[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67857-67858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30140]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-97]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Public Housing, Contracting With Resident-Owned Business

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.
    This request is for renewal of approval to require eligible 
resident-owned businesses to submit application information to Housing 
Agencies (HAs) to be approved for noncompetitive contracting for work 
to be performed on public housing sites with an alternative to HUD's 
otherwise-required competitive procurement procedures.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and OMB 
approval number (2577-0161) 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, SW., 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 or on HUD's Web site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/collectionsearch.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as

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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: Public Housing, Contracting with RESIDENT-Owned 
Business.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0161.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Eligible resident-owned businesses must submit application information 
to Housing Agencies (HAs) to be approved for noncompetitive contracting 
for work to be performed on public housing sites with an alternative to 
HUD's otherwise-required competitive procurement procedures.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion, quarterly.
    Reporting Burden: Number of respondents--40; average annual 
responses per respondent--2.8; total annual responses--115; average 
burden per response--16 hrs.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,870.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: November 26, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-30140 Filed 12-3-03; 8:45 am]
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