# 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program Application and Monitoring Reports

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** January 23, 2014
- **Citation:** 79 FR 3850

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-02]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program Application and Monitoring Reports

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date:
February 24, 2014.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

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
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov
or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 October 23, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program Application and Monitoring Reports.

OMB Approval Number:
2528-0213.

Type of Request:
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection.

Form Number:
SF-425.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The information is being collected to monitor performance of grantees to ensure they meet statutory and program goals and requirements.

Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Ph.D. students preparing their dissertations on HUD-related topics.

Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response:
Information pursuant to grant award will be submitted once a year. The following chart details the respondent burden on a quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis:

Number of
respondents

Total annual responses

Hours per
response

Total hours

Semi-Annual Reports
10
20
4
80

Final Reports
6
6
2
12

Recordkeeping
10
10
4
40

Total
26
36
10
132

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. Chapters 35.

Dated: January 16, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014-01321 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

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