[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2954-2955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-458]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5037-N-01]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request, Grant Application Standard Logic Model; 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

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: February 1, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number) and should be sent to: Mr. Maurice Champagn, 
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: Lillian L. Deitzer, 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 or Ms. Barbara Dorf, Director, Office of 
Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, e-mail [email protected], telephone (202) 708-0667. These are not a toll-free 
number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained 
from Ms. Deitzer.

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 all of HUD's 
Discretionary grant programs.
    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: Grant Application Standard Logic Model.
    Description of Information Collection: Applicants of HUD Federal 
Financial Assistance will be required to indicate intended results and 
impacts. Grant recipients will be required to report against their 
baseline performance standards. HUD's previously approved

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collection instrument has been revised. This revised information 
collection automates responses through a drop down table listing. This 
was done in response to customer concerns about the difficulty in 
putting information in the previously approved form. The revised 
collection adds an additional requirement for addressing a series of 
tailored management questions and a return on investment statement when 
reporting back to HUD. This process will replace various, current 
progress reporting requirements and reduce reporting burdens. It will 
also promote greater emphasis on performance and results in grant 
programs. The management questions are based on the (copyright) Carter-
Richmond methodology that identifies key management and evaluation 
questions for HUD's programs. The following table identifies the 
(copyright)Carter-Richmond generic questions and where the source data 
is found in the Logic Model.

    (copyright) Carter-Richmond Methodology: \1\ Building Blocks for
                          Effective Management
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                                          Logic model columns for source
          Management questions                         data
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1. How many clients are you serving?...  Service/Activity/Output.
2. How many units were provided?.......  Service/Activity/Output.
3. Who are you serving?................  Service/Activity/Output.
4. What services do you provide?.......  Service/Activity/Output.
5. What does it cost?..................  Service/Activity/Output.
6. What does it cost per service         Service/Activity/Output/
 delivered?.                              Evaluation.
7. What happens to the ``subjects'' as   Outcome.
 a result of the service?.
8. What does it cost per outcome?......  Outcome and Evaluation.
9. What is the value of the outcome?...  Outcome and Evaluation.
10. What is the return on investment?..  Evaluation.
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\1\ The Carter-Richmond methodology is copyrighted and is provided to
  support the development of your grant application. Any other use is
  prohibited without prior written permission of The Center for Applied
  Management Practices, Inc., 3609 Gettysburg Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011,
  (717) 730-3705, www.appliedmgt.com.
\2\ The subject can be a client or a unit, such as a building and is
  defined in its associated unit of service.

    OMB Control Number: 2535-0114.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-96010.
    Members of Affected Public: Individuals, 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: This information collection is 
estimated to total thirty minutes per submission. Of the estimated 
11,000 grant applicant/recipients, approximately 4,400 report quarterly 
and 6,600 report annually. Total annual reporting burden is estimated 
to 12,100 hours.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Revised Collection.

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

    Dated: January 12, 2006.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
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