[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45173-45174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16444]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5932-N-04]


Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings of the Moving to Work 
Research Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of a federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of two 
scheduled meetings of the Moving to Work (MTW) Research Advisory 
Committee (Committee). The Committee meetings will be held via 
conference call on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, and Thursday, July 28. The 
meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, notice for the July 26, 
2016, meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to 
the meeting as exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that 
the Committee hold its July 26, 2016, meeting to accommodate the 
scheduling priorities of key participants so that they may begin the 
work of the Committee. Given HUD's need for the Committee's advice, and 
the scheduling difficulties of selecting an alternative date, the 
agency deems it important for the advisory committee to meet on the 
July 26, 2016.

DATES: The teleconference meetings will be held on July 26, 2016, from 
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and July 28, 2016 
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Davis, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-5759 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing 
or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or can email: 
MTWAdvisory[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2). The Moving to Work (MTW) Research Advisory Committee 
(Committee) was established on April 16, 2016, to advise HUD on 
specific policy proposals and methods of research and evaluation 
related to the expansion of the MTW demonstration to an additional 100 
high-performing Public Housing Authorities (PHAs). See 81 FR 244630.
    HUD is convening two meetings to discuss potential policies that 
HUD may require new MTW PHAs to test as a condition of admittance to 
the program. HUD will convene the first meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 
2016, via teleconference from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT). A second 
meeting of the Committee will convene on Thursday, July 28, 2016, via 
teleconference from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST). The agendas for the 
meetings are as follows:

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 1-4 p.m. EST

I. Welcome
II. Purpose and Structure of this Committee
III. Introduction of Members
IV. Meeting Management
V. Goal of the July 26th and July 28th Conference Calls
    a. Develop Guiding Principles for Discussion
VI. BREAK
VII. Discussion of Potential Policy Interventions--MTW Statutory 
Objective #3: Increasing Housing Choices for Low-Income Families
VIII. TIME PERMITTING: Begin Discussion of Potential Policy 
Interventions--MTW Statutory Objective #1: Reduce Cost and Achieve 
Greater Cost-Effectiveness in Federal Expenditures
IX. Public Input

Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 1-4 p.m. EST

I. Welcome
II. Review of July 26th Conference Call
    a. Goal
    b. Guiding Principles
    c. Discussion of Policies Under MTW Statutory Objective #3: 
Increasing Housing Choices for Low-Income Families
III. Discussion of Potential Policy Interventions--MTW Statutory 
Objective #1: Reduce Cost and Achieve Greater Cost-Effectiveness in 
Federal Expenditures
IV. BREAK
V. Discussion of Potential Policy Interventions--MTW Statutory 
Objective #2: Give Incentives to Families with Children Whose Heads of 
Household are Either Working, Seeking Work, or Participating in Job 
Training, Educational, or Other Programs that Assist in Obtaining 
Employment and Becoming Economically Self-Sufficient
VI. Public Input
VII. Next Steps
    The public is invited to call-in to both meetings by using the 
following toll-free

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number in the United States: (800) 230-1766, or the following 
International number for those outside the United States: (612) 288-
0329. Please be advised that the operator will ask callers to provide 
their names and their organizational affiliations (if any) prior to 
placing callers into the conference line. Callers can expect to incur 
charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines and for 
international calls, and HUD will not refund any incurred charges. 
Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line 
connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with hearing 
impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the Federal 
Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977-8339 and providing the FRS operator with 
the conference call toll-free number: (800) 230-1766.
    With advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide feedback during the calls. This total amount of 
time for such feedback will be limited to ensure pertinent Committee 
business is completed, and comments will be taken on a first-come 
first-served basis by HUD. If the number of registered commenters 
exceeds the available time, HUD may ask for the submission of comments 
via email. In order to pre-register to provide comments, please visit 
the MTW Demonstration's expansion Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion.
    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other information about the work of this Committee, will be available 
for public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?t=c&cid=2570&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link. These materials will also 
be available on the MTW Demonstration's expansion Web page at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/ph/mtw/expansion. Records generated from 
this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Headquarters in Washington, DC, as they 
become available, both before and after the meeting.
    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Laurel 
Davis, DFO, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development at MTWAdvisory [email protected].

    Dated: July 7, 2016.
Jemine A. Bryon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Lynn Ross,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-16444 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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