Your Government At Work….

The item below appears in the Federal Register of July 14th.

Please leave a comment if you know what the announcement means (or if you would like to guess, take a shot in the dark, make up something, etc. that’s okay too).

I do wonder: Why do some responses take less than a minute while others could require four hours?

Responses to what?

“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 number of burden hours is 692,304, the number of respondents is 223, the number of responses is 614,728, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response is from less than a minute to 4 hours depending upon the activity.”

If 223 respondents will generate 614,728 responses, that’s 2,756.62 responses per respondent. Let us hope that the 223 respondents are not individual FHA mortgage borrowers….

Enjoy — and have a great weekend.

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[Federal Register: July 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 40359]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14jy08-81]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5191-N-16]

Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; FHA-
Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing Involving the Claims and Conveyance
Process, Property Inspection/Preservation

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: September 12, 2008.

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: FHA-Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing Involving
the Claims and Conveyance Process, Property Inspection/Preservation.

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0429.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: FHA
insurance is an important source of mortgage credit for low and
moderate-income borrowers and their neighborhoods. It is essential that
FHA maintain a healthy mortgage insurance fund through premiums charged
the borrower by FHA along with Federal budget receipts generated from
those premiums to support HUD’s goals. Providing policy and guidance to
the single family housing mortgage industry regarding changes in FHA’s
program is essential to protect the fund. The OMB information requests
referred to below provide HUD’s policy and guidance. This information
collection request for OMB review seeks to combine the requirements of
three existing OMB collections under this collection. The OMB
collections are as follows; OMB collections 2502-0268 “Request for
Occupied Conveyance”, 2502-0349 “Certified Eligibility for
Adjustments for Damage or Neglect” and 2502-0436 “Mortgagee’s Request
for Extension of Time”.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-09519-A, Property
Inspection Report, HUD-09539, Request for Occupied Conveyance, HUD-
27011, Parts A, B, C, D, E, Single Family Application for Insurance
Benefits, HUD-50002, Request to Exceed Cost Limits for Preservation and
Protection, HUD-50012, Mortgagees Request for Extension of Time
Requirements, HUD-91022, Mortgagee Notice of Foreclosure Sale.

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 number of burden hours is 692,304,
the number of respondents is 223, the number of responses is 614,728,
the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per
response is from less than a minute to 4 hours depending upon the
activity.

Status of the proposed information collection: This is an existing
collection (OMB 2502-0429) that will be revised.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.

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