60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Standards for Success Reporting

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July 20, 2022

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Housing and Urban Development Department

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The 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.

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43283-43284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15488]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7051-N-01; OMB Control No. 2501-0034]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Standards for
Success Reporting

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The 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: September 19, 2022.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
number 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d596bab9b0a1a1b0fb85bab9b9b4a7b195bda0b1fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cf8ca0a3aabbbbaae19fa0a3a3aebdab8fa7baabe1a8a0b9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Copies of the proposed forms and other
information are available by contacting Ms. Pollard. 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b79b9891808091daa49b9898958690b49c8190da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296a46454c5d5d4c0779464545485b4d69415c4d074e465f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 202-402-3400. 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. Requests for copies of the proposed forms should be
submitted to Ms. Pollard.

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: Standards for Success Reporting.
OMB Approval Number: 2501-0034.
Type of Request: Regular.
Type of Information Collection: Renewal.
Form Numbers: HUD-PRL.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
This request is for the continued clearance of data collection and
reporting requirements to enable the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) to
better assess the effectiveness of discretionary-funded programs
included in this information collection request (ICR). The
discretionary-funded programs included in this ICR are the Multifamily
Housing Service Coordinator Grant Program, the Multifamily Housing
Budget-based Service Coordinator Program, and the Resident Opportunity
and Self Sufficiency Service Coordinator Grant Program (ROSS).
This proposed collection, titled Standards for Success, has three
key tenets which improves data collection and reporting for
participating programs. First is the standardization of data collection
and reporting requirements across programs which increases data
comparability and utilization. Second is the ability to report on
measurable outcomes and aligning them with higher-level agency
objectives. And third is the collection of record-level data, instead
of aggregate data. Collecting de-identified data at the level of the
service recipient allows for more meaningful analysis, improved
management, and the ability to demonstrate the progress and
achievements of the funding recipients and the programs. Standards for
Success accepts data submission by direct data input through the HUD-
funded GrantSolutions online data collection and reporting tool (OLDC)
and by data file upload, accommodating file formats in Microsoft Excel
or Extensible Markup Language (XML).
Currently across HUD, there are several reporting models in place
for its discretionary programs. 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 2013, nine
program offices at HUD used six systems and 15 reporting tools to
collect over 700 data elements in support of varied metrics to assess
the performance of their funding recipients. The proposed data
collection and reporting requirements described in this notice are
designed to provide HUD programs a tested alternative to their existing
disparate reporting methodologies, forms, systems, and requirements.
The lack of standardized data collection and reporting requirements
imposes an increased burden on funding recipients with multiple HUD
funding streams. The need for a comprehensive standardized reporting
approach is underscored by reviews conducted by external oversight
agencies, including the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the
Government Accountability Office (GAO). These oversight agencies have
questioned the soundness and comparability of data reported by HUD
prior to Standards for Success. To address these issues, HUD is using
its statutory and regulatory authority to improve and strengthen
performance

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reporting for its discretionary programs, ultimately working towards a
single comprehensive reporting approach.
The Secretary's statutory and regulatory authority to administer
housing and urban development programs include provisions allowing for
the requirement of performance reporting from funding recipients. This
legal authority is codified at 42 U.S.C. 3535(r). The individual
privacy of service recipients is of the highest priority. The reporting
repository established at HUD to receive data submission from funding
recipients will not include any personally identifiable information
(PII). Additionally, if the data from a funding recipient has 25 or
fewer individuals served during a fiscal year as reported in the
record-level reports, then the results for the demographic data
elements for the 25 or fewer individuals will also be redacted or
removed from the public-use data file and any publicly available
analytical products in order to ensure the inability to identify any
individual.
Eligible entities receiving funding by HUD are expected to
implement the proposed recordkeeping and reporting requirements with
available HUD funds. It is important to note that affected HUD funding
recipients only submit a subset of the universe of data elements
presented. The participating HUD program offices determine the specific
data collection and reporting requirements, which considers the type
and level of service provided by the respective HUD program.
The reporting requirements in this proposal better organize the
data than participating programs collected in the past, standardize
outcomes and performance measures, and allow program offices at HUD to
select which data elements are relevant for their respective programs.
Documents detailing the data elements are available for review by
request from Colette Pollard (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0f3dfdcd5c4c4d59ee0dfdcdcd1c2d4f0d8c5d49ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12517d7e776666773c427d7e7e736076527a67763c757d64">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>). All information
reported to HUD will be submitted electronically. Funding recipients
may use existing management information systems provided those systems
collect all the required data elements and can be exported for
submission to HUD. Funding recipients that sub-award funds to other
organizations will need to collect the required information from their
sub-recipients.
Information collected and reported will be used by funding
recipients and HUD for the following purposes:
<bullet> To provide program and performance information to
recipients, general public, Congress, and other stakeholders;
<bullet> To continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and
efficiency of discretionary-funded programs;
<bullet> To provide management information for use by HUD in
program administration and oversight, including the scoring of
applications and the monitoring of funding-recipient participation,
services, and outcomes; and
<bullet> To better measure and analyze performance information to
identify successful practices to be replicated and prevent or correct
problematic practices and improve outcomes in compliance with the
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the GPRA
Modernization Act.
The data collection and reporting requirements may expand to other
HUD programs. Program implementation will be determined by the program.
HUD will provide technical assistance to funding recipients throughout
the implementation.
Respondents: 5,723.
Organizations receiving HUD funding as listed on page 2.

Annual Burden Estimate for the Requested Reporting Approach
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hours Annual burden Hourly cost per
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours response Annual cost
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HUD Participant Record-Level 5,723 1 \1\ 595,532 0.33 198,511 \2\ $20.88 $4,144,900
Report (HUD-PRL)................
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\1\ There are an estimated 104 individuals served by each of the 5,723 funding recipients.
\2\ The hourly cost of $20.88 is the average wage for office and administrative support occupations as reported in the May 2021 Occupational Employment
and Wages produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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.

C. Authority

Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.

Dorthera Yorkshire,
Director, Grants Management and Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2022-15488 Filed 7-19-22; 8:45 am]
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