[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 80740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25511]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7077-N-25]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY:  Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION:  Notice of a rescindment of a systems of records.

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SUMMARY:  Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, the 
Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, is issuing a public notice of its 
intent to rescind the Counseling Options Data System (CODS) because the 
demonstration and evaluation contract of the data system has ended.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before December 20, 2023. This 
proposed action will be effective immediately upon publication.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by one of the following 
methods:
    Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
    Fax: 202-619-8365.
    Email: [email protected].
    Mail: Attention: Privacy Office; LaDonne White, Chief Privacy 
Officer; The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139; 
Washington, DC 20410-0001.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any 
personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer, 
451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410; telephone 
number (202) 708-3054 (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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Counseling Options Data System (CODS) is 
being terminated because the demonstration and data evaluation contract 
that the data system was supporting have ended. CODS was a contractor-
owned and contract-operated system. The system was originally called 
the Random Assignment and Service Tracking (RAST) system, but the name 
changed to the Counseling Options Data System (CODS) during the process 
of obtaining an authorization to operate (ATO) at the FISMA moderate 
level. Abt Associates, the contractor, destroyed all record files in 
accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
Special Publications 800-88. Abt Associates transferred de-identified 
baseline, interim and long term follow up survey data and Federal 
Housing Administration (FHA) data on study participants that purchased 
homes with FHA loans to HUD on 9/27/2023. The de-identified data 
resides on PD&R's secure server and only contains the study 
participant's study ID, which has no personally identifiable 
information (PII).

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Counseling Options Data system (CODS).

HISTORY:
    Random Assignment and Service Tracking (RAST): 78 FR 2418 (January 
11, 2013).

Ladonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-25511 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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