In the early 1980s, the Department of the Interior (DOI) began conducting regional rental surveys to comply with A-45 rent setting regulations. DOI has a substantial inventory of Government employee housing, operating about 10,000 quarters. They developed the Internet Quarters Management Information System (iQMIS), an automated system that uses rental algorithms determined by regional rental surveys to calculate rent and other charges for each quarter. iQMIS is now a shared federal service offered by the Interior Business Center (IBC, DOI), and used by 19 Federal agencies to calculate rent for approximately 18,000 quarters across the nation. iQMIS and the IBC employ all of the specific requirements of OMB Circular A-45 to determine rental rates.
The forms are used to establish and revise rental, utility, and related service charges for occupants of Government housing (quarters). Information is collected from property owners, managers, and realtors.
US Code:
5 USC 5911
Name of Law: Federal Employees Quarters and Facilities Act of 1964
Fewer responses are largely due to reductions in government-owned housing units over recent years, therefore fewer communities are surveyed. In addition, OMBâs âreduce the footprintâ mandate will also affect the government housing inventory.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.