[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14321-14322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05069]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5685-N-01]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Fair 
Housing Training Survey

AGENCY: Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 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.
    In 2011, HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) 
began an outreach initiative to strengthen FHEO's ties with community-
based organizations that work with the public. As part of that 
initiative, FHEO has held a series of training events around the 
country to bring together public and private fair housing professionals 
with community leaders and organizations that work directly with 
members of the public. By training advocates from organizations that 
work with underserved communities, FHEO hopes that organizations will 
be able to recognize and report discrimination in

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the communities they serve. FHEO would like to survey conference 
participants to see if they have used knowledge and/or distributed 
informational material they obtained at these events. This information 
will allow FHEO to access the success of the outreach and the worth of 
conducting this type of outreach in the future.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 6, 2013.

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 Relay 
Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walker, Director, Education and 
Outreach Division, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-6875 (this is not a toll free 
number) 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: Fair Housing Training Survey.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2529-New.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    The information collected from these surveys will be used to 
determine if education and outreach training conferences were useful to 
the participants and advanced the goals of our office. The hope is that 
by attending the training these organizations learned more about rights 
protected by the Fair Housing Act and other fair housing law. The 
questions also ask about the impact the training has had on the 
organization's activities. For example, the survey asks whether or not 
the organization have filed, or helped someone file a fair housing 
complaint since the training. This information will allow FHEO to 
assess the success of the education and outreach events and the worth 
of conducting this type of outreach in the future.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    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 about 
100 hours (6000 minutes) to complete the survey. This burden was 
calculated by estimating that the total number of people to receive the 
survey will be 700 people per year. The predicted number of people to 
respond to the survey is 600 people per year. The survey should take 
around 10 minutes to complete, creating a total time burden of 6000 
minutes.
    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: November 27, 2012.
John Trasvi[ntilde]a,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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