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Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

(drawdowns 

annually per 

program) 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Resident Opportunities 

and Supportive Services (ROSS) SC 

50080–SC ................. 400 12 4,800.00 .25 1200 25.96 31,152 

Family Self-Sufficiency 

50080–FSS ............... 850 12 10,200.00 .25 2,550.00 25.96 66,198.00 

Jobs Plus ..................... 50 12 600 1 600 25.96 15,576.00 

6,836 ........................ 82,032 ........................ 21,375 ........................ 554,895.00 

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. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35. 

Nicholas Bilka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Programs and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02297 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7080–N–07] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of 

the Moving to Work Demonstration 

Program Expansion, OMB Control No.: 

2528–0328 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

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 

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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 Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per 

response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per 

response 

Cost 

Interview Guide for 

MTW PHAs ............... 93 1 93 1 93 $52.14 $4,849.02 

Online Survey for NonMTW PHAs ............... 12 1 12 0.50 6 52.14 312.84 

Interview Guide for 

Non-MTW PHAs ....... 24 1 24 1 24 52.14 1,251.36 

Total ...................... 129.00 ........................ ........................ ........................ 123 ........................ 6,413.22 

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 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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02296 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–ES–2024–N001; 

FXES11130500000–245–FF05E00000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Recovery Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 

comment on these applications. Before 

issuing the requested permits, we will 

take into consideration any information 

that we receive during the public 

comment period. 


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