[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76479-76480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30842]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No FR-5382-N-17]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
County Data Record Project

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be 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.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 7, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Ashaki Robinson-Johns, Office of 
Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Suite 8120, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashaki Robinson-Johns, (202) 402-7545, 
(this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and 
other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of

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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.
    Title of Proposal: Data Collection Plan for the County Data Record 
Project.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under contract to 
Abt Associates Inc. and its subcontractors, Fairview Industries and 
Smart Data Strategies, is conducting a project to collect existing 
parcel data from 127 pre-selected counties and 27 corresponding States 
to construct a standardized parcel database for HUD's usage. The main 
objective of the project is to provide HUD with reliable and currently 
collected information on housing market and neighborhood conditions in 
counties and States identified by HUD as recipients of HUD funding so 
that HUD can perform three types of activities. First, this database 
will give HUD an ability to track home sales, foreclosures and tax 
assessments and also respond efficiently to economic and natural 
disasters that may occur in the near future. Second, the information 
collected by this project is intended to support future evaluations of 
HUD programs such as the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), the 
HOME Investment Partnership Program, and the Disaster Recovery 
Assistance program. Third, the process of data collection will be used 
to assess the feasibility of constructing an ongoing parcel database 
that could be extended to have a national coverage and also be 
available to the public as aggregates by geography.
    Members of Affected Public: Public servants at local government 
agencies.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The total estimated burden hours are 
112.4 hours for the 127 counties and 27 corresponding States. For each 
of the 127 counties, an average of two departments will be contacted. 
At each department, two staff members will be contacted by phone. The 
first will be the official who has the authority to approve data 
transfer and the second will be the technical staff who can transfer 
the data. Each phone call is expected to last 12 minutes on average. 
For each of the 27 States, two staff members will be contacted by phone 
at only one department. The first will be the official who has the 
authority to approve data transfer and the second will be the technical 
staff who can transfer the data. Each phone call is expected to last 12 
minutes on average.
    Status of the proposed information collection: New.

    Authority: Public Law 91-609 84; Name of Law: Research and 
Development Programs.

    Dated: December 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-30842 Filed 12-7-10; 8:45 am]
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