[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45840-45841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19792]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-49]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Grant Application Standard Logic Model

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 submission 
is a request for extension of the current approval to collect 
information on baseline performance standards. This information 
replaced various reporting requirements and places greater emphasis on 
performance and results in grant programs.
    The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject 
proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 3, 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 (2535-0114) and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins,

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Reports Management Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-
mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Dorf, Director Office of 
Grants Management and Oversight, AJT, or Dorthera M. Yorkshire, Program 
Analyst, Office of Grants Management and Oversight, AJT, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20410; e-mail [email protected]; or [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-0667. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. 
Yorkshire.

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 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: Grant Application Standard Logic Model.
    OMB Approval Number: 2535-0114.
    Form Numbers: Form HUD-96010.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
Applicants of HUD Federal Financial Assistance will be required to 
indicate intended results and impacts. Grant recipients must report 
against baseline performance standards. This standardizes grants 
progress reporting requirements and promotes greater emphasis on 
performance and results in grant programs.
    Respondents: Individuals, Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local 
or Tribal Government, Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Reporting Burden: This information collection is estimated to total 
one hour per submission. Of the estimated 11,000 grant applicant/
recipients, approximately 6,600 report quarterly and 4,400 report 
annually. Total annual reporting burden is estimated to 30,800 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 30,800.
    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: July 29, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-19792 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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