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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5382–N–03]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment:
Housing Counseling Outcomes Study
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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: April 27,
2010.
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:
Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226,
Washington, DC 20410–5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marina L. Myhre, (202) 708–3700,
extension 5705 for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
documents. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
The
Department will submit 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 of information 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
through 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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling
Outcomes Study.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of survey
instruments designed to provide
statistically accurate information on the
outcomes realized by clients of HUDapproved counseling agencies seeking
assistance to either purchase a home
(pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or
prevent mortgage delinquency (postpurchase clients). Fourteen-hundred
and thirty counseling clients have
already been recruited to voluntarily
participate in the study. In granting
their informed consent to participate in
the study, these counseling clients
agreed to be contacted by telephone 12
months following the receipt of
counseling to complete a survey about
their counseling experience and their
current housing situation. The purpose
of this survey is to gather information
needed to both document the share of
clients realizing different outcomes
following counseling and to analyze
how these outcomes vary with the
characteristics of clients and the
services they receive.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Fourteenhundred and thirty housing counseling
clients.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The average time per
client for completing the telephone
survey is one-half hour. Of the fourteenhundred and thirty clients in the study,
978 are expected to complete the
survey. Thus, total burden hours are 489
hours for counseling clients.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: February 21, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5384–N–04]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; SemiAnnual Labor Standards Enforcement
Report
AGENCY: Office of Labor Relations,
Office of Departmental Operations and
Coordination, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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: April 27,
2010.
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:
Leroy McKinney, Jr., Reports
Management Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4178,
Washington, DC 20410 or
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov.
ADDRESSES:
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) 402–5475 (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
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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: Semi-annual Labor
Standards Enforcement Report
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2501–0019
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: All
Federal agencies administering
programs subject to Davis-Bacon wage
provisions are required by Department
of Labor (DOL) regulations (29 CFR Part
5, Section 5.7(b)) to submit a report of
all new covered contracts/projects and
all enforcement activities each six
months. In order for HUD to comply
with this requirement, it must collect
contract and enforcement information
from local and tribal agencies that
administer HUD-assisted programs
subject to Davis-Bacon requirements.
(State agencies that administer HUDassisted programs may report directly to
DOL or may report through HUD, at the
discretion of each state.) HUD requests
that such agencies complete and submit
a Semi-annual Enforcement Report each
six months.
HUD and reporting agencies must
retain a copy of the Semi-annual
Enforcement Report in its files.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
Forms HUD–4710, HUD–4710i.
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 total
number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection is 10,000; the
number of respondents is 5,000; the
frequency of response is semi-annually;
and the hours per response is 2.
Recordkeeping requirements add an
additional 2,500 hours for a total of
12,500 hours per year.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: February 22, 2010.
Waite H. Madison,
Director, Office of Labor Relations.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5382-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Housing Counseling Outcomes Study
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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: April 27, 2010.
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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina L. Myhre, (202) 708-3700,
extension 5705 for copies of the proposed forms and other available
documents. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 of information 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
through 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:
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Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to provide
statistically accurate information on the outcomes realized by clients
of HUD-approved counseling agencies seeking assistance to either
purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent
mortgage delinquency (post-purchase clients). Fourteen-hundred and
thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to voluntarily
participate in the study. In granting their informed consent to
participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to be
contacted by telephone 12 months following the receipt of counseling to
complete a survey about their counseling experience and their current
housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information
needed to both document the share of clients realizing different
outcomes following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary
with the characteristics of clients and the services they receive.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Fourteen-hundred and thirty housing
counseling clients.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The average time per client for
completing the telephone survey is one-half hour. Of the fourteen-
hundred and thirty clients in the study, 978 are expected to complete
the survey. Thus, total burden hours are 489 hours for counseling
clients.
Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: February 21, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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