[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10993-10994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-09; OMB Collection 2502-0574]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Office of 
Housing Counseling--Agency Performance Review

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: March 25, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/StartPrintedPage15501PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

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 Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339. This is 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 December 17, 2020 at 85 FR 81945.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Office of Housing Counseling--
Agency Performance Review.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0574.
    OMB Expiration Date: March 31, 2021.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-9910, Office of Housing Counseling--Performance 
Review Of a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency or Participating 
Agency.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information is used to assist HUD in evaluating the managerial and 
financial capacity of organizations to sustain operations sufficient to 
implement HUD approved housing counseling programs. The collection of 
information assists HUD to reduce its own risk from fraudulent 
activities or supporting inefficient or ineffective housing counseling 
programs. Since HUD publishes a web list of HUD-approved Housing 
Counseling Agencies and maintains a toll-free housing counseling 
hotline, performance reviews help HUD ensure that individuals seeking 
assistance from these approved agencies can have confidence in the 
quality of services that they will receive.
    HUD uses performance reviews to ascertain the professional and 
management capacity of HUD-approved Housing Counseling Agencies to 
provide adequate housing counseling services that are necessary to 
comply with the requirements of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
and to ensure that grant funded organizations comply with HUD and OMB 
administrative and financial regulations. If this information is not 
collected, HUD would be unable to effectively monitor the Housing 
Counseling Program to guard against waste, fraud, abuse, or 
inappropriate program practices. This collection provides the means to 
meet that obligation.

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    Respondents (i.e., affected public): Not-for profit institutions; 
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 353 annually.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 353 annually.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per agency performance review.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour annually.
    Total Estimated Burden: 353 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.
    (5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer Assistant, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03552 Filed 2-22-21; 8:45 am]
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