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Information collection

Number of
respondents

Resident Opportunities
and Supportive Services (ROSS) SC
50080–SC .................
Family Self-Sufficiency
50080–FSS ...............
Jobs Plus .....................

Frequency of
responses
(drawdowns
annually per
program)

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

4,800.00

.25

1200

25.96

31,152

850
50

12
12

10,200.00
600

.25
1

2,550.00
600

25.96
25.96

66,198.00
15,576.00

6,836

........................

82,032

........................

21,375

........................

554,895.00

Nicholas Bilka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Programs and
Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7080–N–07]
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Annual
burden hours

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

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of
the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program Expansion, OMB Control No.:
2528–0328
Office of Policy Development
and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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Burden hour
per response

400

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.

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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 the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 7,
2024.
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/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal and comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and
should be sent to: Anna Guido,
Clearance Officer, REE, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington,
DC 20410–5000; email
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410;
email: PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov. telephone (202)–402–5535.
This is not a toll-free number, HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs.
SUMMARY:

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Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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 November 16,
2023 at 88 FR 78774.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0328.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing this
collection of information for the
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
Moving to Work (MTW) is a
demonstration program that encourages
public housing agencies (PHAs) to test
ways to achieve three specific
objectives: (1) increase the cost
effectiveness of federal housing
programs, (2) increase housing choice
for low-income families, and/or (3)
encourage greater self-sufficiency of
households receiving housing
assistance. MTW designation gives
PHAs relief from many of the
regulations and statutory provisions that
apply to the public housing and
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
programs. MTW agencies can also merge
their public housing and HCV funds
into a single block grant and use these
funds (if desired) for local activities
outside of the typical public housing

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and HCV programs, such as providing
supportive services or developing
housing for populations with special
needs. In 2016, Congress authorized
HUD to expand the MTW program by
100 high performing PHAs.
The MTW expansion statute
emphasizes evaluating the MTW
program, directing HUD to expand the
program in cohorts that would allow for
‘‘one specific policy change to be
implemented. . . .’’ and rigorously
evaluated. The first cohort of the
expansion is testing the impact of MTW
designation on small PHAs, defined for
these purposes as PHAs administering
no more than 1,000 housing units across
their HCV and public housing programs.
In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement
any program and policy changes
permissible under the MTW program.
Under contract with HUD’s Office of
Policy Development and Research, Abt
Associates Inc. is conducting an

evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a
study of how PHAs use their MTW
flexibility to meet the MTW program’s
goals and a study of the impact of MTW
designation on cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, and housing choice.
The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the
Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Expansion is being implemented as a
randomized control trial. To carry out
the study, HUD randomly assigned the
43 eligible PHAs that submitted a Letter
of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one
of two groups: a treatment group (33
PHAs) that was invited to complete the
application for MTW designation and a
control group (10 PHAs) that was not
invited to complete the application for
MTW designation and therefore was not
permitted to receive MTW designation
under Cohort 1.
The evaluation will compare the
outcomes of the treatment group PHAs
to the outcomes of the control group
PHAs over a five-year period. To the

extent possible, this evaluation is
relying on analysis of secondary data
that PHAs already prepare and submit
to HUD, however, some primary data
collection is required to carry out the
evaluation.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for the
evaluation. The evaluation will use the
data described in this information
collection request to clarify and expand
on information provided in the existing
data sources and to capture qualitative
information about the experiences of
study PHAs implementing activities
related to cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, or housing choice without
MTW flexibility. The proposed
information collection consists of: (1)
interviews with MTW (treatment group)
PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW
(control group) PHAs; and (3) interviews
with non-MTW (control group) PHAs.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Information collection
Interview Guide for
MTW PHAs ...............
Online Survey for NonMTW PHAs ...............
Interview Guide for
Non-MTW PHAs .......
Total ......................

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

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Hourly cost
per
response

Cost

1

93

1

93

$52.14

$4,849.02

12

1

12

0.50

6

52.14

312.84

24

1

24

1

24

52.14

1,251.36

129.00

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........................

........................

123

........................

6,413.22

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

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hours

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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

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of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comments in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Office,
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.
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Endangered Species; Receipt of
Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.
Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.

ACTION:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
species under the Endangered Species
Act. We invite the public and local,
State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to
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