81 FR 74475 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 8 Management Assessment Program

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 207 (October 26, 2016)

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74475-74476]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25899]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5909-N-74]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 8 
Management Assessment Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 25, 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:

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HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. 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 
Ms. Pollard.

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 August 
19, 2016 at 81 FR 55472.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Section 8 Management Assessment 
Program (SEMAP).
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0215.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-52658.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: On an 
annual basis (or every two years for small agencies) PHAs are required 
to submit a SEMAP certification (form HUD-52648) electronically into 
the Information Management System/Public and Indian Housing Information 
Center (IMS/PIC). There is a maximum of 15 indicators that are either 
verified through PIC data or an on-site or off-site confirmatory 
review. HUD uses the PHA's SEMAP certification, together with other 
available data, to assess PHA management capabilities and deficiencies, 
and to assign an overall performance rating to each PHA administering a 
HCV program. HUD rates a PHA on each SEMAP indicator, completes a PHA 
SEMAP profile identifying any program management deficiencies and 
assigns an overall performance rating. A PHA's written report of 
correction of a SEMAP deficiency is used as documentation that the PHA 
has taken action to address identified program weaknesses. Where HUD 
assigns an overall performance rating of troubled, the PHA's corrective 
action plan is used to monitor the PHA's progress on program 
improvements.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

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                                                             Number of     Responses per   Total annual      Hours per                      Regulatory
                 Information collection                     respondents     respondent       responses       response       Total hours      reference
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SEMAP Certification.....................................           2,167               1           2,167              12          26,004         985.101
Corrective Action Plan..................................              80               1              80              10             800      985.107(c)
Report on Correction....................................             542               1             542               2           1,084         985.106
 of SEMAP Deficiency....................................
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Total annual burden.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          27,888  ..............
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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 comment in response to 
these questions.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: October 18, 2016.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-25899 Filed 10-25-16; 8:45 am]
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