36702 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 112 / Friday, June 9, 2000 / Notices

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy,

Planning, and Evaluation, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: Head Start Training and

Technical Assistance Assessment.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: This data will be used to

assess the Head Start Training and

Technical Assistance (T/TA) delivery

system. Data collected will provide

information on the quality of services

that Head Start Quality Improvement

Centers (QICs) provide to Head Start

grantees. Respondents will include QIC

staff, collaborative partners of QIC

organizations, and Head Start grantees.

Specifically, site visit interviews will be

conducted with QIC Directors and QIC

Area Specialists, while telephone

interviews will be conducted with QIC

Directors, Grantee Directors, and Partner

Agencies. Training and technical assistance are

critical in supporting the continuous

improvement efforts of Head Start

grantee and delegate agencies serving

children birth to five and their families.

The reports of the Advisory Committee

on Head Start Quality and Expansion in

December 1993 and the Advisory

Committee on Services for Families

with Infants and Toddlers reaffirmed

the importance of T/TA to support

program quality. The Head Start Act of

1994 (Public Law 103–252) also

emphasized the importance of T/TA and

stated that T/TA activities must ensure

that needs of local Head Start agencies

relating to improving program quality

and expansion are addressed to the

maximum extent feasible.

The assessment is designed to gather

information for program management

and planning purposes about the kind

and quality of services provided by each

QIC. Information collected will be used

by the Bureau to: (1) Identify the quality

of approaches undertaken in each phase

of the strategic planning cycle; (2)

identify any patterns or changes over

time in the delivery of T/TA; and (3)

determine the feasibility of future

initiatives and funding decisions. The

data collected will provide a means for

the Head Start Bureau to carry out the

Federal role outlines in the Cooperative

Agreement establishing the QICs.

Respondents: Head Start Quality

Improvement Centers (QIC), Head Start

Grantees, Head StartPartner Agencies.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses per

respondent

Average

burden hours

per response

Total burden

hours

QIC Director Site Visit Interview ...................................................................... 28 30 .1 84

QIC Area Specialists Site Visit Interview ......................................................... 116 19 .16* 348

QIC Director Telephone Interview ................................................................... 28 8 .19 42

HS Partner Agency Telephone Interview ........................................................ 112 11 .09 112

Grantee Director Telephone Interview ............................................................. 256 18 .11 512

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,098

* Actual figure is .1578, which creates total burden hours of 348.

Additional Information: Copies of the

proposed collection may be obtained by

writing to The Administration for

Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to

make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn:

Desk Officer for ACF.

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4565–N–15]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request; Lease

and Sale of HUD-Acquired Single

Family Properties for the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be 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.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 8,

2000.

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:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8202,

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph McCloskey, Director, Single

Family Asset Management Division,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–1672 (this is not a toll free number)

for copies of the proposed forms and

other available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection 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

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burden of the proposed collection of

information; (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

the use of appropriate automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Lease and Sale of

HUD-Acquired Single Family Properties

for the Homeless.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0412.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: HUD

seeks to assist individuals and families

who are homeless by providing them

with transitional housing and

appropriate supportive services with the

goal of helping them move to

independent living. This information

collection allows HUD to determine

whether an applicant qualifies as a

homeless provider for the purpose of

lease or purchase of a HUD-acquired

property. Without the information, the

Department would be unable to

establish eligibility. Eligible applicants,

including State and local governments,

may apply to HUD to become approved

as homeless providers. Such approval

permits the applicant to lease a HUDowned single family home with an

option to purchase, for use in housing

the homeless.

Agency Form Numbers, if applicable:

Not applicable.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: An estimation of the

total numbers of hours needed to

prepare the information collection is

600, number of respondents is 300,

frequency response is one-time, and the

hours of response is 2.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement without

change of a previously approved

collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 4 U.S.C., Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

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BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4565–N–16]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request; Single

Family Premium Collection

Subsystem—Upfront

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be 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.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 8,

2000.

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:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room

8202, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Natalia Yee, Single Family Insurance

Operations Division, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–1858, Ext. 3506

(this is not a toll free number) for

information on the Single Family

Premium Collection Subsystem-Upfront

(formerly form HUD–27001, Transmittal

of Upfront Mortgage Insurance

Premium).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection 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; (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

the use of appropriate automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Single Family

Premium Collection Subsystem—

Upfront.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0423.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

Single Family Premium Collection

Subsystem-Upfront (SFPCS–U) replaced

the One-Time Mortgage Insurance

Premium System which lenders used to

remit Upfront Mortgage Insurance

Premiums using funds obtained from

the mortgagor during the closing of the

mortgage transaction at settlement. The

form HUD–27001, Transmittal of

Upfront Mortgage Insurance Premium,

is now obsolete. However, the

information collection is still in effect.

SFPCS–U strengthens HUD’s ability to

manage and process single family

mortgage insurance premium

collections and corrections for the

majority of insured single family

mortgages. It also improves data

integrity for the Single Family Mortgage

Insurance Program. FHA approved

lenders use versions of Mellon’s

Telecash and HUD Mortgage Premium

Connection (HUD–MPC) software for all

transmissions with SFPCS–U. The

authority for this collection of

information is specified in 24 CFR

203.283 and 24 CFR 203.284. The

collection of information is also used in

calculating refunds due to former FHA

mortgagors when they apply for

homeowner refunds of the unearned

portion of the mortgage insurance

premium, 24 CFR 203.283, as

appropriate. Without this information

the premium collection/monitoring

process would be severely impeded, and

program data would be unreliable. In

general, lenders use the new software to

remit the upfront premium through

SFPCS–U to obtain mortgage insurance

for the homeowner.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Not applicable.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 0.5 hours per

response, including the time for

reviewing instruction, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

completing and reviewing the collecting

of information. The burden of

completing the form will be eliminated.