[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74650-74651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26453]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7056-N-47]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Office of 
Housing Counseling--Agency Performance Review, OMB Control No.: 2502-
0574

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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

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information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 6, 2023.

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, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls 
from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 
individuals with speech or 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, at 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email at [email protected] or 
telephone at 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes 
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard 
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or 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. Copies of available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from 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: Office of Housing Counseling--
Agency Performance Review.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0574.
    OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 2024.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-9910, Office of Housing Counseling--Agency 
Performance Review.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The 
revisions to the currently approved collection are needed to ensure the 
document complies with the requirements of an OIG audit that found the 
collection was not in compliance with 24 CFR 214.3 and 2 CFR 200.501, 
Audit requirements. 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 in reducing its own 
risks 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 will 
receive high quality services.
    HUD uses performance reviews to ascertain the professional and 
management capacity of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to 
provide adequate housing counseling services 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 
will 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.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 353.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 353.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per agency performance review.
    Average Hours per Response: 9.5.
    Total Estimated Burden: 3,354 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.
    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.

Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
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