[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59143-59144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16055]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-32]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: License for the 
Use of Personally Identifiable Information Protected Under the Privacy 
Act of 1974, OMB Control No.: 2528-0297

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Anna Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, 
Washington, DC 20410-5000; email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 8210, 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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on March 
12, 2024 at 89 FR 17864.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: License for the Use of Personally 
Identifiable Information Protected Under the Privacy Act of 1974.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0297.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved 
collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
collects and maintains personally identifiable information on tenants 
in public and assisted housing, the confidentiality of which is 
protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). On occasion, HUD 
shares this information with contractors and grantees, subject to 
stringent requirements to protect these households from unauthorized 
disclosure of information. The purpose for sharing is to further 
policy-relevant research on the effectiveness of HUD programs.
    HUD may, under the terms of the Routine Uses published in its 
various System of Records Notices, share these data with parties whom 
HUD has awarded contracts, grants, service agreements, or other 
agreements. HUD has shared data with contractors and grantees, but it 
has not until now shared data under service agreements because it has 
not until now proposed a legal form for effectuating such an agreement. 
HUD does not wish to limit access to the information to parties that 
have received specific funding to carry out a study through a grant or 
contract. Instead, HUD proposes to share the data with legitimate 
research organizations that have conceived policy-relevant analyses and 
that are able and willing to protect the data from unauthorized 
disclosure. The legal form for the proposed service agreement is herein 
called a ``license.''
    HUD wishes to continue making the data available for statistical, 
research, or evaluation purposes to organizations and qualified and 
capable of research and analysis consistent with the statistical, 
research, or evaluation

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purposes for which the data were provided or are maintained, but only 
if the data are used and protected in accordance with the terms and 
condition stated in the license, upon receipt of such assurance of 
qualification and capability, and it is agreed by the organization 
requesting such information and HUD.

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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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Application for Data License............              15               1              15               1              15          $47.31         $709.65
Data License Agreement..................              15               1              15               1              15           57.63          864.45
Affidavit of Nondisclosure..............              45               1              45            0.25           11.25           23.41          263.36
Data Destruction Certification Form.....               6               1               6            0.25             1.5           48.85           73.28
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    Total Burden Hours..................              81  ..............  ..............  ..............           42.75  ..............        1,910.74
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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.
    (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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. 
Chapter 35.

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Office, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16055 Filed 7-19-24; 8:45 am]
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