[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5564-5565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2346]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No.FR-4903-N-04]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to 
OMB:Request Voucher for Grant Payment and LOCCS Voice Response System 
Access Authorization

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 is a request to extend approval for the request for grant 
payment vouchers used to prepare automated phone request for 
distribution of grant funds using the automated Voice Response System 
(VRS). The authorization form is submitted to establish access to the 
voice activated payment system.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and OMB 
approval number (2535-0102) and should be sent to: Melanie Kadlic, 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 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 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: Request Voucher for Grant Payment and LOCCS 
Voice Response System Access Authorization.
    OMB Approval Number: 2535-0102.
    Form Numbers: HUD 27053, HUD 27054.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This is a request to extend approval for the request for grant payment 
vouchers used to prepare automated phone request for distribution of 
grant funds using the automated Voice Response System (VRS). The 
authorization form is submitted to establish access to the voice 
activated payment system.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, State, local or tribal 
government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                                   Annual           Hours per
                     Number of respondents                        responses    x    response     =  Burden hours
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2,200.........................................................          116              0.17            43,384
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 43,384.
    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: January 29, 2004.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-2346 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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