
years after the review or the resolution
of any findings, whichever is later.
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Agency form numbers, if applicable:
Proposed forms HUD–4742 (A, B, C, D,
and E for city, county, and Tribal
agencies); and HUD–4743 (A and B for
State agencies).
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
Number of
respondents
Item
Amount of
time required
(hours)
Total time
required/
annum
(hours)
HUD–4742 (A through E) ............................................................................................................
HUD–4743 (A and B) ..................................................................................................................
Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................................
45
5
50
4
4
1
180
20
50
Total Annual Burden .............................................................................................................
........................
........................
250
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is a new collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Edward L. Johnson,
Director, Office of Labor Relations.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4922–N–23]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a
Computer Matching Program between
HUD and the Social Security
Administration: Matching Tenant Data
in Assisted Housing Programs
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching
program between the Department of
Housing and Urban Development HUD
and the Social Security Administration
(SSA).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of
1988, as amended, and the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Guidance on the statute, HUD is
updating its notice of a matching
program involving comparisons
between income data provided by
participants in HUD’s assisted housing
programs and independent sources of
income information. The matching
program will be carried out to detect
inappropriate (excessive or insufficient)
housing assistance under the National
Housing Act, the United States Housing
Act of 1937, section 101 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of
1965, the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996, and the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of
1998. The program provides for the
verification of the matching results and
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the initiation of appropriate
administrative or legal actions,
primarily through public housing
agencies (PHAs) and owners and agents
(all collectively referred to as POAs).
Indian tribes and tribally designated
housing entities (TDHEs) are not a
mandatory component of the computer
matching program. Participation by
Indian tribes and TDHEs is
discretionary; however, they may
receive and use social security (SS) and
supplemental security income (SSI)
matching information provided by HUD.
This notice provides an overview of
computer matching for HUD’s rental
assistance programs. Specifically, the
notice describes HUD’s program for
computer matching of its tenant data to
SSA’s SS and SSI income benefits data.
DATES: Effective Date: Computer
matching is expected to begin 30 days
after publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, unless comments are
received which will result in a contrary
determination, or 40 days from the date
a computer matching agreement is
signed, whichever is later.
Comments Due Date: November 6,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,
Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications should refer to the
above docket number and title.
Comments sent by facsimile are not
acceptable. A copy of each
communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and
copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Privacy Act: Jeanette Smith,
Departmental Privacy Act Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number (202) 708–2374. A
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telecommunications device for hearingand speech-impaired individuals (TTY)
is available at (800) 877–8339 (Federal
Information Relay Service). For all other
information: Myra Newbill, Project
Manager, Tenant Assessment SubSystem, Real Estate Assessment Center,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 550 12th Street, SW.,
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number (202) 475–8988.
This
notice supersedes a similar notice
published in the Federal Register on
March 9, 2004 (69 FR 11033). Since that
time, the matching program has
continued to be implemented on a large
scale. In previous years, the computer
matching was carried out for random
samples of households receiving rental
assistance or for selected POAs. During
calendar year 1999, HUD used the
matching program for a large-scale
computer matching project involving
over 2 million households. HUD
announced plans for the large-scale
implementation of the program on
September 14, 1999 (64 FR 49817). The
Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act (CMPPA) of 1988, an
amendment to the Privacy Act of 1974
(5 U.S.C. 552a), OMB’s guidance on this
statute entitled ‘‘Final Guidance
Interpreting the Provisions of Public
Law 100–503, the CMPPA of 1988’’
(OMB Guidance), and OMB Circular No.
A–130 requires publication of notices of
computer matching programs. Appendix
I to OMB’s Revision of Circular No. A–
130, ‘‘Transmittal Memorandum No. 4,
Management of Federal Information
Resources,’’ prescribes Federal agency
responsibilities for maintaining records
about individuals. In compliance with
the CMPPA and Appendix I to OMB
Circular No. A–130, copies of this notice
are being provided to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight of
the House of Representatives, the
Committee of Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5091-N-04]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request;
Federal Labor Standards Remote Monitoring
AGENCY: Office of Labor Relations, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: December 4, 2006.
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: Lillian Deitzer, Reports
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410 or Lillian--L.--
Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade Banks, Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Labor Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410 or Jade--M.--
Banks@hud.gov, telephone (202) 708-0370, Ext. 5475 (this is not a toll-
free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond; including the
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Federal Labor Standards Remote Monitoring.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Many
HUD programs are subject to Federal labor standards provisions,
including the payment of federally-determined prevailing wage rates to
construction and maintenance laborers and mechanics, and the payment of
premium rates for overtime hours worked. Several HUD programs are
administered by State, local, and tribal agencies, aka local
contracting agencies (LCAs), to which HUD has delegated labor standards
administration and enforcement responsibilities. HUD is responsible,
overall, for full compliance with Federal labor standards requirements
in all of its programs and must monitor LCA performance. HUD prefers to
conduct monitoring reviews on-site, at the LCA's place(s) of business.
In some instances, resource constraints may limit HUD's ability to
conduct on-site LCA monitoring. To ensure compliance, HUD may resort to
remote monitoring requiring LCAs to submit to HUD information relating
to performance in the delegated areas of labor standards administration
and enforcement.
In order for HUD to accomplish remote monitoring and to assist
LCAs, HUD proposes to institute remote monitoring information
collection requirements and has created forms on which LCAs may submit
information necessary for HUD's monitoring review.
HUD and LCAs would be required to maintain records of these remote
monitoring forms and the results of the remote monitoring review for
three (3) years after the review or the resolution of any findings,
whichever is later.
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Agency form numbers, if applicable: Proposed forms HUD-4742 (A, B,
C, D, and E for city, county, and Tribal agencies); and HUD-4743 (A and
B for State agencies).
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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Amount of time Total time
Item Number of required required/annum
respondents (hours) (hours)
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HUD-4742 (A through E).......................................... 45 4 180
HUD-4743 (A and B).............................................. 5 4 20
Recordkeeping................................................... 50 1 50
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Total Annual Burden......................................... .............. .............. 250
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Status of the proposed information collection: This is a new
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Edward L. Johnson,
Director, Office of Labor Relations.
[FR Doc. E6-16440 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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