[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 33229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13593]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5609-N-06]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
National Resource Network

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: August 6, 2012.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal 
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Gibbs, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-2826 
(this is not a toll free number); email address: [email protected] for 
copies of the proposed forms and other available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 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 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: National Resource Network.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a new data collection for application and reporting information 
related to the proposed National Resource Network. The U.S. Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112-
55, approved Nov. 18, 2011) funds technical assistance for HUD programs 
under the Transformation Initiative (TI) account. Through the SC2 
National Resource Network, HUD and its partners will offer a central 
portal to connect America's most economically distressed local 
communities to national and local experts with wide-ranging experience 
and skills.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: SF-424, SF-424supp, SF-LLL, SF 
269a, HUD-424CB, HUD-424CBW, HUD-2880, HUD-40040, HUD 40044, and a 
narrative response to application rating factors.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 2,914. 
The number of respondents is 30, the frequency of response is 2.2, and 
the burden hour per response is 212.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a new 
collection.

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

    Dated: May 29, 2012.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-13593 Filed 6-4-12; 8:45 am]
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