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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 comments in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: April 19, 2016.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Notice of establishment of the Moving
to Work Research Federal Advisory
Committee
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, and Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
AGENCY:
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Notice of Establishment of the
Moving to Work Research Federal
Advisory Committee.
ACTION:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended,
this provides notice that the Department
of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) will establish the Moving to
Work Research Federal Advisory
Committee (Committee). The Committee
will advise HUD on specific policy
proposals and methods of research and
evaluation for expansion of the Moving
to Work (MTW) demonstration, as
provided by Congress.
ADDRESSES: The Public is welcome to
submit written comment to HUD by
electronic mail at
MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov.
Comments must be received by May 11,
2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th St. SW.,
Washington, DC 20410,
MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Authority for the
MTW Expansion: The Fiscal Year 2016
Appropriations Act, Section 239 (Public
Law 114–113), signed by the President
in December 2015, authorizes HUD to
expand the MTW demonstration by an
additional 100 public housing agencies
(PHA) over seven years. Agencies
selected as part of the MTW expansion
must be high performers, meet certain
site selection requirements as described
below, and represent geographic
diversity across the country.
The key principles for the expansion
of the MTW demonstration are to:
Simplify, learn, and apply. The vision
for the MTW expansion is to learn from
MTW interventions in order to improve
the delivery of federally assisted
housing and promote self-sufficiency for
low-income families across the nation.
In developing the framework for the
MTW expansion, HUD will balance the
deregulation desired by the industry
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with the need for a strong evaluative
component. Certain MTW flexibilities
will be provided to all new MTW PHAs
when they are designated. Other MTW
flexibilities will only be available to
specific cohorts, depending on which
policy will be tested and evaluated by
that cohort.
In order to inform the MTW
expansion, HUD published a Notice to
solicit feedback on the policy proposals
and methods of research and evaluation
in the Federal Register on April 4, 2016
(81 FR 19233) and anticipates posting a
summary of the comments on its Web
site in Spring 2016. Today’s Federal
Register Notice announces the
establishment of the Committee, as
described below, and HUD plans to hold
two conference calls with the
Committee throughout this Summer,
and will have one in-person meeting in
late-Summer 2016. HUD plans to post a
Notice to solicit applications for the first
cohort of the MTW Expansion in the
Fall of 2016. This Notice will include all
of the policies to be studied throughout
the MTW expansion. The initial cohort
of new MTW PHAs will be announced
in the Spring/Summer 2017, and
additional cohorts will be added
through 2020 through additional
notices.
Background and Authority for the
Committee: Establishment of the
Committee implements a statutory
requirement of Public Law 114–113.
The Committee is governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees. The Committee
shall advise HUD on specific policy
proposals and methods of research and
evaluation related to the expansion of
the MTW demonstration to an
additional 100 high-performing PHAs.
The Committee shall advise HUD, at
the request of the Secretary, on the
following: Specific policy proposals and
evaluation methods for the MTW
demonstration; rigorous research
methodologies that will effectively
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measure the impact of the policy
changes identified; policy changes
adopted by MTW PHAs that have
proven successful and can be applied
more broadly to all PHAs; and statutory
and/or regulatory changes necessary to
implement policy changes for all PHAs.
The Committee shall have no role in
reviewing or selecting the MTW PHAs.
Each year, the Committee shall provide
a report to the HUD Secretary that
describes the activities, status, and
changes in composition of the
Committee since the previous year. A
draft of the Committee’s Charter and
Membership Balance Plan can be found
on HUD’s Web site at www.hud.gov/
mtw.
Structure: The Committee shall
consist of up to fourteen (14) members,
as the Secretary will appoint. Members
will be reappointed at the discretion of
the Secretary. When appropriate, HUD
will provide stipends to members
selected as former or current residents
of MTW PHAs as compensation for their
time. All other members shall serve
without compensation.
Membership of the Committee shall
include program and research experts
from HUD; a fair representation of PHAs
with an MTW designation, including
current and/or former residents; and
independent subject matter experts in
housing policy research. No person who
is a federally-registered lobbyist may
serve on the Committee. Members of the
Committee shall be chosen to ensure
balance, diversity, and a broad
representation of ideas, in accordance
with HUD’s Membership Balance Plan
for the Committee. In general, subject
matter expertise in the programs
operated by HUD’s Office of Public and
Indian Housing, and specifically the
MTW Demonstration Program, is
beneficial in helping the Committee
accomplish its mission. Membership on
the Committee is personal to the
appointee. Committee members
representing MTW agency Executive
Directors may designate an alternate
member of their MTW agency to attend
in their place, should they be unable to
participate in a Committee meeting.
The Committee will meet in person at
least one (1) time per fiscal year and by
conference call up to six (6) times as
needed to render advice to HUD.
Meetings shall be coordinated by a
Designated Federal Officer who shall
approve the agenda and chair
Committee meetings.
Committee members will be required,
as applicable, to provide disclosures
and certifications regarding conflicts of
interest and eligibility for membership
prior to final appointment.
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Lourdes Castro Ramırez,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Public and Indian Housing.
Katherine M. O’Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5909–N–31]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Core Performance
Reporting Requirements for
Competitively-Funded Grants
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 26,
2016.
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:
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5533.
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. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on September 10,
2015 at 80 FR 54577.
SUMMARY:
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A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Core
Performance Reporting for
Competitively-Funded Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2501-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: HUD–PRL, HUD–CIRL,
and HUD–GF.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of data
collection and reporting requirements to
enable the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) Office of
Strategic Planning and Management
(OSPM) to better assess the effectiveness
of competitively-funded grants included
in this information collection request
(ICR). The competitively–funded grant
programs included in this ICR are:
Community Development Block Grant
Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska
Native Villages (ICDBG), Family SelfSufficiency Program (FSS), Housing
Counseling (HC), Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA),
JobsPlus Program (Jobs+), Juvenile
Reentry Assistance Program (JRAP),
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control
(LBPHC), Lead Hazard Reduction
Demonstration (LHRD), Multifamily
Housing Service Coordinator Program
(MFSC), Self-Help Homeownership
Opportunity Program (SHOP),
Supportive Services Demonstration
Program (202), and Resident
Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency
Service Coordinators Program (ROSS).
A key component of this proposed
collection is the reporting of
measureable outcomes. Additionally,
the standardization of data collection
and reporting requirements across the
Department will increase data
comparability and utilization.
Consolidation of de-identified data
drawn from pre-existing HUD’s systems
and databases, as applicable, into a
single repository will enhance the
Department’s comprehensive and
comparative analysis of competitivelyfunded HUD programs. Data submission
will be acceptable via Comma Separated
Values (CSV), Extensible Markup
Language (XML), and other file formats
in addition to direct data entry into an
online web form.
The Department has several reporting
models in place for competitive grant
programs, including the eLogic Model.
The reporting models provide
information on a wide variety of outputs
and outcomes and are based on unique
data definitions and outcome measures
in program-specific performance and
progress reports. In Federal Fiscal Year
(FY) 2013, nine program offices at HUD
used six systems and 15 reporting tools
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5932-N-02]
Notice of establishment of the Moving to Work Research Federal
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Establishment of the Moving to Work Research Federal
Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended,
this provides notice that the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) will establish the Moving to Work Research Federal
Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee will advise HUD on
specific policy proposals and methods of research and evaluation for
expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, as provided by
Congress.
ADDRESSES: The Public is welcome to submit written comment to HUD by
electronic mail at MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov. Comments must be
received by May 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Public and Indian Housing,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St. SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, MTWAdvisoryCommittee@hud.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Authority for the MTW Expansion: The Fiscal Year
2016 Appropriations Act, Section 239 (Public Law 114-113), signed by
the President in December 2015, authorizes HUD to expand the MTW
demonstration by an additional 100 public housing agencies (PHA) over
seven years. Agencies selected as part of the MTW expansion must be
high performers, meet certain site selection requirements as described
below, and represent geographic diversity across the country.
The key principles for the expansion of the MTW demonstration are
to: Simplify, learn, and apply. The vision for the MTW expansion is to
learn from MTW interventions in order to improve the delivery of
federally assisted housing and promote self-sufficiency for low-income
families across the nation. In developing the framework for the MTW
expansion, HUD will balance the deregulation desired by the industry
with the need for a strong evaluative component. Certain MTW
flexibilities will be provided to all new MTW PHAs when they are
designated. Other MTW flexibilities will only be available to specific
cohorts, depending on which policy will be tested and evaluated by that
cohort.
In order to inform the MTW expansion, HUD published a Notice to
solicit feedback on the policy proposals and methods of research and
evaluation in the Federal Register on April 4, 2016 (81 FR 19233) and
anticipates posting a summary of the comments on its Web site in Spring
2016. Today's Federal Register Notice announces the establishment of
the Committee, as described below, and HUD plans to hold two conference
calls with the Committee throughout this Summer, and will have one in-
person meeting in late-Summer 2016. HUD plans to post a Notice to
solicit applications for the first cohort of the MTW Expansion in the
Fall of 2016. This Notice will include all of the policies to be
studied throughout the MTW expansion. The initial cohort of new MTW
PHAs will be announced in the Spring/Summer 2017, and additional
cohorts will be added through 2020 through additional notices.
Background and Authority for the Committee: Establishment of the
Committee implements a statutory requirement of Public Law 114-113. The
Committee is governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees. The Committee shall advise HUD on specific policy
proposals and methods of research and evaluation related to the
expansion of the MTW demonstration to an additional 100 high-performing
PHAs.
The Committee shall advise HUD, at the request of the Secretary, on
the following: Specific policy proposals and evaluation methods for the
MTW demonstration; rigorous research methodologies that will
effectively
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measure the impact of the policy changes identified; policy changes
adopted by MTW PHAs that have proven successful and can be applied more
broadly to all PHAs; and statutory and/or regulatory changes necessary
to implement policy changes for all PHAs. The Committee shall have no
role in reviewing or selecting the MTW PHAs. Each year, the Committee
shall provide a report to the HUD Secretary that describes the
activities, status, and changes in composition of the Committee since
the previous year. A draft of the Committee's Charter and Membership
Balance Plan can be found on HUD's Web site at www.hud.gov/mtw.
Structure: The Committee shall consist of up to fourteen (14)
members, as the Secretary will appoint. Members will be reappointed at
the discretion of the Secretary. When appropriate, HUD will provide
stipends to members selected as former or current residents of MTW PHAs
as compensation for their time. All other members shall serve without
compensation.
Membership of the Committee shall include program and research
experts from HUD; a fair representation of PHAs with an MTW
designation, including current and/or former residents; and independent
subject matter experts in housing policy research. No person who is a
federally-registered lobbyist may serve on the Committee. Members of
the Committee shall be chosen to ensure balance, diversity, and a broad
representation of ideas, in accordance with HUD's Membership Balance
Plan for the Committee. In general, subject matter expertise in the
programs operated by HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing, and
specifically the MTW Demonstration Program, is beneficial in helping
the Committee accomplish its mission. Membership on the Committee is
personal to the appointee. Committee members representing MTW agency
Executive Directors may designate an alternate member of their MTW
agency to attend in their place, should they be unable to participate
in a Committee meeting.
The Committee will meet in person at least one (1) time per fiscal
year and by conference call up to six (6) times as needed to render
advice to HUD. Meetings shall be coordinated by a Designated Federal
Officer who shall approve the agenda and chair Committee meetings.
Committee members will be required, as applicable, to provide
disclosures and certifications regarding conflicts of interest and
eligibility for membership prior to final appointment.
Dated: April 19, 2016.
Lourdes Castro Ram[iacute]rez,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Katherine M. O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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