Notice2023-16862
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Office of Housing Counseling-Agency Performance Review; OMB Control No.: 2502-0574
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Published
August 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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 an additional 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53506-53507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16862]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7070-N-47]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Office of
Housing Counseling--Agency Performance Review; OMB Control No.: 2502-
0574
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE,
Department of
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Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210,
Washington, DC 20410-5000; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6737061702151008150c3502031204130e08092604132801010e0402270f120349000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="401021302532372f322b122524352334292f2e0123340f2626292325002835246e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6e5c9cac3d2d2c388f6c9cacac7d4c2e6ced3c288c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd8ea2a1a8b9b9a8e39da2a1a1acbfa98da5b8a9e3aaa2bb">[email protected]</span></a>
or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone
call, please visit <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
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 that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on
December 6, 2022 at 87 FR 74650.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Office of Housing Counseling--
Agency Performance Review.
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0574.
OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2024.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD-9910, Office of Housing Counseling--Agency
Performance Review.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
revisions to the currently approved collection are needed to ensure the
document complies with the requirements of an OIG audit that found the
collection was not in compliance with 24 CFR 214.3 and 2 CFR 200.501,
Audit requirements. The information is used to assist HUD in evaluating
the managerial and financial capacity of organizations to sustain
operations sufficient to implement HUD-approved housing counseling
programs. The collection of information assists HUD in reducing its own
risks from fraudulent activities or supporting inefficient or
ineffective housing counseling programs. Since HUD publishes a web list
of HUD-approved Housing Counseling Agencies and maintains a toll-free
housing counseling hotline, performance reviews help HUD ensure that
individuals seeking assistance from these approved agencies will
receive high quality services.
HUD uses performance reviews to ascertain the professional and
management capacity of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to
provide adequate housing counseling services necessary to comply with
the requirements of the Housing and Urban Development Act and to ensure
that grant-funded organizations comply with HUD and OMB administrative
and financial regulations. If this information is not collected, HUD
will be unable to effectively monitor the Housing Counseling Program to
guard against waste, fraud, abuse, or inappropriate program practices.
This collection provides the means to meet that obligation.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 353.
Estimated Number of Responses: 353.
Frequency of Response: 1 per agency performance review.
Average Hours per Response: 9.5.
Total Estimated Burden: 3,354 hours.
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.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16862 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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