83 FR 48859 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD Technical Assistance Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 188 (September 27, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-21098

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (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 comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7007-N-05]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD Technical 
Assistance Assessment

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (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 comments 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: November 26, 2018.

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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534 
(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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535 (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. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the proposed collection of information 
described in Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: HUD Technical Assistance 
Assessment.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: No forms.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
is conducting this study under cooperative agreement with the Urban 
Institute to assess its Technical Assistance (TA) programs under the 
Community Compass structure. HUD TA enables housing and community 
development providers to be more effective stewards of HUD funding by 
equipping them with the knowledge, skills and tools to better manage 
HUD programs. TA is provided by TA providers funded by HUD and includes 
tools and product development, help desk support, on-call TA, direct TA 
and capacity building, and needs assessments, among other types.
    Recipients of TA include State and local governments, Tribes, 
Tribally-Designated Housing Agencies, Public Housing Authorities 
(PHAs), participating jurisdictions, housing counseling agencies, 
multifamily owners/operators, nonprofit organizations, and Continuums 
of Care (CoCs). In 2002, the GAO evaluated HUD's existing TA programs, 
and recommended that HUD streamline and coordinate its TA programs and 
request its TA providers to establish performance measures and report 
on their intended outputs and outcomes. Since then, HUD has made 
significant changes to the structure, implementation, and data systems 
used in administering its TA programs. Beginning with the Fiscal Year 
(FY) 2010 Technical Assistance and Capacity Building NOFA issued by the 
Office of Community Development and Planning, and the announcement of 
the OneCPD Integrated Practitioner Assistance

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System, the ``Transformation Initiative'', HUD began to shift from a 
more siloed program-specific approach to TA to a more coordinated 
funding and collaborative TA processes across programs. Changes 
continued with the integration of Office of Public and Indian Housing 
TA programs in FY 2013 through OneCPD+ and finally in FY 2014 with the 
addition of two more TA funding streams to form Community Compass. Now 
there is a unified NOFA process for all programs included in Community 
Compass, along with data and coordination improvements, and streamlined 
online assistance and resource pages. This will be the first assessment 
of these and other changes made to HUD TA in response to GAO 
recommendations. This project helps fill the gap in understanding HUD's 
TA delivery system since Community Compass began in FY 2014. The Urban 
Institute is conducting an assessment focused on answering three 
research questions: (1) What TA does HUD provide, (2) how does HUD 
provide TA, and 3) how effective is HUD TA? To answer these three 
questions, this study will include in-depth interviews with TA 
providers and TA customers to supplement interviews completed during 
the design of the research.
    TA providers play a central role in navigating the Community 
Compass process and implementing TA activities. To gain insights into 
how providers engage in TA through Community Compass, we plan to 
conduct 5 group interviews that will target front-line TA staff and 
subcontractors that deliver the TA. This project will also interview 
customers receiving TA under the Community Compass. To better 
understand the customer experience, we will conduct interviews with key 
staff at organizations that received TA. Out of these interviews, the 
Urban Institute will create a final report to HUD on the answers to the 
above research questions. The findings in the final report will inform 
HUD's future delivery of TA under the Community Compass structure.
    Respondents: The interviews will involve the following total 
numbers of respondents by type: 40 TA provider directors and managers 
and 25 TA customer chief executives.
    Estimation of total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, hours of response, and cost of response time: Based on the 
below assumptions and tables, we calculate the total burden hours for 
this study to be 130 hours and the total cost to be $8,267.10.
    Whereas the interviewees from the TA providers will be program-
level directors and managers responsible for general program 
operations, including formulating and implementing policies, managing 
daily operations and planning and executing the use of program 
resources, we estimated their cost per interview using the most recent 
(May 2017) Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment 
Statistics median hourly wage for the labor category General and 
Operations Managers (11-1021): $48.27.
    Whereas the interviewees from TA customers are most likely to be 
directors of their agency or organization which receives and manages 
HUD funds and seeks TA from HUD to improve their work, we estimated 
their cost per interview using the most recent (May 2017) Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics median hourly wage 
for the labor category Chief Executives (11-1011): $88.11.

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                                                                                                   Median hourly
                  Respondent                               Occupation                SOC code        wage rate
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TA Provider...................................  General and Operations Managers.         11-1021          $48.27
TA Customer...................................  Chief Executives................         11-1011           88.11
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2017), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.

    The table below reflects all assumptions about respondent numbers 
and frequency, burden hour estimates for scheduling and participating 
in the data collection interview, and cost.

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                                                             Number of       Response      Burden hours    Annual burden    Hourly cost
                       Respondent                           respondents      frequency     per response        hours       per response     Total cost
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TA Provider.............................................              40               1               2              80          $48.27       $3,861.60
TA Customer.............................................              25               1               2              50           88.11        4,405.50
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    Total...............................................              65               1  ..............             130  ..............        8,267.10
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice solicits 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 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: September 20, 2018.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
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addressed to Desk Officer, Department aviation aircraft operators to apply for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via approval to operate in U.S. restricted Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@ airspace, including overflying the Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
omb.eop.gov. United States and its territories. TSA and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: collects certain information from the SW, Washington, DC 20410–5000; email
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, aircraft operator concerning the Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
Information Technology (IT), TSA–11, proposed flight and aircraft. TSA also hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535
Transportation Security Administration, collects identifying information for all (this is not a toll-free number). Persons
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA pilots, crewmembers and passengers with hearing or speech impairments
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2062; who will be onboard the aircraft may access this number through TTY by
email TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov. operated in restricted airspace to calling the toll-free Federal Relay
perform a security threat assessment on Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA
each individual. available documents submitted to OMB
published a Federal Register notice,
Number of Respondents: 8,960. may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
comments, of the following collection of
information on July 6, 2018, 83 FR estimated 7,078 hours annually. notice informs the public that HUD is
31558. Dated: September 20, 2018. seeking approval from OMB for the
Christina A. Walsh,
proposed collection of information
Comments Invited described in Section A.
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
In accordance with the Paperwork Information Technology. A. Overview of Information Collection
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 [FR Doc. 2018–21017 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am]
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or Title of Information Collection: HUD
BILLING CODE 9110–05–P Technical Assistance Assessment.
sponsor, and a person is not required to
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
respond to, a collection of information Type of Request: New.
unless it displays a valid OMB control Form Number: No forms.
number. The ICR documentation will be DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Description of the need for the
available at http://www.reginfo.gov information and proposed use: HUD is
upon its submission to OMB. Therefore, [Docket No. FR–7007–N–05] conducting this study under cooperative
in preparation for OMB review and agreement with the Urban Institute to
approval of the following information 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information assess its Technical Assistance (TA)
collection, TSA is soliciting comments Collection: HUD Technical Assistance programs under the Community
to— Assessment Compass structure. HUD TA enables
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed housing and community development
information requirement is necessary for AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
providers to be more effective stewards
the proper performance of the functions and Research, HUD.
of HUD funding by equipping them with
of the agency, including whether the ACTION: Notice. the knowledge, skills and tools to better
information will have practical utility; manage HUD programs. TA is provided
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the SUMMARY: The Department of Housing
by TA providers funded by HUD and
agency’s estimate of the burden; and Urban Development (HUD) is
includes tools and product
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and seeking approval from the Office of
development, help desk support, on-call
clarity of the information to be Management and Budget (OMB) for the
TA, direct TA and capacity building,
collected; and information collection described below.
and needs assessments, among other
(4) Minimize the burden of the In accordance with the Paperwork
types.
collection of information on those who Reduction Act, HUD is requesting Recipients of TA include State and
are to respond, including using comments from all interested parties on local governments, Tribes, Tribally-
appropriate automated, electronic, the proposed collection of information. Designated Housing Agencies, Public
mechanical, or other technological The purpose of this notice is to allow for Housing Authorities (PHAs),
collection techniques or other forms of 60 days of public comment. participating jurisdictions, housing
information technology. DATES: Comments Due Date: November counseling agencies, multifamily
Consistent with the requirements of 26, 2018. owners/operators, nonprofit
Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing ADDRESSES: Interested persons are organizations, and Continuums of Care
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory invited to submit comments regarding (CoCs). In 2002, the GAO evaluated
Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the this proposal. Comments should refer to HUD’s existing TA programs, and
Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also the proposal by name and/or OMB recommended that HUD streamline and
requesting comments on the extent to Control Number and should be sent to: coordinate its TA programs and request
which this request for information could Anna P. Guido, Reports Management its TA providers to establish
be modified to reduce the burden on Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing performance measures and report on
respondents. and Urban Development, 451 7th Street their intended outputs and outcomes.
Information Collection Requirement SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC Since then, HUD has made significant
Title: TSA Airspace Waiver Program. 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5534 changes to the structure,
Type of Request: Extension of a (this is not a toll-free number) or email implementation, and data systems used
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currently approved collection. at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of in administering its TA programs.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0033. the proposed forms or other available Beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY)
Forms(s): NA. information. Persons with hearing or 2010 Technical Assistance and Capacity
Affected Public: Aircraft operators, speech impairments may access this Building NOFA issued by the Office of
passengers, and crewmembers. number through TTY by calling the toll- Community Development and Planning,
Abstract: The airspace waiver free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– and the announcement of the OneCPD
program allows U.S. and foreign general 8339. Integrated Practitioner Assistance

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System, the ‘‘Transformation Initiative’’, supplement interviews completed hours of response, and cost of response
HUD began to shift from a more siloed during the design of the research. time: Based on the below assumptions
program-specific approach to TA to a TA providers play a central role in and tables, we calculate the total burden
more coordinated funding and navigating the Community Compass hours for this study to be 130 hours and
collaborative TA processes across process and implementing TA activities. the total cost to be $8,267.10.
programs. Changes continued with the To gain insights into how providers Whereas the interviewees from the TA
integration of Office of Public and engage in TA through Community providers will be program-level
Indian Housing TA programs in FY Compass, we plan to conduct 5 group directors and managers responsible for
2013 through OneCPD+ and finally in interviews that will target front-line TA general program operations, including
FY 2014 with the addition of two more staff and subcontractors that deliver the formulating and implementing policies,
TA funding streams to form Community TA. This project will also interview managing daily operations and planning
Compass. Now there is a unified NOFA customers receiving TA under the
and executing the use of program
process for all programs included in Community Compass. To better
resources, we estimated their cost per
understand the customer experience, we
Community Compass, along with data interview using the most recent (May
will conduct interviews with key staff at
and coordination improvements, and 2017) Bureau of Labor Statistics,
organizations that received TA. Out of
streamlined online assistance and Occupational Employment Statistics
these interviews, the Urban Institute
resource pages. This will be the first median hourly wage for the labor
will create a final report to HUD on the
assessment of these and other changes category General and Operations
answers to the above research questions.
made to HUD TA in response to GAO Managers (11–1021): $48.27.
The findings in the final report will
recommendations. This project helps fill inform HUD’s future delivery of TA Whereas the interviewees from TA
the gap in understanding HUD’s TA under the Community Compass customers are most likely to be directors
delivery system since Community structure. of their agency or organization which
Compass began in FY 2014. The Urban Respondents: The interviews will receives and manages HUD funds and
Institute is conducting an assessment involve the following total numbers of seeks TA from HUD to improve their
focused on answering three research respondents by type: 40 TA provider work, we estimated their cost per
questions: (1) What TA does HUD directors and managers and 25 TA interview using the most recent (May
provide, (2) how does HUD provide TA, customer chief executives. 2017) Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and 3) how effective is HUD TA? To Estimation of total number of hours Occupational Employment Statistics
answer these three questions, this study needed to prepare the information median hourly wage for the labor
will include in-depth interviews with collection including number of category Chief Executives (11–1011):
TA providers and TA customers to respondents, frequency of response, $88.11.

Median hourly
Respondent Occupation SOC code wage rate

TA Provider ................................................................... General and Operations Managers .............................. 11–1021 $48.27
TA Customer ................................................................ Chief Executives ........................................................... 11–1011 88.11
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2017), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.

The table below reflects all for scheduling and participating in the
assumptions about respondent numbers data collection interview, and cost.
and frequency, burden hour estimates

Number of Response Burden hours Annual burden Hourly cost
Respondent respondents frequency per response hours per response Total cost

TA Provider .............................................. 40 1 2 80 $48.27 $3,861.60
TA Customer ............................................ 25 1 2 50 88.11 4,405.50

Total .................................................. 65 1 ........................ 130 ........................ 8,267.10

B. Solicitation of Public Comment (3) Ways to enhance the quality, Dated: September 20, 2018.
utility, and clarity of the information to Todd M. Richardson,
This notice solicits comments from be collected; and General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
members of the public and affected
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of Development and Research.
parties concerning the collection of
the collection of information on those [FR Doc. 2018–21098 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am]
information described in Section A on who are to respond, including the use BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
the following: of appropriate automated collection
(1) Whether the proposed collection techniques or other forms of information
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of information is necessary for the technology, e.g., permitting electronic
proper performance of the functions of submission of responses.
the agency, including whether the HUD encourages interested parties to
information will have practical utility; submit comment in response to these
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s questions.
estimate of the burden of the proposed Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
collection of information; Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

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Dates		Comments Due Date: November 26, 2018.
Contact		Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email Anna P. Guido at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535 (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. Guido.
FR Citation		83 FR 48859