[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8301-8302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4036]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No.FR-4815-N-05]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Fair Housing Initiatives Program Application

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: Comments Due Date: March 6, 2003.

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/or 
OMB approval number) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, HUD Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: [email protected]; 
fax: (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a proposed revision to the currently approved 
information collection for selecting applicants for the Fair Housing 
Initiatives (FHIP) Program grants.
    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 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: Fair Housing Initiatives Program Application.
    Description of Information Collection: This is a revision to the 
currently

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approved information collection for selecting applicants for the Fair 
Housing Initiatives (FHIP) Program grants which will be part of the 
2003 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). These grants are to fund 
fair housing enforcement and/or education and outreach activities under 
the following initiatives: Administrative Enforcement; Private 
Enforcement; Education and Outreach; and Fair Housing Organizations. 
Proposed revisions to the currently approved collections would include 
a certification requirement that FHIP funds will not be used to settle 
a claim, satisfy a judgment, or fulfill a court order in any defensive 
litigation or that key project personnel have no prior felony 
convictions or convicted of crimes involving fraud or perjury; 
descriptions of how program activities will support HUD goals, identify 
performance measures/outcomes in support of these goals, and identify 
baseline conditions and target levels of the performance measures that 
each applicant plans to achieve in reports submitted to HUD. It would 
also require the submission of two budgets: at 80 percent funding level 
and at 100 percent funding level.
    OMB Control Number: 2529-0033.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD forms 40076-FHIP, 424, 424B, 424C, 424CB, 
424CBW, 2880, 2990, 2991, 2993, 2994, and OMB SF LLL.
    Members of Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, State, 
Local or Tribal Government, Business or other for-profit.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information collection is 28,220, number of 
respondents is 400 frequency response is 4 per annum, and the total 
hours per respondent is 100.5.

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

    Dated: February 13, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-4036 Filed 2-19-03; 8:45 am]
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