[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5478-5479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01558]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5690-N-02]


Notice of Revised Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Public Housing Authority Executive Compensation Information

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Revised Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: The revised information collection 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: March 26, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms. 
Pollard at [email protected]. Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the 
HUD USER information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not 
toll-free.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW. (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting a revision to 
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 revised collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the revisions are 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:

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    Title of Proposal: Public Housing Authority Executive Compensation 
Information.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2577-0272.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Pursuant to PIH Notice 2011-48, HUD has been collecting information on 
the compensation provided by public housing authorities (PHAs) to their 
five most highly compensated employees, similar to the information that 
non-profit organizations receiving federal tax exemptions are required 
to report to the IRS annually. Since PHAs receive significant direct 
federal funds, such compensation information has been collected by HUD 
to enhance oversight by HUD and by state and local authorities. After 
HUD began this information collection, Congress included a provision in 
its fiscal year 2012 appropriations legislation that placed a specific 
cap on the use of Section 8 and Section 9 funds to pay the salaries of 
PHA officials. To obtain information that will help HUD determine PHA 
compliance with this and future legislation, and to achieve the same 
overall objectives of the original information collection, HUD is 
revising the data collection instrument to collect information on base 
salary, and bonus and incentive compensation, and the extent to which 
such payments are made with federal funds.
    Changes include obtaining data on total cash compensation paid for 
with Section 8 and Section 9 funds. The new elements replace several 
segments such as ``Reportable Compensation from PHA and Related 
Organizations'' and ``Contributions to Employee Benefit Plans and 
Deferred Compensation from the PHA and Related Organizations''.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-52725.
    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 1372. 
The number of respondents is 4116, the number of responses is 4116, the 
frequency of response is annually, and the burden hour per response is 
20 minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revised 
collection.

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

    Dated: January 18, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2013-01558 Filed 1-24-13; 8:45 am]
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