81 FR 16194 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Surveys of Community Development Marketplace Project Inventory and Recipients and Providers of HUD Technical Assistance and Training
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 58 (March 25, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 58 (March 25, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-06849 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 16194-16196] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-06849] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5910-N-03] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Surveys of Community Development Marketplace Project Inventory and Recipients and Providers of HUD Technical Assistance and Training AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: May 24, 2016. 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, QDAM, 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. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan Gross, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Evan Gross at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-4889. This is not a toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Gross. 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: Survey of Community Development Marketplace Project Inventory and Survey of Recipients and Providers of Direct and Remote Technical Assistance and Training. OMB Approval Number: 2506-new. Type of Request: New collection of information. Form Number: Pending Assignment. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This Notice covers three types of information HUD is proposing to collect in order to improve the effectiveness of technical assistance programs and operations: a. Survey of Community Development Marketplace Project Inventory The Community Development Marketplace Project Inventory survey (``CDM Survey'') will serve as a vehicle to target cohort learning using remote tools and technical assistance products, as well as provide information in a useful, sortable way to foundations and investors who are seeking community development investment opportunities and researching trends. An example of how the CDM Survey information could [[Page 16195]] be presented to interested stakeholders and the public can be viewed via https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4479/promise-zones-community-development-marketplace, and questions can be addressed to [email protected]. If HUD decides to proceed with the CDM survey after public comment, HUD may embed the survey in max.gov, or the HUD Exchange Web site, or another online platform. HUD may also continue to ask for user feedback through online suggestions and surveys on HUD Exchange or similar Web sites that HUD may use in the future. b. Survey of Recipients and Providers of HUD Technical Assistance HUD proposes to survey the recipients and providers of technical assistance, including city and state grantees of HUD funds, public housing authorities, tribes, owners and operators of multifamily housing, Continuums of Care and other non-profit recipients of HUD funding. Technical assistance is provided by third-party organizations awarded funding through cooperative agreements or contracts with HUD. The survey responses will allow HUD and its providers to improve the way it delivers technical assistance HUD proposes to survey one representative from the recipient TA organization and one representative from each TA provider organization for either all or the majority of the TA engagements in a year. The number of engagements varies based on demand for TA and available funding to provide it, but based on past years' trends, HUD expects to survey approximately 200 representatives each from recipient organizations and TA providers, for a total of 400 respondents annually. The survey will ask respondents to rate quality of the TA they received, their progress toward intended goals, and provide other feedback about the TA engagement including any challenges faced. At least annually, HUD will analyze the survey data to identify program strengths and opportunities for program improvements. HUD may follow up on surveys to secure additional qualitative information through interviews and focus groups. c. Survey of HUD Training Participants HUD proposes to survey training participants in order to assess satisfaction with the course content and delivery. Participants include city and state HUD grantees, public housing authorities, tribes, owners and operators of multifamily housing, Continuums of Care (CoCs), and other non-profit recipients of HUD funding. Training is provided by third-party organizations awarded funding through cooperative agreements or contracts with HUD. The survey responses will allow HUD and its providers to improve the content and delivery of its training. All training participants will be offered the opportunity to provide feedback via a brief survey following the training. HUD estimates, based on past years' data, that about 7,000 training participants will be offered the opportunity to complete a feedback survey annually. The survey will ask respondents to rate their satisfaction with the training, including the relevance of the content to their job responsibilities, perceived knowledge gained, and quality of training delivery, and will provide space for comments regarding the training and suggestions to improve future training. At least annually, HUD will analyze the survey data to identify program strengths and opportunities for program improvements. HUD may follow up on all of the surveys listed above to secure additional qualitative information through interviews and focus groups. HUD may also survey users of online tools and products to assess the usefulness and quality of these offerings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden Hourly cost Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Annual cost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDM project intake survey and follow up 332 4 1328 2.25 2988 $40 $119,520 feedback............................... Survey of Recipients and Providers of 400 \1\1.1 440 .33 145.2 $15 (rcpnts) 3,847.80 HUD Technical Assistance............... $38 (prvdrs) = average of $26.50 Survey of HUD Training Participants..... 7,000 \2\1.3 9,100 .25 2275 15 34,125 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total............................... 7732 6.4 10868 2.83 5408.20 <40 157,492.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ HUD anticipates that a small percentage of TA recipients will complete a follow-up survey on progress toward intended outcomes, and therefore be asked to complete two surveys. \2\ HUD anticipates that a small percentage of trainees will complete multiple trainings, and therefore be asked to complete more than one survey. A. Paperwork Burden (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. B. CDM Survey For potential users, including foundations, investors, researchers, other stakeholders: (5) What kind of potential user are you? HUD has heard from foundations, investors, communities, researchers and national intermediaries and stakeholder networks, but there may be others who can use this data. (6) Does the Project Intake Survey template capture information that would be useful to you? If yes, how is this information useful to you? If the information captured by the CDM Survey is not useful to you, how could [[Page 16196]] we adjust this survey to better suit your information needs? (7) Please review the list of policy codes, financing types, funding source types, asset classes, and types of project sponsors that respondents are asked to select to categorize their project details. Would these options assist you in filtering and searching for information you would like to have? Are there any codes or options that would help you that missing? Are there any codes or options that are redundant? (8) Does the project intake survey capture the information useful to organizations working in your community? Please elaborate on what is useful or what could be done to make it more useful. (9) What are the typical information gaps that interfere with your organization's ability to target suitable funding opportunities? How can the project intake survey be enhanced to yield relevant information for your purposes? (10) With regard to geography filters, projects in the draft database would be searchable by city, state, zip code, and census tract (where known by the respondent). Do these filters allow for geographic searches that would be useful to you? (11) How can HUD better engage foundation, philanthropic, and impact investor community? For potential respondents: (12) Please review the questions in the proposed Project Intake Survey at [link]. If you are managing a local community development project or intervention, would you be willing and able to respond to the survey questions and to make your responses public for purposes of potentially connecting you to federal and private partners and/or peers that could facilitate your work? If not, why not? (13) Do you perceive the benefits of responding to the CDM Survey as adequate and sufficiently motivating for you to respond? If not, what additional benefits would motivate you to respond? (14) With regard to your and your partners' community revitalization efforts, please explain what particular types of information, peer exchange, introductions or other non-competitive assistance would be helpful to you as you move your work forward? (15) With regard to geography filters, projects in the draft database would be searchable by city, state, zip code, and census tract (where known by the respondent). Do these filters allow for geographic searches that would be useful to you? C. Surveys of Recipients and Providers of HUD Technical Assistance and Training (Available Upon Request) The goal of HUD's technical assistance and training is to help customers navigate challenges associated with HUD funding and programs and points them in the right direction to best serve their communities. HUD provides TA and training across its portfolio of programs, including public housing, Native American housing, community development, rental housing, and fair housing. HUD does not currently have a mechanism to systematically solicit TA or training recipient feedback. The goal of the proposed survey(s) are to systematically collect information across TA and training engagements to learn how effectively they achieved the desired outcomes identified at the start of the engagement. From the information collected, HUD will be able to understand which types of TA and training are preferred by recipients and which seem to be most effective in achieving specific outcomes, and hold TA providers accountable for the quality of TA and training provided. It will provide information that will help HUD continuously improve the way it provides TA and training. HUD is particularly interested in comments that address the following questions: For survey of recipients and providers of HUD technical assistance: (16) Is an online survey sent after the TA engagement a practical way to capture feedback about the TA? (17) Is a rating system (e.g. rank the TA on a scale of 1-4) an appropriate way to assess customer satisfaction with the TA? (18) What type(s) of survey question(s) would best measure customer satisfaction with the quality of TA provided? (19) What other methods besides a survey could be employed to assess the quality of TA provided? For survey of HUD training participants: (20) How can HUD most accurately measure customer satisfaction and outcomes of training? (21) Should the survey of online or virtual training participants be different from the survey for in-person training participants? (22) Are there any other questions that the survey should ask of HUD training recipients to measure the effectiveness of HUD training? HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. 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. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Dated: March 21, 2016. Harriet Tregoning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. [FR Doc. 2016-06849 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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For more information regarding Facility—Glenn Research Center this proposal. Comments should refer to
particular properties identified in this 21000 Brook Park Rd. the proposal by name and/or OMB
Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing Brook Park OH 44135 Control Number and should be sent to:
Landholding Agency: NASA
sanitary facilities, exact street address), Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Property Number: 71201610006
providers should contact the Status: Unutilized Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
appropriate landholding agencies at the Comments: public access denied and no and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
following addresses: COAST GUARD: alternative method to gain access without SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
Commandant, United States Coast compromising national security. 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
Guard, Attn: Jennifer Stomber, 2703 Reasons: Secured Area (this is not a toll-free number) or email
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Stop 0068 PSL Secondary Cooler (1) at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
7741, Washington, DC 20593–7714; Glenn Research Center the proposed forms or other available
(202) 475–5609; NASA: Mr. Frank T. 21000 Brook Park Rd. information. Persons with hearing or
Bellinger, Facilities Engineering Brook Park OH 44135 speech impairments may access this
Landholding Agency: NASA
Division, National Aeronautics & Space Property Number: 71201610007
number through TTY by calling the toll-
Administration, Code JX, Washington, Status: Unutilized free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
DC 20546, (202) 358–1124; NAVY: Mr. Comments: public access denied and no 8339.
Steve Matteo, Department of the Navy, alternative method to gain access without FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Asset Management Division, Naval compromising national security. Evan Gross, Office of the Deputy
Facilities Engineering Command, Reasons: Secured Area Assistant Secretary for Economic
Washington Navy Yard, 1330 Patterson Tennessee Development, Department of Housing
Ave. SW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
2 Buildings
20374; (202) 685–9426; (These are not 3001 Harbor Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Evan
toll-free numbers). Memphis TN 38113 Gross at CDM@hud.gov or telephone
Dated: March 17, 2016. Landholding Agency: Navy 202–402–4889. This is not a toll-free
Tonya Proctor, Property Number: 77201610032 number. Persons with hearing or speech
Status: Excess impairments may access this number
Deputy Director, Office of Special Needs Directions: Naval Support Activity Mid-
Assistance Programs. through TTY by calling the toll-free
South, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Carderock Division (NSWCCD) Large Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
TITLE V, FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY Copies of available documents
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FOR 03/25/2016 approx. 44 acres of land. submitted to OMB may be obtained
Comments: Documented deficiencies: tree from Mr. Gross.
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structures; clear threat to physical safety.
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alternative method to gain access without [Docket No. FR–5910–N–03] Survey of Recipients and Providers of
compromising national security. Direct and Remote Technical Assistance
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DATES: Comments Due Date: May 24, investors who are seeking community
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we adjust this survey to better suit your C. Surveys of Recipients and Providers response to this notice will be
information needs? of HUD Technical Assistance and summarized and/or included in the
(7) Please review the list of policy Training (Available Upon Request) request for Office of Management and
codes, financing types, funding source The goal of HUD’s technical Budget approval of the information
types, asset classes, and types of project assistance and training is to help collection request; they will also
sponsors that respondents are asked to customers navigate challenges become a matter of public record.
select to categorize their project details. associated with HUD funding and B. Solicitation of Public Comment
Would these options assist you in programs and points them in the right
filtering and searching for information This notice is soliciting comments
direction to best serve their from members of the public and affected
you would like to have? Are there any communities. HUD provides TA and
codes or options that would help you parties concerning the collection of
training across its portfolio of programs, information described in Section A on
that missing? Are there any codes or including public housing, Native
options that are redundant? the following:
American housing, community (1) Whether the proposed collection
(8) Does the project intake survey development, rental housing, and fair
capture the information useful to of information is necessary for the
housing. HUD does not currently have proper performance of the functions of
organizations working in your a mechanism to systematically solicit
community? Please elaborate on what is the agency, including whether the
TA or training recipient feedback. information will have practical utility;
useful or what could be done to make The goal of the proposed survey(s) are
it more useful. (2) The accuracy of the agency’s
to systematically collect information estimate of the burden of the proposed
(9) What are the typical information across TA and training engagements to
gaps that interfere with your collection of information;
learn how effectively they achieved the (3) Ways to enhance the quality,
organization’s ability to target suitable desired outcomes identified at the start utility, and clarity of the information to
funding opportunities? How can the of the engagement. From the be collected; and
project intake survey be enhanced to information collected, HUD will be able (4) Ways to minimize the burden of
yield relevant information for your to understand which types of TA and the collection of information on those
purposes? training are preferred by recipients and who are to respond; including through
(10) With regard to geography filters, which seem to be most effective in the use of appropriate automated
projects in the draft database would be achieving specific outcomes, and hold collection techniques or other forms of
searchable by city, state, zip code, and TA providers accountable for the quality information technology, e.g., permitting
census tract (where known by the of TA and training provided. It will electronic submission of responses.
respondent). Do these filters allow for provide information that will help HUD HUD encourages interested parties to
geographic searches that would be continuously improve the way it submit comment in response to these
useful to you? provides TA and training. questions.
(11) How can HUD better engage HUD is particularly interested in
foundation, philanthropic, and impact Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
comments that address the following Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
investor community? questions:
For potential respondents: For survey of recipients and providers Dated: March 21, 2016.
(12) Please review the questions in the of HUD technical assistance: Harriet Tregoning,
proposed Project Intake Survey at [link]. (16) Is an online survey sent after the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
If you are managing a local community TA engagement a practical way to Community Planning and Development.
development project or intervention, capture feedback about the TA? [FR Doc. 2016–06849 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am]
would you be willing and able to (17) Is a rating system (e.g. rank the BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
respond to the survey questions and to TA on a scale of 1–4) an appropriate
make your responses public for way to assess customer satisfaction with
purposes of potentially connecting you the TA? DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
to federal and private partners and/or (18) What type(s) of survey URBAN DEVELOPMENT
peers that could facilitate your work? If question(s) would best measure [Docket No. FR–5909–N–19]
not, why not? customer satisfaction with the quality of
(13) Do you perceive the benefits of TA provided? 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
responding to the CDM Survey as (19) What other methods besides a Collection: Information Resource
adequate and sufficiently motivating for survey could be employed to assess the Center Customer Satisfaction Survey
you to respond? If not, what additional quality of TA provided?
benefits would motivate you to For survey of HUD training AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
respond? participants: Officer, HUD.
(14) With regard to your and your (20) How can HUD most accurately ACTION: Notice.
partners’ community revitalization measure customer satisfaction and
SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the
efforts, please explain what particular outcomes of training?
proposed information collection
types of information, peer exchange, (21) Should the survey of online or
requirement described below to the
introductions or other non-competitive virtual training participants be different
Office of Management and Budget
assistance would be helpful to you as from the survey for in-person training
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(OMB) for review, in accordance with
you move your work forward? participants?
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
(15) With regard to geography filters, (22) Are there any other questions that
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
projects in the draft database would be the survey should ask of HUD training
additional 30 days of public comment.
searchable by city, state, zip code, and recipients to measure the effectiveness
census tract (where known by the of HUD training? DATES: Comments Due Date: April 25,
respondent). Do these filters allow for HUD encourages interested parties to 2016.
geographic searches that would be submit comment in response to these ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
useful to you? questions. Comments submitted in invited to submit comments regarding
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