Notice of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Moving to Work Demonstration: Revision to HUD Form 50900 MTW, 23492 [2012-9485]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5603-N-27]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Moving to Work 
Demonstration: Revision to HUD Form 50900 MTW

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: May 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number (2577-0216) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503; fax:202-395-5806, Email: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard., Departmental Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
202.402.3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Colette Pollard 
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov. Persons with hearing or speech impairments 
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the HUD USER 
information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402-4109, (this is not a toll-
free number).

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: Moving to Work Demonstration Reporting Form.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2577-0216.

Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use

    The MTW Demonstration was authorized under Section 204 of the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Pub. 
L. 104-134, 110 Stat 1321), dated April 26, 1996. The MTW Demonstration 
initially permitted up to 30 PHAs to participate in the demonstration 
program. Nineteen PHAs were selected for participation in the MTW 
demonstration in response to a HUD Notice published in the Federal 
Register on December 18, 1996 and five of the 30 slots were filled 
through the Jobs-Plus Community Response Initiative. The 2009 and 2010 
appropriations allowed HUD to add six additional PHA to participate in 
the MTW Demonstration. As part of HUD's 2009 budget appropriation 
(Section 236, title II, division I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 
2009, enacted March 11, 2009), Congress directed HUD to add three 
agencies to the MTW program. As part of HUD's 2010 budget appropriation 
(Section 232, title II, division A of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2010, enacted December 16, 2009), Congress authorized HUD to add 
three agencies to the MTW demonstration. All public housing authorities 
(PHA) are required to submit a five (5) year plan and annual plans as 
stated in Section 5A of the 1937 Act, as amended; however, for PHAs 
with specific types of Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration agreements 
(35 at the time of submission of this request) the MTW annual plan and 
annual report are submitted in lieu of the standard annual and 5 year 
PHA plans.
    Revisions are being made to the 50900 form to streamline the Plan 
and Report submission process to increase the accuracy of data 
collection for the demonstration. Further, the form has been revised so 
that the respondents are not asked to provide duplicated information to 
the Department.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-50900.
    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 number of burden hours is 4,200. 
The number of respondents is 35, the number of responses is 70, the 
frequency of response is two times a year (one for the Plan and one for 
the Report, and the burden hour per response is 40.5.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision 
of an existing collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: April 12, 2012.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-9485 Filed 4-18-12; 8:45 am]
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