Notice2022-17268
Agency Information Collection Activities; Private Rental Survey
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Published
August 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior are proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49606-49607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17268]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[22XD4523WC; DS68664000; DWCFO0000.000000; DQ.QSO4A.22WD0000; OMB
Control Number 1084-0033]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Private Rental Survey
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Acquisition and Property
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Office of the
Secretary, Department of the Interior are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Laura Walters, Quarters Rental Program Manager,
Interior Business Center, 7301 W Mansfield Ave, MS D-2910, Denver, CO
80235, or fax 303-969-6336, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdd1dcc8cfdce2dce2cadcd1c9d8cfcefdd4dfde93d9d2d493dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c101d090e1d231d230b1d1008190e0f3c151e1f52181315521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number
1084-0033 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Laura Walters, Quarters Rental Program Manager,
Interior Business Center, 7301 W Mansfield Ave, MS D-2910, Denver, CO
80235, or fax 303-969-6336, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90fcf1e5e2f1cff1cfe7f1fce4f5e2e3d0f9f2f3bef4fff9bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ff3feeaedfec0fec0e8fef3ebfaedecdff6fdfcb1fbf0f6b1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States. You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: Title 5 of the U.S. Code section 5911 authorizes Federal
agencies to provide housing for Government employees under specified
circumstances. In compliance with OMB Circular A-45 (Revised), Rental
and Construction of Government Housing, a review of private rental
market housing rates is required at least once every 5 years to ensure
that the rental, utility charges, and charges for related services to
occupants of Government Furnished Housing (GFH) are comparable to
corresponding charges in the private sector. To avoid unnecessary
duplication and inconsistent rental rates, the Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Interior Business Center (on behalf
of the Office of Acquisition and Property Management), conducts housing
surveys in support of employee housing management programs for the
Departments of the Interior (DOI), Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland
Security, Justice, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Veterans
Affairs, and other agencies. In this survey, two collection forms are
used for rental unit data: OS-2000 covering ``Houses-Apartments-Mobile
Homes,'' and OS-2001 covering ``Trailer Spaces.''
Respondents are typically property management companies or
significant property owners in specific communities and are contacted
by email or telephone. They may provide the rental unit information
requested in OS-2000 and OS-2001 verbally, update rental data collected
during a previous survey, enhance/complete rental data gathered from
published sources, or provide lists of rental units they manage.
This collection of information provides data that is essential for
DOI and the other Federal agencies to manage GFH in accordance with the
requirements of OMB Circular A-45 (Revised). If this information were
not collected from the public, DOI and the other Federal agencies
providing GFH would be required to use professional real estate
appraisals of private market rental costs, again, in accordance with
OMB Circular A-45, but at an increased cost to the taxpayer.
Title of Collection: Private rental Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1084-0033.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit
institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,883.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: OS-2000: 3,180; OS-
2001: 359; Total: 3,539.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 6 minutes for OS-2000 and 4
minutes for OS-2001.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 342 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Once per respondent every fourth year.
Three or four of 16 total survey regions are surveyed every year.
Therefore, a respondent or business may potentially be surveyed every
fourth year if the exact same unit is surveyed again four years later.
In addition, if an individual respondent or business is a significant
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rental property manager or rental property owner in the community, they
may provide multiple responses in the same survey. Approximately 63% of
respondents furnish more than one rental unit (OS-2000 and OS-2001).
About 60% of respondents validate published data (tax records,
advertisement, etc.), 30% update their previous survey data, and 10%
furnish a new OS-2000 or OS-2001. Participation is optional.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17268 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4334-63-P
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