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including technical and legal staff to
determine the adequacy of technical and
management approach, experience,
responsibility, responsiveness, and
expertise of the firms submitting offers;
the identification of members of the
public (i.e., small businesses) who
qualify for and are interested in
participating in the DHS SBIR Program;
and, provide the DHS SBIR Program
Office necessary and sufficient
information to determine whether
proposals submitted by the public to the
DHS SBIR Program meet the criteria for
consideration under the program.
Failure to collect this information
would adversely affect the quality of
products and services DHS receives
from contractors. Potentially, contracts
would be awarded to firms without
sufficient experience and expertise,
thereby placing the Department’s
operations in jeopardy. Defective and
inadequate contractor deliverables
would adversely affect DHS’s
fulfillment of the mission requirements
in all areas. Additionally, the
Department would be unsuccessful in
identifying small businesses with
research and development (R&D)
capabilities, which would adversely
affect the mission requirements in this
area.
Many sources of the requested
information use automated word
processing systems, databases, and web
portals to facilitate preparation of
material to be submitted and to post and
collect information. It is common place
within many of DHS’s Components for
submissions to be electronic as a result
of implementation of e-Government
initiatives.
Information technology (i.e.,
electronic web portal) is used in the
collection of information to reduce the
data gathering and records management
burden. DHS uses a secure website the
public can use to propose SBIR research
topics and submit proposals in response
to SBIR solicitations. In addition, DHS
uses a web portal to review RFIs and
register to submit a white paper or
proposal in response to a specific BAA.
The data collection forms standardize
the collection of information that is
necessary and sufficient for the DHS
SBIR Program Office to meet its
requirements under 15 U.S.C. 638.
This information collection required
by the HSAR and the SBIR and STTR
programs may or may not involve small
business contractors, depending on the
particular transaction. The burden
applied to small businesses has been
reduced to the least burdensome
commensurate with the DHS need for
the information. In certain cases,
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secure website which is intended to
minimize burden for businesses
(including small businesses) and other
for-profit entities, and not-for-profit
institutions. Small businesses and other
small entities will be able to enter
identifying information and
subsequently update rather than
resubmit the information via the
internet.
Less frequent incidence of collecting
such information as offerors’ technical
approach, management approach,
experience statements, and resumes
indicating level of expertise would
negatively affect the quality of products
and services DHS received from
contractors. Potentially, contracts would
be awarded to firms without sufficient
experience and expertise, thereby
placing the Department’s operations in
jeopardy.
Additionally, DHS collects
information that is both necessary and
sufficient to comply with 15 U.S.C. 638
and receive white papers and proposals
from the public in response to BAAs.
Failure to allow the public to submit
information would diminish the ability
of the DHS SBIR Program Office to meet
its obligation for outreach as required by
15 U.S.C. 638, evaluate white papers
and proposals in accordance with the
criteria in the BAA and provide the
respondents with the results of the
evaluation. DHS/ALL/PIA–006 General
Contact Lists dated June15, 2007 covers
the basic contact information that must
be collected for DHS. Other information
collected will typically pertain to the
contract itself, and not individuals. All
information for this information
collection is submitted voluntarily.
However, sensitive information (e.g.,
felony conviction information) may also
be collected through this information
collection. Due to this sensitivity, and
the sensitivities regarding the
procurement process as a whole, a new
PIA is required to document and
identify any potential risks associated
with collecting this information.
There is no assurance of
confidentiality provided to the
respondents.
The burden estimates are based upon
definitive proposals reported by DHS
and its Components to the Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS) for FY
2019, and, for the forms, data reported
by contracting activities related to single
source DHS other transaction awards
and modifications issued in FY 2019.
No program changes occurred and there
have been no changes to the information
being collected. However, the burden
was adjusted to reflect an agency
adjustment increase of 13,206 in the
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FY 2019, to include the number of
respondents added as a result of the
new forms, as well as an increase in the
average hourly wage rate.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate 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. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
Title: Solicitation of Proposal
Information for Award of Public
Contracts.
OMB Number: 1600–0005.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 130,418.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.8.
Total Burden Hours: 1,358,512.
Robert Dorr,
Acting Executive Director, Business
Management Directorate.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7034–N–25]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Rental Assistance
Demonstration (RAD): Supporting
Contracts and Processing
Requirements; OMB Control No.:
2502–0612
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Housing and Urban
Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection

SUMMARY:

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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: June 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
StartPrintedPage15501PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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 telephone 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. 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 May 18, 2020, at 86 FR 29739.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD);
Supporting Contracts and Processing
Requirements.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0612.
OMB Expiration Date: 04/30/2020.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
Form Numbers: 52611, 52614, 52617,
52619, 52620A, 52620B, 52621A,
52621B, 52624, 52625, 5679, 5977,
5978. New Forms: 5886, 5887, 5888,
5889, 5890, 5891, 5892, 5893, 5894,
5895, 5896, 5897, 5898, 5899, 5900,
5901, 5902, 5903, 5904.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: RAD
allows Public Housing, Mod Rehab,
Rent Supp, RAP, and 202 PRAC
properties to convert to long-term
project-based Section 8 rental assistance
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demonstration is voluntary and HUD
approval is discretionary. Participating
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and
Multifamily Owners are required to
submit documentation for processing
and completing the conversion.
Through these documents (collectively,
the RAD documents), HUD evaluates
whether the PHA or owner has met all
of the requirements necessary to
complete conversion as outlined in
Housing Notice 2019–09/PIH Notice
2019–23 (HA) Rental Assistance
Demonstration—Final Implementation
Notice (RAD Notice) Revision 4 and
Housing/PIH Notice 2016–17—Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice
Regarding Fair Housing and Civil Rights
Requirements and Relocation
Requirements Applicable to RAD First
Component—Public Housing
Conversions or successor notices. The
RAD processing request is made through
a Web-based portal. Overall, the RAD
documents and information requested
through such documents allow HUD to
determine which applicants continue to
meet the eligibility and conversion
requirements. Finally, all applicants
will be required to sign the appropriate
contractual documents to complete
conversion and bind both the applicant
and HUD, as well as set forth the rights
and duties of the applicant and HUD,
with respect to the converted project
and any payments under that project.
This is a revision request of a currently
approved collection. Several changes
have been made under both components
of RAD. The changes under the First
Component of RAD are as follows: The
inclusion of the RAD Application under
this ICR (formerly under OMB Approval
Number 2577–0278), the reorganization
and streamlining of RAD Fair Housing,
Civil Rights, and Relocation Submission
Requirements, an update of all forms to
reflect programmatic changes and
improvements over the past three years,
the replacement of a rider to an existing
PBV HAP contract with a single contract
form that incorporates all requirements
into a single form, the creation of a
survey of new contract voucher
administrators to ensure that the
amount of funding provided for
converted properties is adequate, and
the creation of a Post-Closing
Completion Certification form for
owners to document compliance with
certain requirements. In addition, under
the Second Component of RAD, the
changes are as follows: The creation of
the Submission of Interest for owners to
connect with HUD for technical
assistance, the creation of HAP contracts
for the conversion of Project Rental
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and PBV as well as the new Elderly
Housing Use Agreement to be recorded
on PRAC properties that have converted
through RAD, an update of all forms to
reflect programmatic changes and
improvements over the past three years,
and the implementation of the Mod
Rehab data, a collection of owner
information requested. Both
Components of RAD will now have the
incorporation of a Conversion Plan
under the Second Component, modeled
after the Financing Plan used in the
First Component. Both components will
also now include a collection of a postclosing completion certification to
monitor compliance with requirements
agreed to, as part of the conversion, and
ensuring that any and all record-keeping
that PHAs and owners must undertake
to comply with requirements under the
RAD Notice is acknowledged under this
ICR.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Public housing agencies and
multifamily owners.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
370.
Estimated Number of Responses: 370.
Frequency of Response: Once per
application.
Average Hours per Response: 8.32.
Total Estimated Burden: 3,079.
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
(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.

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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7034–N–27]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) Appeals;
PHAS Unaudited Financial Statement
Submission Extensions; Assisted and
Insured Housing Property Inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments; OMB Control No. 2577–
0257
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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: June 18,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
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SUMMARY:

may receive HUD assistance, and are
subject to possible penalties. For the
Office of Housing, accurate scores are
vital to their monitoring and compliance
efforts. Unacceptable property scores
result in automatic penalties and
referral for enforcement actions.
Pursuant to § 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
HUD established procedures in the
Public Housing Assessment System
(PHAS) rule for a public housing
agencies (PHAs) to appeal an overall
PHAS score or a troubled designation
(§ 902.69). The PHAS rule in §§ 902.24
and 902.68 also provides that under
certain circumstances PHAs may submit
a request for a database adjustment and
technical review, respectively, of
physical condition inspection results.
Pursuant to the Office of Housing
Physical Condition of Multifamily
Properties regulation at § 200.857(d) and
(e), multifamily property owners also
have the right, under certain
circumstances, to submit a request for a
database adjustment and technical
review, respectively, of physical
condition inspection results.
Appeals, when granted, change
assessment scores and designations;
database adjustments and technical
reviews, when granted, change property
physical condition scores. These
changes result is more accurate
assessments.
Section 902.60 of the PHAS rule also
provides that, in extenuating
circumstances, PHAs may request an
extension of time to submit required
unaudited financial information. When
granted, an extension of time postpones
the imposition of sanctions for a late
submission.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and
Multifamily Housing property owners
(MF POs).

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Interested persons are invited to submit
comments regarding this proposal.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
Start Printed Page 15501PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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 March 9, 2021 at 86 FR 13581.
Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS)
Appeals; Public Housing and
Multifamily Housing Technical Reviews
and Database Adjustments; Assisted and
Insured Housing property inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0257.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–52306.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
collection of this information supports
HUD’s ongoing mission to provide safe,
decent, and habitable housing to low
income households. To ensure HUD’s
subsidized housing meets this criteria
accurate data and information collection
is required to provide an assessment
reflective of the property’s condition.
Poorly performing PHAs may be subject
to additional reporting requirements,

BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR RESPONDENTS FOR APPEALS, TRS AND DBAS
Number of
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Type
PHA Appeal .................................................
PHA Extension ............................................
PHA DBA ....................................................
PHA TR .......................................................
MF PO DBA ................................................
MF PO TR ...................................................

182
79
173
271
233
876

Totals ...................................................

1,814

B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected

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response

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responses

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1
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parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
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Total annual
burden hours
910
13
1,384
2,168
1,864
7,008
13,347

(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of

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