[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 565-566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4734-N-79]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Request for Proposals--Contract Administrators for Project Based 
Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contracts

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 5, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2502-0528) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
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 required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The Notice

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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 name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Request for Proposals--Contract Administrators 
for Project Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) 
Contracts.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0528.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
The requested information is needed for HUD's selection of contract 
administrators to provide contract administration services for project 
based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAPS) contracts currently 
being administered directly by HUD.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Monthly.

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                                       Number  of         Annual              Hours per
                                      respondents       responses      x       response      =     Burden hours
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Reporting Burden..................              63               10   ...             5.6   ...           3,540
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,540.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: December 27, 2002.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-188 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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