[Federal Register: September 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 174)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4815-N-65]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB:
Standardized Form for ``Race and Ethnic Data Collection''
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
HUD is seeking renewal of the approval to use the standardized form
for the Collection of Race and Ethnic Data. OMB issued revised
standards for collecting race and ethnicity data for Federal agencies
October 30, 1997. The standards apply to HUD program offices and
partners that collect, maintain, and report Federal data on race and
ethnicity for program administrative reporting, and civil rights
compliance reporting to reflect the growing diversity of the U.S.
population. The form is designed for reporting aggregate racial and
ethnic data by those entities that are required to collect and report
such data to HUD.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 9, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval number (2535-0113) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg,
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; E-mail Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the relevant documentation
are available from Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, AYO,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone (202)
708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Documentation is also
available on HUD's Information Collection Budget Tracking System Web
site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/.
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 name and telephone
number 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: Standardized form for ``Race and Ethnic Data
Collection''.
OMB Approval Number: 2535-0113.
Form Numbers: HUD-27061.
Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:
HUD is seeking renewal of the approval to use the standardized form for
the Collection of Race and Ethnic Data. OMB issued revised standards
for collecting race and ethnicity data for Federal agencies October 30,
1997. The standards apply to HUD program offices and partners that
collect, maintain, and report Federal data on race and ethnicity for
program administrative reporting, and civil rights compliance reporting
to reflect the growing diversity of the U.S. population. The form is
designed for reporting aggregate racial and ethnic data by those
entities that are required to collect and report such data to HUD.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.
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Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Quarterly, Other (as required
by application and award documents).
Reporting Burden: This proposal will result in no significant
increase in the current information collection burden. An estimation of
the total number of hours needed to provide the information for each
grant application is 0.01 hour (approximately one minute), however, the
burden will be assessed against each individual grant program
submission under the Paperwork Reduction Act; number of respondents is
an estimated 11,000; 60% of response will be quarterly and 40%
annually.
Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: August 28, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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