§ 985.101 SEMAP certification
§ 985.102 SEMAP profile
§ 985.103 SEMAP score and overall performance rating
§ 985.104 PHA right of appeal of overall rating
§ 985.105 HUD SEMAP responsibilities
§ 985.106 Required actions for SEMAP deficiencies
§ 985.107 Required actions for PHA with troubled performance rating
§ 985.108 SEMAP records
§ 985.109 Default under the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC)

Terms Used In CFR > Title 24 > Subtitle B > Chapter IX > Part 985 > Subpart B - Program Operation

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.