[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33590-33591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13607]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5758-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Choice 
Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase II

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 11, 2014.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

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. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation, 
Phase II.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: No forms.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
is conducting an evaluation of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, 
focused on the initial round of grants funded in August 2011. This 
evaluation requires the collection of information from households 
living in the Choice Neighborhoods sites. Phase I, approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget under control number 2528-0286, 
involved a baseline survey of households (http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201203-2528-001). Phase II, proposed 
here, involves tracking baseline survey respondents. The purpose of 
Phase II tracking is to maintain contact and location information for 
households that participated in the Choice Neighborhoods Demonstration 
Studies' Baseline Survey to analyze household mobility patterns and 
achieve a strong response rate on any follow up surveys that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may conduct.
    The tracking effort relies primarily on passive tracking strategies 
that use data obtained from HUD's PIC and TRACS systems, Choice 
Grantees, National Change of Address (NCOA) Database, and Accurint, to 
update the contact information for households. Active tracking 
strategies are used to complement passive strategies.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): This information collection 
will affect approximately 1,697 households that participated in the 
Choice Neighborhoods Demonstration Studies' Baseline Survey in 2013-14 
in five cities--New Orleans, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and San 
Francisco. Affected households include residents of HUD-assisted 
properties targeted by the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative as well as 
residents in the neighborhoods surrounding those properties. The 
respondents have all agreed to participate in the study.
    There are five active tracking strategies that will directly affect 
Panel members:
    1. Three quarters each year, panel members will receive a card/
flyer with a toll-free number and Web site address set up for this 
study that will give respondents the opportunity to update their 
contact information online or by phone. We estimate that 25 percent of 
respondents (424) will respond to this flyer and it will take at most 5 
minutes. This activity is estimated to result in 424 responses, 101.76 
hours, and $1,387 of burden per year.
    2. Once a year, the flyer/card will also contain a perforated 
mailer and a postage-paid business reply envelope, providing more 
opportunity for each panel member to update their contact information. 
We estimate that 90 percent of target development Panel members (675) 
and 50 percent of neighborhood Panel members (474) will respond to this 
flyer and it will take at most 5 minutes. This activity is estimated to 
result in $1,149 responses, 91.92 hours, and $1,253 of burden per year.
    3. DIR will initiate follow-up phone calls to determine if the most 
current telephone number(s) in the contact database are correct. This 
action will only become necessary if there is no response to the annual 
mailers and there is no online update and the postcard/flyer is 
returned. DIR estimates that about half of the neighborhood sample 
(474) and 10 percent of the target development sample (74) will require 
a follow-up phone call. We estimate this call will take 5 minutes. We 
estimate that this activity will be successful for 50% of households 
(237 neighborhood and 37 target). This activity is estimated to result 
in 274 responses, 21.92 hours, and $299 of burden per year.
    4. After a pre-determined number of unsuccessful telephone attempts 
(e.g., 3-5), a DIR field locator will visit the household to determine 
if the head of household still lives there. We estimate about 50 
percent of the previous cases are expected to be resolved by telephone 
contact, with the remaining 50 percent (237 neighborhood and 37 target) 
being assigned to a field locator. We estimate this field location 
contact will take 5 minutes. This activity is estimated to result in 
274 responses, 21.92 hours, and $299 of burden per year.

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                                                                                                            Burden hour    Annual     Hourly
           Information collection                Number of         Frequency of response        Responses       per        burden    cost per    Annual
                                                respondents                                     per annum     response     Hours     response     cost
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Postcard....................................             424  Quarterly......................            3         0.08     101.76      13.63      1,387
Mailing with return envelope................           1,149  Annual.........................            1         0.08      91.92      13.63      1,253
Phone calls.................................             274  Annual.........................            1         0.08      21.92      13.63        299
In-person visit.............................             274  Annual.........................            1         0.08      21.92      13.63        299
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    Total...................................           2,121  ...............................  ...........  ...........     237.52  .........      3,238
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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.

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

    Dated: June 4, 2014.
Katherine O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research.
[FR Doc. 2014-13607 Filed 6-10-14; 8:45 am]
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