[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76479-76480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30842]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No FR-5382-N-17]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
County Data Record Project
AGENCY: Office of 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: Comments Due Date: February 7, 2011.
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: Ashaki Robinson-Johns, Office of
Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Suite 8120, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashaki Robinson-Johns, (202) 402-7545,
(this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and
other available documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of
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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.
Title of Proposal: Data Collection Plan for the County Data Record
Project.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under contract to
Abt Associates Inc. and its subcontractors, Fairview Industries and
Smart Data Strategies, is conducting a project to collect existing
parcel data from 127 pre-selected counties and 27 corresponding States
to construct a standardized parcel database for HUD's usage. The main
objective of the project is to provide HUD with reliable and currently
collected information on housing market and neighborhood conditions in
counties and States identified by HUD as recipients of HUD funding so
that HUD can perform three types of activities. First, this database
will give HUD an ability to track home sales, foreclosures and tax
assessments and also respond efficiently to economic and natural
disasters that may occur in the near future. Second, the information
collected by this project is intended to support future evaluations of
HUD programs such as the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), the
HOME Investment Partnership Program, and the Disaster Recovery
Assistance program. Third, the process of data collection will be used
to assess the feasibility of constructing an ongoing parcel database
that could be extended to have a national coverage and also be
available to the public as aggregates by geography.
Members of Affected Public: Public servants at local government
agencies.
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 total estimated burden hours are
112.4 hours for the 127 counties and 27 corresponding States. For each
of the 127 counties, an average of two departments will be contacted.
At each department, two staff members will be contacted by phone. The
first will be the official who has the authority to approve data
transfer and the second will be the technical staff who can transfer
the data. Each phone call is expected to last 12 minutes on average.
For each of the 27 States, two staff members will be contacted by phone
at only one department. The first will be the official who has the
authority to approve data transfer and the second will be the technical
staff who can transfer the data. Each phone call is expected to last 12
minutes on average.
Status of the proposed information collection: New.
Authority: Public Law 91-609 84; Name of Law: Research and
Development Programs.
Dated: December 1, 2010.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-30842 Filed 12-7-10; 8:45 am]
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