[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14331-14332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7920]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-3917-N-57]


Office of Administration; Notice of Submission of Proposed 
Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is April 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed ``Application Kit for the Campus of Learners 
Initiative.'' HUD seeks to implement this by April 4, 1996.
    Under the Campus of Learners Initiative, HUD will designate between 
15 and 20 Campus of Learner sites. Designations will be awarded to 
public housing authorities (PHAs) that prepare creative strategic plans 
to provide residents with education, job training, and employment 
opportunities involving computer and telecommunications technology 
through a college campus-style setting.
    To appropriately determine which PHAs should be awarded Campus of 
Learner designations, certain information is necessary. The criteria 
for designation will be PHAs that (1) Are in partnership with local 
education agencies, State education agencies, institutions of higher 
education, telecommunications and other businesses, other private-
sector partners, child-care providers, community-based organizations, 
etc; and (2) demonstrate a comprehensive plan for transforming at-risk 
communities through living and

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learning opportunities in a range of education, technology, academic 
learning, skills, enhancement, leadership and self-esteem development, 
employment, and entrepreneurial positions for children, youth and 
families.
    This initiative is designed to transform public housing into safe 
and livable communities where families undertake training in new 
telecommunications and computer technology and partake in new 
telecommunications and computer technology and partake in education 
opportunities and job training initiatives with local businesses.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal: Application Kit--
Campus of Learners Initiative.
    (2) Summary of the collection of information: Each respondent 
seeking a Campus of Learners designation would be required to submit 
current information, as listed below as:
    1. Fact Sheet--Information about the respondent: name, address, 
telephone, facsimile number if joint applicant, same information.
    2. Abstract--Brief abstract of the program proposed in the 
application.
    3. Strategic Plan--A narrative describing the activities planned 
the Campus of Learners Education and Training Initiative.
    4. List of Partnerships--List of public, private, State and local 
sources expected to provide support and funding amount (if committed).
    5. Form S.F. 424--Application for Federal Assistance.
    6. Form S.F. 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs.
    7. HUD 2880--Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report.
    8. S.F. LLL-A--Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.
    9. Certification Assurances with applicable Federal requirements.
    10. Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    To appropriately determine which PHAs should be awarded Campus of 
Learner designations, certain information is necessary. The criteria 
for designation will be PHAs that (1) are in partnership with local 
education agencies, State education agencies, institutions of higher 
education, telecommunications and other businesses, other private-
sector partners, child-care providers, community-based organizations, 
etc.; and (2) demonstrate a comprehensive plan for transforming at-risk 
communities through living and learning opportunities in a range of 
education, technology, academic learning, skills, enhancement, 
leadership and self-esteem development, employment, and entrepreneurial 
positions for children, youth and families.
    (4) description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information:
    Respondents will be public housing authorities (PHA) and partner 
organizations. It is unlikely that any individual PHA has the expertise 
or resources to establish a Campus of Learners Initiative by itself. 
PHA applicants should plan to establish a partnership, or consortium, 
that includes telecommunications industry representatives, public 
housing families, local education agencies, institutions of higher 
learning, religious organizations, nonprofit community-based 
organizations, and/or other eligible organizations or private-sector 
entities.
    The estimated number of respondents is 75. The proposed frequency 
of the response to the collection of information is one-time. The 
application need only be submitted once.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden

    Number of respondents: 75.
    Total burden hours (@ 7.5 hour per response): 562.50.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 562.50.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: March 25, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7920 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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