00-9285. Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Evaluation of the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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: May 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, e-mail [e-mail]; telephone [phone]. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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). The Notice lists the following information: (1) the title of the information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; (4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Evaluation of the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program

OMB Approval Number: 2528-XXXX

Form Number: None.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The information will be collected from government agencies receiving funds directly from HUD (acting as grantees), local governments and non-profits receiving funds from the grantees (acting as project sponsors) and low-income persons with HIV/AIDS who are assisted by the HOPWA program (acting as clients), non-profits receiving funds from the grantees (acting as project sponsors) and low-income persons with HIV/AIDS who are assisted by the HOPWA program (acting as clients).

Respondents: Business or other-for-profit, individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.

Frequency of Submission: One-Time

Reporting Burden:

	Number of respondents	×	Frequency of response	×	Hours per response	×	Burden hours
Information Collection	650		1		.92		600

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 600

Status: New

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

Dated: April 7, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.