[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53194-53195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22841]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-65]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Standardized Form for ``Race and Ethnic Data Collection''

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.
    HUD is seeking renewal of the approval to use the standardized form 
for the Collection of Race and Ethnic Data. OMB issued revised 
standards for collecting race and ethnicity data for Federal agencies 
October 30, 1997. The standards apply to HUD program offices and 
partners that collect, maintain, and report Federal data on race and 
ethnicity for program administrative reporting, and civil rights 
compliance reporting to reflect the growing diversity of the U.S. 
population. The form is designed for reporting aggregate racial and 
ethnic data by those entities that are required to collect and report 
such data to HUD.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 9, 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 (2535-0113) 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: Copies of the relevant documentation 
are available from 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. Documentation is also 
available on HUD's Information Collection Budget Tracking System Web 
site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/.

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: Standardized form for ``Race and Ethnic Data 
Collection''.
    OMB Approval Number: 2535-0113.
    Form Numbers: HUD-27061.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
HUD is seeking renewal of the approval to use the standardized form for 
the Collection of Race and Ethnic Data. OMB issued revised standards 
for collecting race and ethnicity data for Federal agencies October 30, 
1997. The standards apply to HUD program offices and partners that 
collect, maintain, and report Federal data on race and ethnicity for 
program administrative reporting, and civil rights compliance reporting 
to reflect the growing diversity of the U.S. population. The form is 
designed for reporting aggregate racial and ethnic data by those 
entities that are required to collect and report such data to HUD.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.

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    Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Quarterly, Other (as required 
by application and award documents).
    Reporting Burden: This proposal will result in no significant 
increase in the current information collection burden. An estimation of 
the total number of hours needed to provide the information for each 
grant application is 0.01 hour (approximately one minute), however, the 
burden will be assessed against each individual grant program 
submission under the Paperwork Reduction Act; number of respondents is 
an estimated 11,000; 60% of response will be quarterly and 40% 
annually.
    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: August 28, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-22841 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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