[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12825-12826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04562]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5858-N-05]


Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) 
Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This gives notice of a Housing Counseling Federal Advisory 
Committee (HCFAC) meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda. The 
Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The meeting 
is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, notice for the March 14, 
2017, 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 March 14, 2017, 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 March 
14, 2017, despite the late notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD Headquarters, 451 
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and via conference phone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie George, Housing Program 
Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, 
Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (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 (toll-free number). Individuals may also 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is convening the meeting of the HCFAC on 
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. The meeting 
will be held at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20410 and via conference phone. This meeting notice is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2).

Draft Agenda--Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Meeting--
March 14, 2017

I. Welcome
II. Panel Discussions--Expanding Access to and Sustainability of HUD 
Housing Counseling
III. Public Comment
IV. HCFAC Discussion
V. Next Steps
VI. Adjourn

Registration

    The public is invited to attend this one-day meeting in-person or 
by phone. Advance registration is required to participate. To register 
to attend, please visit the following link: https://pavr.wufoo.com/forms/hcfac-meeting-registration/.
    After completing the pre-registration process at the above link, 
in-person attendees will receive details about the meeting location and 
how to access the building. The meeting is also open to the public with 
limited phone lines available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Phone attendees can call-in to the one-day meeting by using the 
following number in the United States: (800) 230-1096 (toll-free 
number). An operator will ask callers to provide their names and their 
organizational affiliations (if applicable) prior to placing callers 
into the conference line to ensure they are part of the pre-
registration list. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they 
initiate over wireless lines 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 (toll-free number) and 
providing the FRS operator with the conference call number: (800) 230-
1096.

Comments

    With advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide oral and written comments relative to the four 
agenda topics for the Committee's consideration. To provide oral 
comments, please be sure to indicate this on the registration link. The 
total amount of time for oral comments will be 15 minutes with each 
commenter limited to two minutes to ensure pertinent Committee business 
is completed. Written comments must be provided no later than March 7, 
2017 to [email protected]. Please note, written statements 
submitted will

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not be read during the meeting. The Committee will not respond to 
individual written or oral statements; but, will take all public 
comments into account in its deliberations.

Meeting Records

    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?cid=2492&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link.

    Dated: February 22, 2017.
Genger Charles,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2017-04562 Filed 3-6-17; 8:45 am]
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