[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13162]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing and Community Development Service


Industry Interface Pilot

AGENCY: Rural Housing and Community Development Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Housing and Community Development Service (RHCDS) 
announces a pilot test of software to provide an automated interface 
between RHCDS and borrowers with Multiple Family Housing (MFH) projects 
to exchange MFH tenant information. The objective of the automated 
interface is to dramatically reduce reporting burden and streamline 
internal processing.

DATES: Borrowers who have projects in the pilot servicing offices and 
wish to participate in the pilot should contact their servicing office 
after June 1, 1995. Servicing offices participating in the pilot will 
receive informational packages for distribution by June 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: RECD servicing offices participating in the pilot are as 
follows:

RECD State Office, 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 900, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85012.
RECD District Office, 4362 North Lake Boulevard, Suite 105, Palm Beach 
Gardens, Florida 33410.
RECD District Office, 3260 Eagle Park Drive, Suite 101C, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan 49505.
RECD District Office, 1600 Valley River Drive, Suite 270, Eugene, 
Oregon 97401.
RECD District Office, PO Box Drawer 1328, 1809 Furgeson Road, Suite E, 
Mt. Pleasant, Texas 75456.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Anderson, Senior Loan Specialist, Multiple Family Housing 
Servicing and Property Management Division (MHSPM), RHCDS, Room 5321 
South Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-
1611. (This is not a toll free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pilot test is scheduled to begin during 
June 1995, and will be conducted in five local servicing offices. The 
pilot will determine if software developed by RHCDS can effectively 
transmit tenant data from borrower management sites to the servicing 
office. No ending date for the pilot has been established at this time.
    During a later phase of the pilot, software developed by private 
vendors will be permitted to transmit information through the pilot 
system. To assist private software developers who wish to participate 
in the second phase of the pilot, the RHCDS National Office will 
provide a copy of the official information transmission format upon 
request. On June 1, 1995, at 2:00 PM, a meeting with RHCDS and 
interested software and housing industry representatives will be held 
in Room 0204, South Agriculture Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, 
Washington, DC, to discuss the pilot and other automation issues. Any 
individual or group interested in MFH automation is welcome to attend.
    During the pilot period, RHCDS will work closely with borrowers to 
assure the successful completion of the pilot. Administrative 
flexibility will be provided to accommodate tenant data submission in a 
pilot environment. Borrowers interested in participating in the pilot 
may contact the appropriate servicing office address above for more 
information.

    Dated: May 19, 1995.
Maureen Kennedy,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing and Community Development Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13162 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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