[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47977-47978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12172]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7090-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD Research, 
Evaluation, and Demonstration Cooperative Agreements; OMB Control No.: 
2528-0299

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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 information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication of this 
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting, ``Currently under 60-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by 
name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Anna Guido, Reports 
Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; [email protected]; telephone (202) 
402-5535 (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. Guido.

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: HUD Research, Evaluation, and 
Demonstration Cooperative Agreements.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0299.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: PD&R 
intends to establish cooperative agreements with qualified for-profit 
and nonprofit research organizations and universities to conduct 
research, demonstrations, and data analysis. This information 
collection includes the post-award materials that cooperative agreement 
recipients will be required to submit to PD&R over the course of the 
period of performance of their award. PD&R will use these deliverables 
to monitor the progress of the research being carried out under the 
cooperative agreement and to monitor the use of the funding and 
authorize payments to the awardee.
    Respondent: For-profit and nonprofit organizations that are 
selected to receive an award under HUD's Research, Evaluation, and 
Demonstration Cooperative Agreements.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: HUD anticipates up to 33 
organizations may be selected to receive a cooperative agreement award 
over the three years covered by this ICR. Recipients of the cooperative 
agreements will be the sole members of the affected public for the 
reporting requirement.

                                            Table 1--Estimated Hour and Cost Burden of Information Collection
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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response        Cost
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Quality Control Plan....................              25            0.33            8.25              20             165          $49.14       $8,108.10
Management and Work Plan................              25            0.33            8.25              40             330           49.14       16,216.20
Sustainability Plan.....................               7            0.33            2.31              40            92.4           49.14        4,540.53
Research Design.........................              29            0.33            9.57             160          1531.2           49.14       75,243.16

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Quarterly Progress Reports..............              33               4             132               4             528           49.14       25,945.92
Final Research Report...................              33            0.33           10.89             240          2613.6           49.14      128,432.30
Final Narrative Report..................              33            0.33           10.89               5           54.45           49.14        2,675.67
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............        5,314.65  ..............      261,161.88
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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) 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 comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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