[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14331-14332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7920]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-3917-N-57]
Office of Administration; Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: The due date for comments is April 8, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, an information collection package with
respect to a proposed ``Application Kit for the Campus of Learners
Initiative.'' HUD seeks to implement this by April 4, 1996.
Under the Campus of Learners Initiative, HUD will designate between
15 and 20 Campus of Learner sites. Designations will be awarded to
public housing authorities (PHAs) that prepare creative strategic plans
to provide residents with education, job training, and employment
opportunities involving computer and telecommunications technology
through a college campus-style setting.
To appropriately determine which PHAs should be awarded Campus of
Learner designations, certain information is necessary. The criteria
for designation will be PHAs that (1) Are in partnership with local
education agencies, State education agencies, institutions of higher
education, telecommunications and other businesses, other private-
sector partners, child-care providers, community-based organizations,
etc; and (2) demonstrate a comprehensive plan for transforming at-risk
communities through living and
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learning opportunities in a range of education, technology, academic
learning, skills, enhancement, leadership and self-esteem development,
employment, and entrepreneurial positions for children, youth and
families.
This initiative is designed to transform public housing into safe
and livable communities where families undertake training in new
telecommunications and computer technology and partake in new
telecommunications and computer technology and partake in education
opportunities and job training initiatives with local businesses.
The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
(1) Title of the information collection proposal: Application Kit--
Campus of Learners Initiative.
(2) Summary of the collection of information: Each respondent
seeking a Campus of Learners designation would be required to submit
current information, as listed below as:
1. Fact Sheet--Information about the respondent: name, address,
telephone, facsimile number if joint applicant, same information.
2. Abstract--Brief abstract of the program proposed in the
application.
3. Strategic Plan--A narrative describing the activities planned
the Campus of Learners Education and Training Initiative.
4. List of Partnerships--List of public, private, State and local
sources expected to provide support and funding amount (if committed).
5. Form S.F. 424--Application for Federal Assistance.
6. Form S.F. 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs.
7. HUD 2880--Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report.
8. S.F. LLL-A--Disclosure of Lobbying Activities.
9. Certification Assurances with applicable Federal requirements.
10. Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements.
(3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed
use:
To appropriately determine which PHAs should be awarded Campus of
Learner designations, certain information is necessary. The criteria
for designation will be PHAs that (1) are in partnership with local
education agencies, State education agencies, institutions of higher
education, telecommunications and other businesses, other private-
sector partners, child-care providers, community-based organizations,
etc.; and (2) demonstrate a comprehensive plan for transforming at-risk
communities through living and learning opportunities in a range of
education, technology, academic learning, skills, enhancement,
leadership and self-esteem development, employment, and entrepreneurial
positions for children, youth and families.
(4) description of the likely respondents, including the estimated
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the
collection of information:
Respondents will be public housing authorities (PHA) and partner
organizations. It is unlikely that any individual PHA has the expertise
or resources to establish a Campus of Learners Initiative by itself.
PHA applicants should plan to establish a partnership, or consortium,
that includes telecommunications industry representatives, public
housing families, local education agencies, institutions of higher
learning, religious organizations, nonprofit community-based
organizations, and/or other eligible organizations or private-sector
entities.
The estimated number of respondents is 75. The proposed frequency
of the response to the collection of information is one-time. The
application need only be submitted once.
(5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that
will result from the collection of information:
Reporting Burden
Number of respondents: 75.
Total burden hours (@ 7.5 hour per response): 562.50.
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 562.50.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 25, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7920 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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