[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30601-30602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11895]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4562-N-05


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Assessing the Effectiveness of HUD2020 Management Reforms--Public 
Knowledge of Fair Housing Issues

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: July 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul B. Dornan, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone (202) 708-0574, extension 4486 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Copies of the proposed data collection instruments and other 
available documents may be obtained from Mr. Dornan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed

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collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) 
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Assessing the Effectiveness of HUD2020 
Management Reforms.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Department is conducting under contract an assessment of the impact of 
the management reforms that the Department has implemented collectively 
under the name ``HUD2020''. As part of this analysis, the Department 
proposes to undertake biennial surveys of public knowledge of fair 
housing issues and law. These surveys will permit the Department to 
gauge HUD's performance against its goal of ensuring equal opportunity 
in housing for all Americans and, in particular, the objective of 
increasing the share of the American population with adequate awareness 
of fair housing law. The proposed information collection will include 
the baseline survey and the first follow-on administration of the 
survey two years thereafter.
    Members of affected public: A sample generalizable to and 
representative of the nation's adult population.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The researchers will administer a 
baseline survey to 1500 randomly selected members of the American adult 
population; two years thereafter, the same survey will be administered 
to another sample of 1500 from the same universe; the surveys are 
expected to last 7 minutes each, for a total of 175 hours of response 
each time and, therefore, a total of 350 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB 
approval.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 4, 2000.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 00-11895 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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