Section 3 COSCDA Program Managers Conference March 13, 2017 Rafiq Munir Economic Opportunity Division Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

What’s New in Section 3 Update on Section 3 Proposed Rule Section 3 Reporting with SPEARS Trends SPEARS Reporting System Section 3 Business Registry Other Initiatives

Section 3 Proposed Rule Published in the Federal Register March 27, 2015 60-Day Comment Period ended May 26, 2015 Departmental Review of Comments thru Nov/Dec 2016 Current status: waiting for direction from new administration

Section 3 Trends $4.8B 26,000 2012 - 2015 Section 3 Businesses Section 3 Contracting 26,000 Section 3 Businesses receiving contracts 4 4 4

Evolution of SPEARS- Section 3 Performance Evaluation and Registry System Nov/Dec 2013: Initial launch disabled due to technical challenges Aug 2015 – Successful Relaunch: Registration for access via Web Access Secure System (WASS) SPEARS 2.0: Elimination of unnecessary granularity, Program Code Program Areas SPEARS 3.0: May 2017, auto reminders, presentation of expected reports SPEARS 4.0: ??? 5

Section 3 Business Registry 6

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