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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Housing and Urban Development Department

FR ID: [FR-5130-N-22]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notification of the establishment of a new System of Records, TrackingataGlance[supreg] (TAAG).

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Privacy Act; Proposed New System of Records, Tracking-at-a- Glance[supreg] Case Management Services for the Disaster Housing Assistance Program

DATES: Effective Date: This action shall be effective without further notice on May 23, 2008, unless comments are received during or before this period that would result in a contrary determination.

Comment Due Date: May 23, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: HUD proposes to establish a new Privacy Act record system to add to its inventory of systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new system of records is the TAAG case management system. This record system will be used for program implementation activities related to the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) case management services. DHAP is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pilot grant program to provide temporary rental subsidies and case management for nonHUD assisted individuals and families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita. HUD is the servicing agency that administers the DHAP program for FEMA.

SUMMARY: Privacy Act; Proposed New System of Records,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

In July 2007, HUD and FEMA executed an Interagency Agreement (IAA) under which HUD acts as the servicing agency for administering the DHAP program. Pursuant to FEMA's grant authority, grants are provided to local PHAs to administer DHAP on behalf of FEMA. Under DHAP, public housing authorities (PHAs) will make rental assistance payments on behalf of eligible families to participating landlords for the duration of the program, ending on March 1, 2009. In order to prepare the family for this eventuality, FEMA requires that case management services be provided for the entire duration of DHAP. The objectives of these services are greater self sufficiency and permanent housing status for participating individuals and families. This will include assisting program participants identify nondisaster supported housing solutions such as other affordable housing options that may be available for income eligible families. PHAs are required to report case management outputs and outcomes through TAAG, which is the DHAP case management reporting system for the duration of the program. TAAG will contain personal identifying information from PHAs about program participants; such as, name, social security number, etc. Please refer to the following ``categories of records'' section for other personal/sensitive data
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types collected, maintained and disseminated by this system.

Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) provide that the public be afforded a 30day period in which to comment on the new system of records. The new system report was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix 1 to OMB Circular No. A130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' July 25, 1994 (59 FR 37914).

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a 88 Stat. 1896; 42 U.S.C. 3535 (d).

Dated: April 16, 2008.
Joseph M. Milazzo,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
HUD/PIH06

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT The Departmental Privacy Act Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone Number (202) 4028073 (This is not a tollfree number.) A telecommunication device for hearing and speechimpaired individuals (TTY) is available at (800) 8778339 (Federal Information Relay Service).