[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59303-59304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23933]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4739-N-42]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Request for Proposals--Contract Administrators for Project-Based 
Section 8 Housing Assistant Payments (HAP) Contracts

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, 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: Comments Due Date: November 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8003, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Lear, Office of Housing 
Assistance Contract Administration Oversight, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,

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Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2866, extension 2768 (this is 
not a toll free number) for other information or copies of the proposed 
form.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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 of those who are to respond; including 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: Request for Proposal--Contract Administrators 
for Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) 
Contracts.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0528.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information collection is essential for the continued outsourcing of 
third party contracts for performance based Section 8 Contract 
Administration. Contractors will be responsible for overseeing over 
20,000 Section 8 contracts. This Section 8 contract portfolio 
represents an investment of over $4 billion in Section 8 funds and 
administration, and oversight of these contracts will support the 
Department's mission of providing safe, decent, sanitary, and 
affordable housing on a nationwide basis.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    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 estimated total number of hours 
needed to prepare the information collection is 3,660; the number of 
respondents is 57 generating approximately 862 annual responses; the 
frequency of response is monthly and annually; and the estimated time 
needed to prepare the response varies from 5 hours to 40 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: September 17, 2002.
John C. Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-23933 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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