[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48185-48186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22828]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4441-N-47]


Submission for OMB Review: Quality Control for Rental Assistance 
Subsidy Determinations

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of proposed collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department intends to collect data from a sampling of 
households receiving housing assistance subsidies. The data will be 
used to update HUD's estimates of the extent and type of errors 
associated with income, rent, and subsidy determinations for the 4.5 
million households covered by Public Housing and Section 8 housing 
subsidies. HUD will then identify the most serious problems and their 
associated costs. HUD program offices will be responsible for designing 
and implementing corrective actions. Error rates will be compared with 
error rates from the first quality control study, which was completed 
in 1995, to measure whether corrective actions initiated after the 
first study have had impacts and if changes in priorities are needed.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 4, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316.
    Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval 
number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503, telephone (202) 395-7316. This is not a 
toll-free number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Q, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2374. This is not a toll-free number, or e-mail Wayne 
[email protected]. Copies of the proposed information collection and any 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as

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required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The 
Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether 
the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an 
information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone 
numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.

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

    Title of Proposal: Quality control for Rental Assistance Subsidy 
Determinations.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-XXXX.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Date collected from households receiving HUD housing assistance 
subsidies will be used to determine if subsidies are calculated 
correctly. Impact of past corrective actions will be measured.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Respondents: Individuals or households business or other for-profit 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency of Submission: Biennially.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                               Frequency of         Hours per          Burden
                 Number of  respondents                    x      response    x     response     =      hours
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3000....................................................  ...            1   ...         0.79   ..        2,350
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 2350.
    Status: Reinstatement w/change.

    Dated: August 26, 1999.
Debra Stouffer,
Acting Director, Investment Strategies, Policy, and Management.
[FR Doc. 99-22828 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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