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Note: The address listed in this notice 

should only be used to submit comments 

concerning this information collection. 

Please do not submit requests for individual 

case status inquiries to this address. If you 

are seeking information about the status of 

your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case 

Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/ 

Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National 

Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283. 

When submitting comments by email 

please make sure to add OMB Control 

Number 1615–0080 in the subject box. 

Written comments and suggestions from 

the public and affected agencies should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 

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 submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

USCIS Case Status Online. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: No Agency 

Form Number (File No. OMB–33); U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households, for-profit organizations, 

and not-for-profit organizations. This 

system allows individuals and their 

representatives to request case status of 

pending applications through USCIS’ 

Web site. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 20,000,000 responses at 0.075 

hours (41⁄2 minutes) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 1,500,000 annual burden 

hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions, or 

additional information, please visit 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

If additional information is required 

contact: USCIS, Regulatory 

Coordination Division, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., Suite 5012, 

Washington, DC 20529–2210, (202) 272– 

8377. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Sunday Aigbe, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8985 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5629–N–01] 

Authority To Accept Unsolicited 

Research Proposals 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice: Authority to accept 

unsolicited proposals for research 

partnerships. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

HUD’s Office of Policy Development 

and Research has the authority to accept 

unsolicited research proposals that 

address one of the following research 

priorities: (1) HUD demonstrations, (2) 

using housing as a platform for 

improving quality of life, (3) the 

American Housing Survey data, or (4) 

housing technology. In accordance with 

statutory requirements, the research 

projects must be funded at least 50 

percent by philanthropic entities and/or 

federal, state or local government 

agencies. 

DATES: Proposals may be submitted at 

any time and will be evaluated as they 

are received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions should be directed by email 

to ResearchPartnerships@hud.gov, by 

telephone to Sarah Schaefer, Office of 

Policy Development at (202) 402–6846 

(this number is not toll-free), or by mail 

to the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 8114, 

Washington, DC 20410, ATTENTION: 

Research Partnerships. Persons with 

speech or hearing impairments may call 

the Federal Relay Service TTY at 800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112– 

55, approved November 18, 2011) (2012 

Appropriations Act) authorizes the 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research (PD&R) to enter into noncompetitive cooperative agreements for 

projects that are aligned with PD&R’s 

research priorities and where HUD can 

gain value by having substantial 

involvement in the research activity. 

Research Priorities 

HUD may enter into noncompetitive 

cooperative agreements for research 

proposals that inform important policy 

and program objectives of HUD that are 

not otherwise being addressed and that 

focus on one of HUD’s research 

priorities. For 2012, HUD’s four research 

priorities all focus on projects in the 

United States. The research priorities 

are: 

(1) HUD demonstrations. HUD values 

demonstrations as a method for 

evaluating new policy and program 

initiatives. HUD is interested in research 

opportunities that take advantage of its 

demonstrations, including completed, 

current, and future demonstrations. For 

example, the Moving to Opportunity 

demonstration was completed in 2011, 

but additional policy questions remain 

that could be answered using the 

existing data. In addition, the Choice 

Neighborhoods demonstration is 

currently under way and the Rental 

Assistance Demonstration and Small 

Area FMR Demonstration will both 

begin in 2012, all of which provide 

further opportunities for research. 

(2) Using housing as a platform to 

improve quality of life. For the first 

time, HUD identified using housing as 

a platform for improving quality of life 

as a goal in its Strategic Plan. 

Specifically, HUD is interested in how 

HUD assistance can be used to improve 

educational outcomes and early learning 

and development; improve health 

outcomes; increase economic security 

and self sufficiency; improve housing 

stability through supportive services for 

vulnerable populations, including the 

elderly, people with disabilities, 

homeless people, and those individuals 

and families at risk of becoming 

homeless; and improve public safety. To 

evaluate the ability of housing 

assistance to positively affect these 

various outcomes requires reaching 

beyond the sphere of housing to health, 

education, and other areas. 

(3) Use of American Housing Survey 

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investments is the American Housing 

Survey (AHS). The AHS provides a 

wealth of data on size and composition 

of the nation’s housing inventory, which 

could be more effectively used by 

researchers to address questions about 

housing market dynamics. 

(4) Housing technology for 

construction and rehabilitation work for 

HUD-funded clients. Public and private 

housing providers are increasingly using 

housing technology to improve energy 

efficiency or to introduce green or 

sustainable housing rehabilitation, 

construction, or products in the HUDfunded housing. HUD is interested in 

research that explores the successful 

efforts and knowledge of the private 

building sector that carries out 

construction and rehabilitation work for 

HUD-funded clients. This would be 

accomplished by examining products 

and systems, the decision-making 

process by private and public parties, 

and strategies pursued by private and 

philanthropic parties producing and 

promoting products and systems. HUD’s 

interest is in encouraging replication of 

successful efforts by both private 

builders and HUD clients. 

Cost Sharing 

Cost sharing is required for research 

projects to be eligible for funding 

through HUD’s non-competitive 

cooperative agreement authority. In 

accordance with the 2012 

Appropriations Act, at least 50 percent 

of the total estimated cost of the project 

must come from a philanthropic entity, 

other federal agency, or state or local 

government agency, or any combination 

of these partners. For the purposes of 

the cost-sharing requirement, HUD 

defines a philanthropic entity as the 

subset of 501(c)(3) organizations that 

directly fund research activities. These 

include private foundations, public 

charities, and operating foundations. An 

educational institution may have a 

separate foundation, which would be 

considered a philanthropic entity for 

these purposes. Philanthropic entities 

may include foreign entities. 

Contributions do not include waiver of 

overhead or similar costs. 

Proposals 

Proposals should contain sufficient 

information for PD&R to identify 

whether the research would meet 

statutory requirements for cost sharing 

and alignment with the research 

priorities identified above. Additionally, 

proposals should include the name, 

title, and telephone number of an 

individual that PD&R may contact in the 

event of any questions about the 

proposal. Proposals for research 

partnerships that have already been 

submitted to HUD as part of a grant 

competition are ineligible as the subject 

of a non-competitive cooperative 

agreement. 

Proposal Review 

Proposals will be reviewed by a 

person or persons within HUD who are 

knowledgeable in the field of endeavor 

related to the substance of the research 

proposal. An Advisory Committee that 

includes the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

(DAS) for the Office of Research, 

Evaluation and Monitoring, the DAS for 

the Office of Policy Development, the 

DAS for the Office of Economic Affairs, 

the DAS for the Office of International 

and Philanthropic Innovation, and the 

DAS for the Office of University 

Partnerships, or any delegate asked to 

act on his or her behalf, will review 

proposals and make recommendations 

to the Assistant Secretary of PD&R. That 

recommendation will be documented 

and sent to the Office of the General 

Counsel and PD&R’s Budget office 

concurrent with submission to the 

Assistant Secretary. As required by the 

statutory authority within the 

appropriations bill, HUD will report 

each award provided through a 

cooperative agreement in the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act Sub-award Reporting 

System created under the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8972 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5601–N–15] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for use to assist the 

homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing 

this Notice to identify Federal buildings 

and other real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. The properties were 

reviewed using information provided to 

HUD by Federal landholding agencies 

regarding unutilized and underutilized 

buildings and real property controlled 

by such agencies or by GSA regarding 

its inventory of excess or surplus 

Federal property. This Notice is also 

published in order to comply with the 

December 12, 1988 Court Order in 

National Coalition for the Homeless v. 

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503– 

OG (D.D.C.). On April 6, 2012, HUD 

published an announcement in the 

Federal Register that stated that the 

notice of unutilized, underutilized, 

excess, and surplus Federal property 

reviewed by HUD for suitability for use 

to assist the homeless would not be 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 6, 2012, but would be published 

on April 20, 2012. The April 6, 2012, 

announcement only pertained to the 

properties that would have been 

published on April 6, 2012. Because of 

the length of the April 6, 2012, report, 

the Federal Register could not 

accommodate publication until April 

20, 2012. Today’s publication, however, 

is the report intended to be published 

on April 13, 2012. 

Properties reviewed are listed in this 

Notice according to the following 

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ 

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and 

unsuitable. The properties listed in the 

three suitable categories have been 

reviewed by the landholding agencies, 

and each agency has transmitted to 

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the 

property available for use to assist the 

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the 

property excess to the agency’s needs, or 

(3) a statement of the reasons that the 

property cannot be declared excess or 

made available for use as facilities to 

assist the homeless. 

Properties listed as suitable/available 

will be available exclusively for 

homeless use for a period of 60 days 

from the date of this Notice. Where 

property is described as for ‘‘off-site use 

only’’ recipients of the property will be 

required to relocate the building to their 

own site at their own expense. 


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