[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55490-55491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22213]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5609-N-11]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Neighborhood Stabilization Program Tracking Study
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comment Due Date: November 9, 2012.
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 electronically to
jmailto:[email protected] or in hard copy to: Judson L. James,
Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 8120, Washington, DC 20410-
6000. Please use ``NSP PRA Comment'' in the subject line of any email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judson L. James at 202-402-5707 (this
is not a toll-free number) or judson.l.jamesmailto:@hud.gov, for copies
of the proposed forms and other available documents. Please use ``NSP
PRA Comment'' in the subject line of any email.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed extension of information
collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is
soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
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) evaluate the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) 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. This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Site Visit Protocols for Neighborhood
Stabilization Program (NSP2) Evaluation; Second Round.
OMB Control Number:
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is conducting an
important national study of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP), with a particular focus on the round of funding from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), known as ``NSP2.'' This
information collection will constitute the second round of site visits
and interviews of NSP2 grantees, as well as collection of grantees'
property-level data on NSP2 activities conducted. The information
collected will be used to describe how program implementation occurred
in practice, gather views of what program outcomes and impacts have
occurred, and explore factors that contributed to program outcomes.
Agency Form Numbers:
Members of the Affected Public: A total of 29 NSP2 grantees (25
local and 4 national) and 50 partner agencies will be part of the
study. Staff of these grantees will be asked to participate in
interviews with HUD's contractor and to provide HUD's contractor with
access to their records for tracking program activity. Local interviews
will take approximately 2 hours per person and will be administered to
approximately 4 staff per NSP2 grantee and 4 additional staff among
partner agencies. Interviews with national grantees will be
administered to approximately 2 staff per NSP2 grantee.
Property-level data will be compiled either by grantee
representatives or by a HUD contractor. Approximately one-half of the
29 grantees (or 14 grantees) and 25 partner organizations will likely
chose to report the required data themselves via the study's
preformatted spreadsheet. HUD estimates that each spreadsheet will take
one person about 1.5 working days (12 hours) to complete, on average.
For the remaining 15 grantees and 25 partner organizations, the
data will be compiled by the research team with the support of local
representatives. The majority of this effort will be conducted
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by the researcher. HUD estimates that it will take approximately two
hours per grantee and partner organization to provide access to records
during this time (e.g., pulling the appropriate files).
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The following chart details the
respondent burden on a quarterly and annual basis:
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Number of Responses per Hours per
entities entity response Total hours
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Interviews: Local NSP grantees.................. 25 4 2 200
Interviews: Local Partner agencies.............. 50 4 2 400
Interviews: National NSP2 grantees.............. 4 2 2 16
Providing Access to Records..................... 40 1 2 80
Compiling Records............................... 39 1 12 468
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Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 31, 2012.
Erika C. Poethig,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-22213 Filed 9-7-12; 8:45 am]
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