2014-23122. 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program: Annual Grantee Performance Reporting Requirements and Competitive/Renewal Grant Project Budget Summary

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date: October 29, 2014.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at Colette [e-mail] or telephone [phone]. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at [phone]. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described in Section A.

The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on July 25, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program: Annual Grantee Performance Reporting Requirements and Competitive/Renewal Grant Project Budget Summary.

OMB Approval Number: 2506-0133.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection, without change.

Form Number: HUD-40110-B, HUD-40110-C; and HUD-40110-D.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The HOPWA Competitive Application and Renewal of Permanent Supportive Housing Project Budget Summary, HUD-40110-B, is a grant applicant submission requirement for new competitive grant applications solicited through a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and for all annual expiring renewal grant reviews. The budget form enables an evaluation of competitive grant applications to determine if the proposed project activity is feasible within the context of the overall program design inclusive of proposed planned and actual accomplishments. The Annual Progress Report (APR), HUD-40110-C, for competitive grantees, and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), HUD-40110-D, for formula grantees, are critical reporting requirements necessary to aggregate individual and national performance data, both program output data and program beneficiary outcomes to inform HUD's strategic management plan goals including requested reports to Congress. The data collection informs local communities on the use of these federal resources and in planning and coordination with other leveraged and available resources.

Respondents: HOPWA program formula and competitive grant recipients and competitive/renewal grant applicants.

Information collection	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Responses per annum	Burden hour per response	Annual burden hours	Hourly cost per response	Annual cost
HUD-40110-B	35	annual	1	12	420	40	$16,800
HUD-40110-C	92	annual	1	56	5,152	40	206,080
HUD-40110-D	126	annual	1	42	5,292	40	211,680
Total	253	annual	1		10,864		434,560

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Ways to 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.

HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

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

Dated: September 22, 2014.

Colette Pollard,

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