[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19101-19103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09122]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7018-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Standards for 
Success Reporting

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (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: July 2, 2019.

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 
number 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected]. Copies of the proposed forms and other 
information are available by contacting Ms. Pollard. 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 by telephone at 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. Requests for copies of the proposed forms should be 
submitted to 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: Standards for Success Reporting.
    OMB Approval Number: 2501-0034.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Type of Information Collection: Renewal.
    Form Numbers: HUD-PRL.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    This request is for the continued clearance of data collection and 
reporting requirements to enable the U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (HUD) Office of Business Transformation (OBT) to 
better assess the effectiveness of discretionary-funded programs 
included in this information collection request (ICR). The 
discretionary-funded programs included in this ICR are the Multifamily 
Housing Service Coordinator Grant Program, the Multifamily Housing 
Budget-based Service Coordinator Program, and the Resident Opportunity

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and Self Sufficiency Service Coordinator Grant Program (ROSS).
    This proposed collection, titled Standards for Success, has three 
key tenets which vastly improve data collection and reporting for 
participating programs. First is the standardization of data collection 
and reporting requirements across programs which increases data 
comparability and utilization. Second is the ability to report on 
measurable outcomes and aligning them with higher-level agency 
objectives. And third is the collection of record-level data, instead 
of aggregate data. Collecting de-identified data at the level of the 
service recipient allows for more meaningful analysis, improved 
management, and the ability to demonstrate the progress and 
achievements of the funding recipients and the programs. Standards for 
Success accepts data submission by direct data input through the HUD-
funded GrantSolutions online data collection and reporting tool (OLDC) 
and by data file upload, accommodating file formats in Microsoft Excel 
or Extensible Markup Language (XML).
    Currently across HUD, there are several reporting models in place 
for its discretionary programs. The reporting models provide 
information on a wide variety of outputs and outcomes and are based on 
unique data definitions and outcome measures in program-specific 
performance and progress reports. In Federal Fiscal Year 2013, nine 
program offices at HUD used six systems and 15 reporting tools to 
collect over 700 data elements in support of varied metrics to assess 
the performance of their funding recipients. The proposed data 
collection and reporting requirements described in this notice are 
designed to provide HUD programs a tested alternative to their existing 
disparate reporting methodologies, forms, systems, and requirements.
    The lack of standardized data collection and reporting requirements 
imposes an increased burden on funding recipients with multiple HUD 
funding streams. The need for a comprehensive standardized reporting 
approach is underscored by reviews conducted by external oversight 
agencies, including the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the 
Government Accountability Office (GAO). These oversight agencies have 
questioned the soundness and comparability of data reported by HUD 
prior to Standards for Success. To address these issues, HUD is using 
its statutory and regulatory authority to improve and strengthen 
performance reporting for its discretionary programs, ultimately 
working towards a single comprehensive reporting approach.
    The Secretary's statutory and regulatory authority to administer 
housing and urban development programs include provisions allowing for 
the requirement of performance reporting from funding recipients. This 
legal authority is codified at 42 U.S.C. 3535(r). The individual 
privacy of service recipients is of the highest priority. The reporting 
repository established at HUD to receive data submission from funding 
recipients will not include any personally identifiable information 
(PII). Additionally, if the data from a funding recipient has 25 or 
fewer individuals served during a fiscal year as reported in the 
record-level reports, then the results for the demographic data 
elements for the 25 or fewer individuals will also be redacted or 
removed from the public-use data file and any publicly available 
analytical products in order to ensure the inability to identify any 
individual.
    Eligible entities receiving funding by HUD are expected to 
implement the proposed recordkeeping and reporting requirements with 
available HUD funds. It is important to note that affected HUD funding 
recipients only submit a subset of the universe of data elements 
presented. The participating HUD program offices determine the specific 
data collection and reporting requirements, which considers the type 
and level of service provided by the respective HUD program.
    The reporting requirements in this proposal better organize the 
data that participating programs collected in the past, standardize 
outcomes and performance measures, and allow program offices at HUD to 
select which data elements and performance indicators are relevant for 
their respective programs. Documents detailing the data elements, 
performance indicators, and programs are available for review by 
request from Colette Pollard ([email protected]). All information 
reported to HUD will be submitted electronically. Funding recipients 
may use existing management information systems provided those systems 
collect all of the required data elements and can be exported for 
submission to HUD. Funding recipients that sub-award funds to other 
organizations will need to collect the required information from their 
sub-recipients.
    Information collected and reported will be used by funding 
recipients and HUD for the following purposes:
     To provide program and performance information to 
recipients, general public, Congress, and other stakeholders;
     To continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and 
efficiency of discretionary-funded programs;
     To provide management information for use by HUD in 
program administration and oversight, including the scoring of 
applications and the monitoring of funding-recipient participation, 
services, and outcomes; and
     To better measure and analyze performance information to 
identify successful practices to be replicated and prevent or correct 
problematic practices and improve outcomes in compliance with the 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the GPRA 
Modernization Act.
    The data collection and reporting requirements may expand to other 
HUD programs. Program implementation will be determined by the program. 
HUD will provide technical assistance to funding recipients throughout 
the implementation.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): Organizations receiving HUD 
funding as listed on page 2.

                                               Annual Burden Estimate for the Requested Reporting Approach
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                                                             Number of
                                                            respondents     Submission      Hourly rate   Average number     Estimated       Estimated
                       HUD program                           (funding        frequency          \1\         of minutes     annual burden   annual burden
                                                            recipients)                                    (per record)        hours          dollars
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Multifamily Housing Service Coordinator Grant Program...           1,665               1          $18.75              20          57,753      $1,082,869
Multifamily Housing Budget-based Service Coordinator               2,835               1          $18.75              20          98,336       1,843,800
 Program................................................

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Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Service                  353               1          $18.75              20          12,244         229,581
 Coordinator Grant Program..............................
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    Total...............................................       \2\ 4,853               1          $18.75              20         168,333       3,156,250
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\1\ The hourly rate of $18.75 is the average wage for office and administrative support occupations as reported in the May 2018 Occupational Employment
  and Wages produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
\2\ There are an estimated 505,000 individuals to be served by the 4,853 funding recipients.

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 comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

    Dated: April 23, 2019.
Christopher Walsh,
Presidential Management Fellows, Office of Business Transformation.
[FR Doc. 2019-09122 Filed 5-2-19; 8:45 am]
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