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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Hours per Response: 2.5
hours.
Total Estimated Burdens: 20.
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:
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; (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7051–N–01; OMB Control
No. 2501–0034]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Standards for Success
Reporting
Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:

The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) is
seeking approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, HUD is requesting
comment from all interested parties on

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the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for
60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
19, 2022.
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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone number 202–
402–3400 (this is not a toll-free number)
or email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov.
Copies of the proposed forms and other
information are available by contacting
Ms. Pollard. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
hud.gov or by telephone at 202–402–
3400. This is not a toll-free number.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Requests for copies of the proposed
forms should be submitted to Ms.
Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Standards for Success Reporting.
OMB Approval Number: 2501–0034.
Type of Request: Regular.
Type of Information Collection:
Renewal.
Form Numbers: HUD–PRL.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
This request is for the continued
clearance of data collection and
reporting requirements to enable the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Office of the Chief
Financial Officer (OCFO) to better assess
the effectiveness of discretionaryfunded programs included in this
information collection request (ICR).
The discretionary-funded programs
included in this ICR are the Multifamily
Housing Service Coordinator Grant
Program, the Multifamily Housing

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Budget-based Service Coordinator
Program, and the Resident Opportunity
and Self Sufficiency Service
Coordinator Grant Program (ROSS).
This proposed collection, titled
Standards for Success, has three key
tenets which improves data collection
and reporting for participating
programs. First is the standardization of
data collection and reporting
requirements across programs which
increases data comparability and
utilization. Second is the ability to
report on measurable outcomes and
aligning them with higher-level agency
objectives. And third is the collection of
record-level data, instead of aggregate
data. Collecting de-identified data at the
level of the service recipient allows for
more meaningful analysis, improved
management, and the ability to
demonstrate the progress and
achievements of the funding recipients
and the programs. Standards for Success
accepts data submission by direct data
input through the HUD-funded
GrantSolutions online data collection
and reporting tool (OLDC) and by data
file upload, accommodating file formats
in Microsoft Excel or Extensible Markup
Language (XML).
Currently across HUD, there are
several reporting models in place for its
discretionary programs. The reporting
models provide information on a wide
variety of outputs and outcomes and are
based on unique data definitions and
outcome measures in program-specific
performance and progress reports. In
Federal Fiscal Year 2013, nine program
offices at HUD used six systems and 15
reporting tools to collect over 700 data
elements in support of varied metrics to
assess the performance of their funding
recipients. The proposed data collection
and reporting requirements described in
this notice are designed to provide HUD
programs a tested alternative to their
existing disparate reporting
methodologies, forms, systems, and
requirements.
The lack of standardized data
collection and reporting requirements
imposes an increased burden on
funding recipients with multiple HUD
funding streams. The need for a
comprehensive standardized reporting
approach is underscored by reviews
conducted by external oversight
agencies, including the HUD Office of
Inspector General (OIG) and the
Government Accountability Office
(GAO). These oversight agencies have
questioned the soundness and
comparability of data reported by HUD
prior to Standards for Success. To
address these issues, HUD is using its
statutory and regulatory authority to
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reporting for its discretionary programs,
ultimately working towards a single
comprehensive reporting approach.
The Secretary’s statutory and
regulatory authority to administer
housing and urban development
programs include provisions allowing
for the requirement of performance
reporting from funding recipients. This
legal authority is codified at 42 U.S.C.
3535(r). The individual privacy of
service recipients is of the highest
priority. The reporting repository
established at HUD to receive data
submission from funding recipients will
not include any personally identifiable
information (PII). Additionally, if the
data from a funding recipient has 25 or
fewer individuals served during a fiscal
year as reported in the record-level
reports, then the results for the
demographic data elements for the 25 or
fewer individuals will also be redacted
or removed from the public-use data file
and any publicly available analytical
products in order to ensure the inability
to identify any individual.
Eligible entities receiving funding by
HUD are expected to implement the
proposed recordkeeping and reporting
requirements with available HUD funds.
It is important to note that affected HUD
funding recipients only submit a subset

of the universe of data elements
presented. The participating HUD
program offices determine the specific
data collection and reporting
requirements, which considers the type
and level of service provided by the
respective HUD program.
The reporting requirements in this
proposal better organize the data than
participating programs collected in the
past, standardize outcomes and
performance measures, and allow
program offices at HUD to select which
data elements are relevant for their
respective programs. Documents
detailing the data elements are available
for review by request from Colette
Pollard (Colette.Pollard@hud.gov). All
information reported to HUD will be
submitted electronically. Funding
recipients may use existing management
information systems provided those
systems collect all the required data
elements and can be exported for
submission to HUD. Funding recipients
that sub-award funds to other
organizations will need to collect the
required information from their subrecipients.
Information collected and reported
will be used by funding recipients and
HUD for the following purposes:

• To provide program and
performance information to recipients,
general public, Congress, and other
stakeholders;
• To continuously improve the
quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of
discretionary-funded programs;
• To provide management
information for use by HUD in program
administration and oversight, including
the scoring of applications and the
monitoring of funding-recipient
participation, services, and outcomes;
and
• To better measure and analyze
performance information to identify
successful practices to be replicated and
prevent or correct problematic practices
and improve outcomes in compliance
with the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) and the GPRA
Modernization Act.
The data collection and reporting
requirements may expand to other HUD
programs. Program implementation will
be determined by the program. HUD
will provide technical assistance to
funding recipients throughout the
implementation.
Respondents: 5,723.
Organizations receiving HUD funding
as listed on page 2.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE FOR THE REQUESTED REPORTING APPROACH
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hours
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

HUD Participant
Record-Level Report
(HUD–PRL) ..............

5,723

1

1 595,532

0.33

198,511

2 $20.88

$4,144,900

1 There

are an estimated 104 individuals served by each of the 5,723 funding recipients.
hourly cost of $20.88 is the average wage for office and administrative support occupations as reported in the May 2021 Occupational
Employment and Wages produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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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

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information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comments in response to these
questions.
C. Authority

Dorthera Yorkshire,
Director, Grants Management and Oversight.
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Availability of HUD’s Fiscal Year 2020
Service Contract Inventory
Office of the Chief Procurement
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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

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This notice advises of the
availability to the public of service
contracts awarded by HUD in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Akinsola A. Ajayi, Assistant Chief
Procurement Officer, Office of Policy,
Systems and Risk Management, Office
of the Chief Procurement Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone
SUMMARY:

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