Department of Housing and Urban Development August 1, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (U.S.C. 552a (e)(4)), as amended, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Circular No. A-130, notice is hereby given that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) proposes to re-establish coverage and provide a name update for a system of records removed from its repository (March 26, 2014, at 79 FR 16805), entitled ``Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS).'' This system was unintentionally removed from the Department's repository and subsequent notice is being filed to re-establish coverage for the system of records, and rename the system ``mLINQS.'' Additional alterations made of the system include new and revised routine uses, and various other alterations, some of which are updates to the categories of records in the system, the authority for maintenance of the system, and the retention and disposal captions. Major changes are summarized in the introductory portion of the ``Supplementary Information'' caption. Moreover, mLINQS is a web-based application utilized by the Department to generate documents associated with permanent Change of Station moves for employees that have been approved for relocation entitlements, and to manage and track relocation obligations and payments for employee moves. This notification supersedes the above mentioned notice requirements set forth by HUD's system of records publication (March 26, 2014 at 79 FR 16805).

On July 16, 2014, HUD published a notice to advise the public of the administrative actions taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review Board (Board) against FHA-approved mortgagees during the period from October 1, 2012, to September 19, 2013, and the reasons for these actions. The notice is published as required by Section 202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act. As part of the notice, HUD included a list of lenders that had failed to meet the requirements for annual recertification and whose FHA approvals had been withdrawn. HUD has determined, however, that it erroneously listed two lenders as withdrawn when, in fact, each of the two lenders had appealed the Board's notice of withdrawal prior to the date upon which a withdrawal would take effect and resolved the matter. One of the lenders demonstrated that it had been in compliance prior to HUD's issuance of the Notice of Violation. The other lender resolved the annual recertification issues and paid a civil money penalty. HUD is publishing today's notice, therefore, to correct its July 16, 2014, notice.