[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70858-70860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25261]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-60]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Standards for 
Success Reporting, OMB Control No: 2501-0034

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 21, 2022.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected]. HUD 
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf 
or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and 
communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an 
accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.

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 July 20, 2022 at 87 FR 43283.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Standards for Success Reporting.

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    OMB Approval Number: 2501-0034.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    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 Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(HUD) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) 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 and Self Sufficiency Service 
Coordinator Grant Program (ROSS).
    This proposed collection, titled Standards for Success, has three 
key tenets which improves data collection and reporting for 
participating programs. First is the standardization of data collection 
and reporting requirements across programs which increases data 
comparability and utility. 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).
    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 proposed information collection 
better organize the data than participating programs collected in the 
past, standardize outcomes and performance measures, and allow program 
offices at HUD to select which data elements are relevant for their 
respective programs. Documents detailing the data elements are 
available for review by request from Anna P. Guido 
([email protected]). All information reported to HUD will be 
submitted electronically. Funding recipients may use existing 
management information systems provided those systems collect all 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 data for program evaluation;
     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.

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hours    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response    Annual  Cost
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HUD Participant Record-Level Report (HUD-          5,723             104         595,192            0.33      196,413.36          $20.88   $4,101,110.96
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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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner;
    (3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) 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.

C. Authority

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

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Data 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25261 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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