30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: OneCPD Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Tool; OMB Control No.: 2506-0198

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-09]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: OneCPD Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Tool; OMB Control No.: 2506-0198

AGENCY:

Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

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:

March 25, 2024.

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

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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 Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email

PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov.

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 Colette Pollard at

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov

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

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

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 September 20, 2023, at 88 FR 64921.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:

OneCPD Technical Assistance Needs Assessment.

OMB Approval Number:

2506-0198.

Type of Request:

Extension.

Form Number:

N/A.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

Application information is needed to determine competition winners,

i.e.,

the technical assistance providers best able to develop efficient and effective programs and projects that increase the supply of affordable housing units prevent and reduce homelessness, improve data collection and reporting, and use coordinated neighborhood and community development strategies to revitalize and strengthen their communities.

Respondents:

Grantees and subrecipient organizations receiving funding to operate and manage programs administered by various HUD program office.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Number of Responses:

50.

Frequency of Response:

1.

Average Hours per Response:

8.

Total Estimated Burdens:

400.

Information collection

Number of

respondents

Frequency of response

Responses

per annum

Burden hour per response

Annual burden hours

Hourly cost

per response

Annual cost

Needs Assessment

50

1

50

8

400

69.02

$27,608.00

Note:

Information provided for grantees participating in the assessment. Hourly rates based on March 2023 Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for state and local government workers by occupational and industry group, the median annual wage of $44.04 for Management, Professional, and Related, state, and local government workers. Fringe costs of 56.7% were added to all hourly rates so the actual rates used were $69.02. For DOL rates, visit

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf.

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. 2024-03593 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]

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