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8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
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
for the 60 days was published December
2, 2019 at 84 FR 65996.
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A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Housing Counseling Training Grant
Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0567.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: SF–424, Application
for Federal Assistance; HUD–92910,
Housing Counseling Training Charts;
HUD–2880, Applicant/Recipient
Disclosure/Update Report.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Eligible
organizations submit information to
HUD through Grants.gov when applying
for grant funds to provide housing
counseling training to housing
counselors. HUD uses the information
collected to evaluate applicants
competitively and then select qualified
organizations to receive funding that
supplement their housing counseling
training program. Post-award collection,
such as quarterly reports, will allow
HUD to evaluate grantees’ performance.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
24.
Estimated Number of Responses: 40.
Frequency of Response: 1.66.
Average Hours per Response: 34.50.
Total Estimated Burdens: 1,380.
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;
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(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 comment in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: February 19, 2020.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6204–N–01]
Executive Order 13891 Promoting the
Rule of Law Through Improved Agency
Guidance Documents: Announcing the
Availability of the HUD Guidance Portal
AGENCY:
Office of General Counsel,
HUD.
ACTION:
Notice.
On October 9, 2019, the
President issued Executive Order (E.O.)
13891, ‘‘Promoting the Rule of Law
Through Improved Agency Guidance
Documents.’’ Among other things,
Section 3 of the E.O. requires agencies
to provide a single online guidance
portal for the public to access all
effective guidance. In addition, Office of
Management and Budget Memorandum
M–20–02 dated October 31, 2019,
advises that agencies should announce
the existence of the guidance portal by
Federal Register notice. Consistent with
this guidance, today’s notice advises the
public that HUD has comprehensively
reviewed its guidance documents,
determined which have continued
effect, and is making them available on
https://www.hud.gov/guidance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aaron Santa Anna, Acting Associate
General Counsel, Office of Legislation
and Regulation, Office of General
Counsel, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone number 202–708–1793 (not a
toll-free number). Individuals with
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hearing or speech impediments may
access this number via TTY by calling
the Federal Relay Service (FedRelay)
during working hours at 800–877–8339
(a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 9, 2019 (84 FR 55235), the
President issued Executive Order 13891,
‘‘Promoting the Rule of Law Through
Improved Agency Guidance
Documents.’’ The E.O. reaffirms the
principle that, consistent with
applicable law and except as
incorporated into a contract, Federal
agencies treat guidance documents as
non-binding both in law and practice.
To further the principle that agency
guidance should be transparent and
made readily available to the public,
section 3 of the E.O. requires that
agencies make available guidance
documents on a single, searchable,
indexed public website. Section 3 also
requires that agencies review their
guidance documents and, consistent
with applicable law, rescind those
guidance documents that should no
longer be in effect.
II. Online Guidance Portal
Consistent with E.O. 13891, HUD
conducted a comprehensive review of
its guidance documents to identify those
that remain in effect. HUD’s review also
ensured that all guidance documents are
linked to a single website, that the
website could be searched, and that the
documents linked continued to be
effective. As a result of these efforts,
HUD is announcing that it has launched
a single searchable, indexed database
containing or linking all HUD guidance
documents. HUD’s website is: https://
www.hud.gov/guidance. HUD’s website
contains guidance documents issued by
all of HUD’s program offices and
provides links that will allow members
of the public to access all HUD’s
guidance documents in effect. In
furtherance of E.O. 13891’s goal of
increasing transparency and availability
of guidance documents, HUD will
continue to work to refine this site in
order to archive documents as they are
found to be no longer in effect.
HUD’s website states that the contents
of HUD’s guidance documents, except
when based on statutory or regulatory
authority or law, do not have the force
and effect of law and are not meant to
bind the public in any way.
Dated: February 28, 2020.
J. Paul Compton, Jr.,
General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6204-N-01]
Executive Order 13891 Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved
Agency Guidance Documents: Announcing the Availability of the HUD
Guidance Portal
AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On October 9, 2019, the President issued Executive Order
(E.O.) 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency
Guidance Documents.'' Among other things, Section 3 of the E.O.
requires agencies to provide a single online guidance portal for the
public to access all effective guidance. In addition, Office of
Management and Budget Memorandum M-20-02 dated October 31, 2019,
advises that agencies should announce the existence of the guidance
portal by Federal Register notice. Consistent with this guidance,
today's notice advises the public that HUD has comprehensively reviewed
its guidance documents, determined which have continued effect, and is
making them available on https://www.hud.gov/guidance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Santa Anna, Acting Associate
General Counsel, Office of Legislation and Regulation, Office of
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-
1793 (not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech
impediments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service (FedRelay) during working hours at 800-877-8339 (a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 9, 2019 (84 FR 55235), the President issued Executive
Order 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency
Guidance Documents.'' The E.O. reaffirms the principle that, consistent
with applicable law and except as incorporated into a contract, Federal
agencies treat guidance documents as non-binding both in law and
practice. To further the principle that agency guidance should be
transparent and made readily available to the public, section 3 of the
E.O. requires that agencies make available guidance documents on a
single, searchable, indexed public website. Section 3 also requires
that agencies review their guidance documents and, consistent with
applicable law, rescind those guidance documents that should no longer
be in effect.
II. Online Guidance Portal
Consistent with E.O. 13891, HUD conducted a comprehensive review of
its guidance documents to identify those that remain in effect. HUD's
review also ensured that all guidance documents are linked to a single
website, that the website could be searched, and that the documents
linked continued to be effective. As a result of these efforts, HUD is
announcing that it has launched a single searchable, indexed database
containing or linking all HUD guidance documents. HUD's website is:
https://www.hud.gov/guidance. HUD's website contains guidance documents
issued by all of HUD's program offices and provides links that will
allow members of the public to access all HUD's guidance documents in
effect. In furtherance of E.O. 13891's goal of increasing transparency
and availability of guidance documents, HUD will continue to work to
refine this site in order to archive documents as they are found to be
no longer in effect.
HUD's website states that the contents of HUD's guidance documents,
except when based on statutory or regulatory authority or law, do not
have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public
in any way.
Dated: February 28, 2020.
J. Paul Compton, Jr.,
General Counsel.
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