[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46445-46446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5281-N-66]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Broadband Research Project

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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: September 16, 2009.

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 
and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Mr. Ross A. Rutledge, 
HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20502; e-mail: [email protected]; 
fax: (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents should be submitted to OMB and 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 information collection as part of 
planning for the National Broadband Plan ordered under the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The information will describe 
the availability and usage of broadband internet services in HUD-
assisted housing and at Neighborhood Networks Centers. The respondents 
are Public Housing Authorities, Tribes and managers of multi-family and 
HOME Investment Partnerships Program properties as well as managers of 
Neighborhood Networks Centers. HUD will survey all PHAs, Indian Tribes 
and managers of Neighborhood Networks Centers and a 500-respondent 
sample for each of Multi-Family managers with e-mail address, Multi-
Family managers without e-mail addresses and HOME managers.
    For the Residential Broadband Survey, each respondent will be asked 
to voluntarily disclose whether broadband internet service is available 
in their project and approximately how many residents subscribe to that 
service. For the Neighborhood Networks Survey, each Center manager will 
be voluntarily asked to describe the programming offered at their 
Center as well as the number of users who utilize the Center.

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This data will help identify opportunities for HUD to invest in 
providing broadband service for residents.

This Notice Also Lists the Following Information

    Title of Proposal: Broadband Research Project.
    Description of Information Collection: This is a new information 
collection. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking 
emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements associated 
with a broadband research project.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Members of the Affected Public: Public housing executive directors, 
managers of HUD-assisted housing projects and Neighborhood Networks 
Center managers.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of responses, frequency of 
responses, and hours of responses: This is a one-time collection. Each 
respondent will need approximately 15 minutes to complete the 
questionnaire. There are 7,817 total respondents. The total reporting 
burden will be 1,563.4 hours.

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

    Dated: September 3, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21729 Filed 9-8-09; 8:45 am]
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