[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66042-66043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26326]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-97]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 3 
Business Registry Pilot Program Participant and Recipients Surveys

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 4, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on August 22, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Section 3 Business Registry Pilot 
Program Participant and Recipients Surveys.
    OMB Approval Number: 2529-0053.
    Type of Request: Extension without of a currently approved 
collection.
    Form Number: HUD-968, HUD-969.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information collection contains two surveys that will provide insights 
into the effectiveness of the Section 3 Business Registry and assess 
potential outcomes. This information may be useful to HUD for 
developing policies regarding the Section 3 Business Registry. This 
information collection will be limited to businesses that have self-
certified their Section 3 eligibility to HUD and recipients of HUD 
funding (i.e., Public Housing Authorities and local government 
agencies). The surveys will be sent electronically to all certified 
businesses in the Section 3 Business Registry database and HUD funding 
recipients in an effort to produce the greatest amount of responses. 
Random sampling will not be used to identify potential respondents. 
Respondents will have a minimum of 60 days to respond to the surveys. 
Responding to these surveys is voluntary.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Businesses that are either 
owned by, or substantially employ, low- or very low-income persons; 
low-income persons; developers; members of the general public; public 
housing agencies; and State and local governments.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: At this time, there are approximately 
800 businesses in the five pilot locations that have self-certified 
their eligibility with HUD and 150 HUD-funding recipients in the five 
pilot areas may complete the Section 3 surveys. It is estimated that 
each survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete for a total 
of 475 hours.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in 
response to these questions.


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    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapters 35.

    Dated: October 29, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-26326 Filed 11-1-13; 8:45 am]
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