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Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; or telephone:
(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting 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:
Title of Proposal: Section 3 Business
Self-Certification Application.
OMB Approval Number: 2529–
Pending.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Its Proposed Use: The
information collected from the Section 3
Business Self-Certification Application
will allow HUD and recipients of
covered HUD funding to identify
Section 3 Businesses within their
communities. The overriding purpose of
this information collection is to ensure
that contracting opportunities are
provided to Section 3 businesses in
fulfillment of the regulatory
requirements set forth at 24 CFR part
135, and to increase the capacity of
covered agencies to comply with the
requirements of Section 3. HUD will use
the information to identify firms that
self-certify that they meet the regulatory
definition of a Section 3 Business. The
information collected from the Section 3
Business Self-Certification Application
will be posted in a registry of Section 3
Businesses which will be posted on
HUD’s webpage. Agencies that receive
covered HUD funding in the five pilot
locations will be encouraged to notify
the Section 3 Businesses contained in
HUD’s registry about the availability of
covered contracting opportunities.
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Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Estimation of the Total Numbers of
Hours Needed To Prepare the
Information Collection Including
Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Responses, and Hours of Responses:
The Department estimates that
approximately 20,000 businesses in the
five pilot locations may complete the
Section 3 Self-Certification Application
during the six-month pilot program.
It is estimated that each application
will take approximately 30 minutes to
complete for a total of 10,000 hours.
Total Estimated Burden Hours:
10,000.
Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: June 09, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5486–N–14]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment;
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Administrative Fee Study Pretest
Office of the Policy
Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: August 15,
2011.
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 & 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) 402–5705 for
copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents. (This is not a tollfree number.)
SUMMARY:
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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:
Title of Proposal: Housing Choice
Voucher Program Administrative Fee
Study Pretest.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use: This
request is for the clearance of on-site
data collection from public housing
agencies (PHAs) to test the methodology
for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
Program Administrative Fee study. The
purpose of the study is to collect
accurate information on the costs of
administering the HCV program across a
representative sample of high
performing and efficient PHAs and to
use this information to develop a new
administrative fee allocation formula for
the HCV program. The study is
proceding in multiple phases. This
request is for data collection to test the
methodology for estimating program
costs in the study. We propose to use
two main methods for collecting cost
data: (1) Measuring the time that front
line staff spend working on the program
and translating that time into costs
using the salaries and benefits of the
staff doing the work and adjusting for
market factors; and (2) collecting
information via interviews and
document review on the overhead costs
and other costs related to HCV program
administration that cannot be captured
by measuring staff time spent on the
program. We will test these data
collection approaches at between 5 and
10 PHAs across the country. The results
of the pretest will be used to refine the
methodology used for the full study of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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administrative fees with a larger sample
of PHAs.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Up to
250 PHA staff persons across up to 10
PHAs.
Estimation of the Total Number of
Hours Needed To Prepare the
Information Collection Including
Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Response, and Hours of Response: We
plan to conduct the pretest at 5 to 10
PHAs across the country. The pretest
will involve a combination of on-site
and telephone data collection from PHA
staff through interviews, observation,
and self-reporting of time spent working
on the HCV program via timesheets and
other methods. There are five data
collection activities that involve PHA
staff. First, at each pretest site, PHA staff
will spend up to 32 hours assembling
data for the study and being interviewed
by the study team (32 hours × 10 sites
= 320 hours). Second, at each site up to
15 staff will be observed in their work
for up to four weeks (28 working days).
These staff will engage with the
researchers for approximately 15
minutes per day, for a total of 7 hours
per staff over four weeks (7 hours × 15
staff × 10 sites = 1,050 hours). Third, at
each site up to 15 staff will complete
timesheets or respond to messages via a
SmartPhone for a period of
approximately two months (45 working
days). These activities will take
approximately 15 minutes per day, for
a total of 11.25 hours per staff over the
two-month period (11.25 hours × 15
staff × 10 sites = 1,688 hours). Fourth,
all staff involved in time measurement
activities will participate in up to 2
hours of training or preparation
activities (2 hours × 30 staff × 10 sites
= 600 hours). Fifth, an average of 10
PHA staff per site will spend
approximately 60 minutes debriefing
with the research team about their
experiences with the pretest (1 hour ×
10 staff × 10 sites = 100 hours). The total
estimated burden across all proposed
data collection activities is 3,758 hours.
Status of the Proposed Information
Collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: U.S. Code 12, 1701z–1,
Research and demonstrations.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5500–N–13]
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for HUD’s Fiscal Year 2011; Housing
Opportunities for Persons With AIDA
(HOPWA)
Office of the Chief of the
Human Capital Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD announces the
availability on its Web site of the
applicant information, submission
deadlines, funding criteria, and other
requirements for HUD’s FY2011
Housing for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA) Program NOFA. Specifically,
this NOFA announces the availability of
approximately $9.1 million made
available under the Department of
Defense and Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011, Public Law
112–10, approved April 15, 2011 for the
Housing for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA) Program.
The purpose of the HOPWA program
is to advance HUD’s implementation of
the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
(NHAS). HOPWA NOFA also addresses
the Department’s Fiscal Year 2010–2015
Strategic Plan and the Opening Doors
Federal Strategic Plan To Prevent and
End Homelessness. These actions
address goals to: Prevent and end
homelessness; increase the supply of
affordable housing; and increase the
coordination of mainstream housing
resources and other health and human
services.
The HOPWA NOFA announces funds
available for projects that address both:
(1) Direct housing assistance and service
delivery to low income persons and
families living with HIV/AIDS,
including homeless individuals and
families; and (2) comprehensive
planning and coordination of local
resources in meeting housing and
service needs of the population. As a
result of project efforts, communities
will be assisted in the development and
use of an Integrated HIV/AIDS Housing
Plan (IHHP) to be issued at the end of
the third year of operation. The IHHP is
an administrative function and should
demonstrate local system changes in the
delivery of housing and services.
Grantees are expected to provide
housing assistance to eligible persons in
their communities while concurrently
examining and comprehensively
integrating local services for
coordinating and streamlining where
possible the delivery of those services in
your community.
SUMMARY:
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The notice providing information
regarding the application process,
funding criteria and eligibility
requirements, application and
instructions can be found using the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development agency link on the
Grants.gov/Find Web site at https://
www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A
link to the funding opportunity is also
available on the HUD Web site at
https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/
HUD?src=/program_offices/
administration/grants/fundsavail.
The link from the funds available
page will take you to the agency link on
Grants.gov. The Catalogue of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for
this program is 14.241. Applications
must be submitted electronically
through Grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding specific program
requirements should be directed to the
agency contact identified in the program
NOFA. Program staff will not be
available to provide guidance on how to
prepare the application. Questions
regarding the 2011 General Section
should be directed to the Office of
Grants Management and Oversight at
(202) 708–0667 or the NOFA
Information Center at 800–HUD–8929
(toll free).
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access these numbers
via TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at 800–877–
8339.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
Barbara S. Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants
Management and Oversight, Office of the
Chief of the Human Capital Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5500–N–23]
Notice of Web Availability; Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) for HUD’s
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Doctoral
Dissertation Research Grant Program
Office of the Chief of the
Human Capital Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD announces the
availability on its Web site and
Grants.gov of the applicant information,
submission deadlines, funding criteria,
and other requirements for HUD’s
FY2011 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Grant Program NOFA. Specifically, this
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5486-N-14]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Fee Study Pretest
AGENCY: Office of the 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: August 15, 2011.
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 & 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) 402-5705 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:
Title of Proposal: Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative
Fee Study Pretest.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: This
request is for the clearance of on-site data collection from public
housing agencies (PHAs) to test the methodology for the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) Program Administrative Fee study. The purpose of the
study is to collect accurate information on the costs of administering
the HCV program across a representative sample of high performing and
efficient PHAs and to use this information to develop a new
administrative fee allocation formula for the HCV program. The study is
proceding in multiple phases. This request is for data collection to
test the methodology for estimating program costs in the study. We
propose to use two main methods for collecting cost data: (1) Measuring
the time that front line staff spend working on the program and
translating that time into costs using the salaries and benefits of the
staff doing the work and adjusting for market factors; and (2)
collecting information via interviews and document review on the
overhead costs and other costs related to HCV program administration
that cannot be captured by measuring staff time spent on the program.
We will test these data collection approaches at between 5 and 10 PHAs
across the country. The results of the pretest will be used to refine
the methodology used for the full study of
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administrative fees with a larger sample of PHAs.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Up to 250 PHA staff persons across up
to 10 PHAs.
Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed To Prepare the
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Response, and Hours of Response: We plan to conduct the pretest at 5 to
10 PHAs across the country. The pretest will involve a combination of
on-site and telephone data collection from PHA staff through
interviews, observation, and self-reporting of time spent working on
the HCV program via timesheets and other methods. There are five data
collection activities that involve PHA staff. First, at each pretest
site, PHA staff will spend up to 32 hours assembling data for the study
and being interviewed by the study team (32 hours x 10 sites = 320
hours). Second, at each site up to 15 staff will be observed in their
work for up to four weeks (28 working days). These staff will engage
with the researchers for approximately 15 minutes per day, for a total
of 7 hours per staff over four weeks (7 hours x 15 staff x 10 sites =
1,050 hours). Third, at each site up to 15 staff will complete
timesheets or respond to messages via a SmartPhone for a period of
approximately two months (45 working days). These activities will take
approximately 15 minutes per day, for a total of 11.25 hours per staff
over the two-month period (11.25 hours x 15 staff x 10 sites = 1,688
hours). Fourth, all staff involved in time measurement activities will
participate in up to 2 hours of training or preparation activities (2
hours x 30 staff x 10 sites = 600 hours). Fifth, an average of 10 PHA
staff per site will spend approximately 60 minutes debriefing with the
research team about their experiences with the pretest (1 hour x 10
staff x 10 sites = 100 hours). The total estimated burden across all
proposed data collection activities is 3,758 hours.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: U.S. Code 12, 1701z-1, Research and demonstrations.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-14906 Filed 6-15-11; 8:45 am]
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