[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12371-12372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03321]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7092-N-22]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Housing, HUD.

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

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 
amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the 
Office of Housing, the Office of Lender Activities and Program 
Compliance (OLAPC), is issuing a public notice of its intent to rescind 
the Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP) because information is 
not retrieve by personally identified information and therefor he 
system does not qualify as a Privacy Act System of Records.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before [March 18, 2024. 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: hud.gov">privacy@hud.gov.
    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 Lender Electronic Assessment Portal 
(LEAP) is an internet-facing mechanism for organizations who wish to 
become approved Federal Housing Administration lenders. For prospective 
lenders, custom pages are presented as part of hud.gov o allow the 
lender to register interim credentials and respond to information 
requests. The only function accessible without authentication is 
registration and once registered the only function available is 
applying to be an approved lender. Office of Lender Activities and 
Program Compliance (OLAPC) staff access LEAP using internet Explorer. 
None of the functions are available to OLAPC personnel without 
authentication (against the HUD directory) and privileges (as 
responsibilities and

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positions). These are enabled through configured definitions within the 
Siebel repository and administered data within the Siebel database. For 
example, a configured workflow might indicate that when an application 
is set to a specific status, an email should be sent to the lender. All 
components (except for very specific web pages) are maintained behind 
the HUD firewall and controls for securing those components are 
documented in the GSS. Records in the LEAP system have not run past its 
retention time. Per the Records Inventory Worksheet FY24, the LEAP 
Records are held for an indefinite period. Records in this system are 
housed in the LEAP database.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Lender Electronic Assessment Portal (LEAP), P278.

HISTORY:
    The previously published notice in the Federal Register [Docket No. 
FR-5763-N-05], on May 27, 2014 at 79 FR 22826.

Ladonne White,
Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-03321 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]
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