# 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural Innovation Fund Evaluation Data Collection

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** June 6, 2014
- **Citation:** 79 FR 32746

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-49]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural Innovation Fund Evaluation Data Collection

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:
July 7, 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 March 21, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:
Rural Innovation Fund Evaluation Data Collection.

OMB Approval Number:
2528—New.

Type of Request:
New collection.

Form Number:
None.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
This information will be used in the evaluation of the Rural Innovation Fund (RIF) which is the successor program to the Rural Housing and Economic Development (RHED) Program. The RIF provides larger grant amounts and places a greater emphasis on leverage than the RHED. This evaluation aims to determine if these two major differences provide for economies of scale or program sustainability, and what the overall program outcomes and impacts are.

Respondents:
Rural nonprofit housing and community development organizations and corporations and federally recognized Indian tribes, state housing finance agencies and state economic development agencies.

Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour per response
Annual burden hours
Hourly cost per response
Annual cost

RHED Telephone Interviews
50
1
1
1.5
75
$110
$8,250

Total

RIFHED Telephone Interviews
50
1
1
1.5
76.5
110
8,415

Total

Site Visits
15
1
1
16
240
278
66,720

Total

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. Chapter 35.

Dated: May 30, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014-13265 Filed 6-5-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

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