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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7029–N–08]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of
the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program Expansion
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
is seeking approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, HUD is requesting
comment from all interested parties on
the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for
60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November
10, 2020.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
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 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree 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.
SUMMARY:
A. Overview of Information Collection
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Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: NA.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
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Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
Moving to Work (MTW) is a
demonstration program that encourages
public housing agencies (PHAs) to test
ways to achieve three specific
objectives: (1) Increase the cost
effectiveness of federal housing
programs, (2) increase housing choice
for low-income families, and/or (3)
encourage greater self-sufficiency of
households receiving housing
assistance. MTW designation gives
PHAs relief from many of the
regulations and statutory provisions that
apply to the public housing and
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
programs. MTW agencies can also merge
their public housing and HCV funds
into a single block grant and use these
funds (if desired) for local activities
outside of the typical public housing
and HCV programs, such as providing
supportive services or developing
housing for populations with special
needs. In 2016, Congress authorized
HUD to expand the MTW program by
100 high performing PHAs.
The MTW expansion statute
emphasizes evaluating the MTW
program, directing HUD to expand the
program in cohorts that would allow for
‘‘one specific policy change to be
implemented. . . .’’ and rigorously
evaluated. The first cohort of the
expansion will test the impact of MTW
designation on small PHAs, defined for
these purposes as PHAs administering
no more than 1,000 housing units across
their HCV and public housing programs.
In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement
any program and policy changes
permissible under the MTW program.
Under contract with HUD’s Office of
Policy Development and Research, Abt
Associates Inc. will conduct an
evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a
study of how PHAs use their MTW
flexibility to meet the MTW program’s
goals and a study of the impact of MTW
designation on cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, and housing choice.
Information collection
Number of
respondents
Interviews: Treatment
PHAs ........................
Online Surveys: Control
PHAs ........................
Interviews: Control
PHAs ........................
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The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the
Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Expansion will be implemented as a
randomized control trial. To carry out
the study, HUD randomly assigned the
43 eligible PHAs that submitted a Letter
of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one
of two groups: A treatment group (33
PHAs) that is invited to complete the
application for MTW designation and a
control group (10 PHAs) that is not
invited to complete the application for
MTW designation and therefore is not
permitted to receive MTW designation
under Cohort 1.
The evaluation will compare the
outcomes of the treatment group PHAs
to the outcomes of the control group
PHAs over a five-year period. To the
extent possible, this evaluation will rely
on analysis of secondary data that PHAs
already prepare and submit to HUD,
however, some primary data collection
will be required.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for the
evaluation. The evaluation will use the
data described in this information
collection request to clarify and expand
on information provided in the existing
data sources and to capture qualitative
information about the experiences of
study PHAs implementing activities
related to cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, or housing choice without
MTW flexibility. The proposed
information collection consists of: (1)
Interviews with MTW (treatment group)
PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW
(control group) PHAs; and (3) interviews
with non-MTW (control group) PHAs.
Respondents: PHA Executive
Directors and staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
This information collection will affect
approximately 129 PHA Executive
Directors and Staff annually. HUD
expects to collect data from
approximately three staff at each the 33
treatment group PHAs each year, and
approximately two staff at each of the
ten control group PHAs every other
year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
interviews with PHA Executive
Directors and staff in the treatment
Frequency
of
response
Responses
per
annum
Burden
hours per
response
group agencies are expected to take up
to 2 hours to complete. The interviews
with PHA Executive Directors and staff
in the control group agencies are
expected to take up to 1.5 hours to
complete. Finally, the online surveys
with control group PHAs are expected
to take 0.5 hours to complete.
Frequency of Response: Interviews
with the treatment group PHAs are
expected to take place once a year for
each of five years. Interviews with the
control group PHAs, and the online
survey with control group PHAs, will
take place every other year (year 1, year
3, and year 5 of data collection).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Data collection during years 1, 3,
and 5 will require up to 233 hours in
combined time for all interviews and
survey responses. Data collection during
years 2 and 4, when data is not collected
form the control group PHAs, will
require only 198 hours in combined
time for all interviews and survey
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The
total estimated annual cost for this
information collection during years 1, 3,
and 5 is $12,148.62. The total estimated
annual cost is calculated by multiplying
the total number of respondent hours
(233) by $52.14. $52.14 was the average
hourly compensation (wages and
benefits) for state and local government
workers in December 2019 according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://
www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/
ecec.pdf). The total estimated annual
cost for this information collection
during years 2 and 4, when data is not
collected form the control group PHAs,
is $10,232.72. The total estimated
annual cost is calculated by multiplying
the total number of respondent hours
(198) by $52.14. $52.14 was the average
hourly compensation (wages and
benefits) for state and local government
workers in December 2019 according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The survey is
conducted under Title 12, United States
Code, Section 1701z and Section 3507
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44, U.S.C., 35, as amended.
Annual
burden
hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Cost
99
1
1
2
198
$52.14
$10,232.72
10
1
1
0.5
5
52.14
260.70
20
1
1
1.5
30
52.14
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Frequency
of
response
Responses
per
annum
Burden
hours per
response
........................
........................
........................
Number of
respondents
Total ......................
129
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 comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research, Seth D.
Appleton, having reviewed and
approved this document, is delegating
the authority to electronically sign this
document to submitter, Nacheshia Foxx,
who is the Federal Register Liaison for
HUD, for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Nacheshia Foxx,
Federal Register Liaison for Housing and
Urban Development.
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Bureau of Land Management
[LLAK940000.L14100000.BX0000.20X.
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Filing of Plats of Survey: Alaska
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of official filing.
AGENCY:
The plats of survey of lands
described in this notice are scheduled to
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be officially filed in the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which
were executed at the request of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and BLM, are
necessary for the management of these
lands.
DATES: The BLM must receive protests
by October 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may buy a copy of the
plats from the BLM Alaska Public
Information Center, 222 W 7th Avenue,
Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513.
Please use this address when filing
written protests. You may also view the
plats at the BLM Alaska Public
Information Center, Fitzgerald Federal
Building, 222 W 8th Avenue,
Anchorage, AK, at no cost.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas N. Haywood, Chief, Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Alaska State Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 222 W 7th
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513; 907–
271–5481; dhaywood@blm.gov. People
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the BLM during normal business
hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands
surveyed are:
Copper River Meridian, Alaska
U.S. Survey No. 13841, accepted August 19,
2020, situated in Tps. 16 N., Rs. 12 and 13
E.
T. 18 N., R. 11 E., accepted August 6, 2020
T. 26 N., R. 15 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 15 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 22 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 23 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 24 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 25 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 26 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 16 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 23 N., R. 17 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 24 N., R. 17 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 25 N., R. 17 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 26 N., R. 17 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 17 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 18 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 28 N., R. 18 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 26 N., R. 19 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 19 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 28 N., R. 19 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 26 N., R. 20 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 27 N., R. 20 E., accepted August 31, 2020
T. 28 N., R. 20 E., accepted August 31, 2020
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Annual
burden
hours
Hourly
cost per
response
233
........................
Cost
12,148.62
Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska
U.S. Survey No. 14510, accepted September
2, 2020, situated in T. 19 S., R. 1 E.
T. 6 S., R. 27 E., accepted September 2, 2020
T. 6 S., R. 28 E., accepted September 2, 2020
A person or party who wishes to
protest one or more plats of survey
identified above must file a written
notice of protest with the State Director
for the BLM in Alaska. The notice of
protest must identify the plat(s) of
survey that the person or party wishes
to protest. You must file the notice of
protest before the scheduled date of
official filing for the plat(s) of survey
being protested. The BLM will not
consider any notice of protest filed after
the scheduled date of official filing. A
notice of protest is considered filed on
the date it is received by the State
Director for the BLM in Alaska during
regular business hours; if received after
regular business hours, a notice of
protest will be considered filed the next
business day. A written statement of
reasons in support of a protest, if not
filed with the notice of protest, must be
filed with the State Director for the BLM
in Alaska within 30 calendar days after
the notice of protest is filed.
If a notice of protest against a plat of
survey is received prior to the
scheduled date of official filing, the
official filing of the plat of survey
identified in the notice of protest will be
stayed pending consideration of the
protest. A plat of survey will not be
officially filed until the dismissal or
resolution of all protests of the plat.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in a
notice of protest or statement of reasons,
you should be aware that the documents
you submit, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available in their entirety at
any time. While you can ask the BLM
to withhold your personally identifiable
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.
Douglas N. Haywood,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7029-N-08]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
Cohort 1 of the Moving to Work Demonstration Program Expansion
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is
seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the
information collection described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 10, 2020.
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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a
copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
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
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. 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.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the
Moving to Work Demonstration Program Expansion.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: NA.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving
to Work Demonstration Program Expansion.
Moving to Work (MTW) is a demonstration program that encourages
public housing agencies (PHAs) to test ways to achieve three specific
objectives: (1) Increase the cost effectiveness of federal housing
programs, (2) increase housing choice for low-income families, and/or
(3) encourage greater self-sufficiency of households receiving housing
assistance. MTW designation gives PHAs relief from many of the
regulations and statutory provisions that apply to the public housing
and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs. MTW agencies can also merge
their public housing and HCV funds into a single block grant and use
these funds (if desired) for local activities outside of the typical
public housing and HCV programs, such as providing supportive services
or developing housing for populations with special needs. In 2016,
Congress authorized HUD to expand the MTW program by 100 high
performing PHAs.
The MTW expansion statute emphasizes evaluating the MTW program,
directing HUD to expand the program in cohorts that would allow for
``one specific policy change to be implemented. . . .'' and rigorously
evaluated. The first cohort of the expansion will test the impact of
MTW designation on small PHAs, defined for these purposes as PHAs
administering no more than 1,000 housing units across their HCV and
public housing programs. In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement any
program and policy changes permissible under the MTW program. Under
contract with HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research, Abt
Associates Inc. will conduct an evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a
study of how PHAs use their MTW flexibility to meet the MTW program's
goals and a study of the impact of MTW designation on cost
effectiveness, self-sufficiency, and housing choice.
The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program Expansion will be implemented as a randomized control trial. To
carry out the study, HUD randomly assigned the 43 eligible PHAs that
submitted a Letter of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one of two
groups: A treatment group (33 PHAs) that is invited to complete the
application for MTW designation and a control group (10 PHAs) that is
not invited to complete the application for MTW designation and
therefore is not permitted to receive MTW designation under Cohort 1.
The evaluation will compare the outcomes of the treatment group
PHAs to the outcomes of the control group PHAs over a five-year period.
To the extent possible, this evaluation will rely on analysis of
secondary data that PHAs already prepare and submit to HUD, however,
some primary data collection will be required.
This Federal Register Notice provides an opportunity to comment on
the information collection for the evaluation. The evaluation will use
the data described in this information collection request to clarify
and expand on information provided in the existing data sources and to
capture qualitative information about the experiences of study PHAs
implementing activities related to cost effectiveness, self-
sufficiency, or housing choice without MTW flexibility. The proposed
information collection consists of: (1) Interviews with MTW (treatment
group) PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW (control group) PHAs; and
(3) interviews with non-MTW (control group) PHAs.
Respondents: PHA Executive Directors and staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents: This information collection will
affect approximately 129 PHA Executive Directors and Staff annually.
HUD expects to collect data from approximately three staff at each the
33 treatment group PHAs each year, and approximately two staff at each
of the ten control group PHAs every other year.
Estimated Time per Response: The interviews with PHA Executive
Directors and staff in the treatment group agencies are expected to
take up to 2 hours to complete. The interviews with PHA Executive
Directors and staff in the control group agencies are expected to take
up to 1.5 hours to complete. Finally, the online surveys with control
group PHAs are expected to take 0.5 hours to complete.
Frequency of Response: Interviews with the treatment group PHAs are
expected to take place once a year for each of five years. Interviews
with the control group PHAs, and the online survey with control group
PHAs, will take place every other year (year 1, year 3, and year 5 of
data collection).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Data collection during years
1, 3, and 5 will require up to 233 hours in combined time for all
interviews and survey responses. Data collection during years 2 and 4,
when data is not collected form the control group PHAs, will require
only 198 hours in combined time for all interviews and survey
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The total estimated annual cost for
this information collection during years 1, 3, and 5 is $12,148.62. The
total estimated annual cost is calculated by multiplying the total
number of respondent hours (233) by $52.14. $52.14 was the average
hourly compensation (wages and benefits) for state and local government
workers in December 2019 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf). The total estimated
annual cost for this information collection during years 2 and 4, when
data is not collected form the control group PHAs, is $10,232.72. The
total estimated annual cost is calculated by multiplying the total
number of respondent hours (198) by $52.14. $52.14 was the average
hourly compensation (wages and benefits) for state and local government
workers in December 2019 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The survey is conducted under Title 12, United
States Code, Section 1701z and Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44, U.S.C., 35, as amended.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hours Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Cost
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Interviews: Treatment PHAs.............. 99 1 1 2 198 $52.14 $10,232.72
Online Surveys: Control PHAs............ 10 1 1 0.5 5 52.14 260.70
Interviews: Control PHAs................ 20 1 1 1.5 30 52.14 1,564.20
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Total............................... 129 .............. .............. .............. 233 .............. 12,148.62
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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 comment in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Seth D.
Appleton, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the
authority to electronically sign this document to submitter, Nacheshia
Foxx, who is the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Nacheshia Foxx,
Federal Register Liaison for Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2020-20062 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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