[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5478-5479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01558]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5690-N-02]
Notice of Revised Information Collection for Public Comment;
Public Housing Authority Executive Compensation Information
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Revised Information Collection.
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SUMMARY: The revised information collection 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: Comments Due Date: March 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms.
Pollard at [email protected]. Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the
HUD USER information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not
toll-free.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW. (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting a revision to
the proposed 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 revised collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the revisions are 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 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:
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Title of Proposal: Public Housing Authority Executive Compensation
Information.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2577-0272.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Pursuant to PIH Notice 2011-48, HUD has been collecting information on
the compensation provided by public housing authorities (PHAs) to their
five most highly compensated employees, similar to the information that
non-profit organizations receiving federal tax exemptions are required
to report to the IRS annually. Since PHAs receive significant direct
federal funds, such compensation information has been collected by HUD
to enhance oversight by HUD and by state and local authorities. After
HUD began this information collection, Congress included a provision in
its fiscal year 2012 appropriations legislation that placed a specific
cap on the use of Section 8 and Section 9 funds to pay the salaries of
PHA officials. To obtain information that will help HUD determine PHA
compliance with this and future legislation, and to achieve the same
overall objectives of the original information collection, HUD is
revising the data collection instrument to collect information on base
salary, and bonus and incentive compensation, and the extent to which
such payments are made with federal funds.
Changes include obtaining data on total cash compensation paid for
with Section 8 and Section 9 funds. The new elements replace several
segments such as ``Reportable Compensation from PHA and Related
Organizations'' and ``Contributions to Employee Benefit Plans and
Deferred Compensation from the PHA and Related Organizations''.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-52725.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 1372.
The number of respondents is 4116, the number of responses is 4116, the
frequency of response is annually, and the burden hour per response is
20 minutes.
Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revised
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: January 18, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2013-01558 Filed 1-24-13; 8:45 am]
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