[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


Schedule of Workshops in Connection With the Notice of Funds 
Availability Inviting Applications for the Bank Enterprise Award 
Program

AGENCY: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department 
of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Scheduled Workshops.

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SUMMARY: The Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions 
Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) authorizes the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund (hereafter referred to as ``the 
Fund'') to provide incentives to insured depository institutions for 
the purposes of promoting investments in or other support to Community 
Development Financial Institutions (``CDFIs'') and facilitating 
increased lending and provision of financial and other services in 
economically distressed communities. Insured depository institutions 
and CDFIs are defined terms in an interim rule (12 CFR part 1806) 
published in the December 5, 1997 issue of the Federal Register, 
implementing and governing the Bank Enterprise Award (``BEA'') Program. 
Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Fund has published 
a Notice of Funds Availability (``NOFA'') inviting applications for the 
BEA Program. The deadline for receipt of an application is 6 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 24, 1998. In connecton with 
the NOFA, the Fund is conducting workshops to disseminate information 
to organizations contemplating applying and other organizations 
interested in learning about the BEA Program.

DATES: Anyone wishing to attend a workshop should call or fax the Fund 
with their request for the workshop registration form or an Application 
package. Application packages will include the workshop schedule and 
registration form. Please fax the workshop registration form to the 
Fund ten business days prior to the workshop date. The Fund will be 
holding workshops on the following dates:

September 22, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA;
September 23, 1998 in Pheonix, AZ;
September 29, 1998 in New York City, NY;
October 8, 1998 in Louisville, KY;
October 13, 1998 in Dallas, TX;
October 16, 1998 in Atlanta, GA;
October 19, 1998 in Boston, MA;
October 20, 1998 in Chicago, IL;
October 21, 1998 in Sioux Falls, SD;
October 22, 1998 in Baltimore, MD; and
October 26, 1998 in Seattle, WA

ADDRESSES: Requests shall be sent to: Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, 
NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC, 20005 by telephone at (202) 622-
8662 or by facsimile at (202) 622-7754. These are not toll free 
numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All questions regarding the times and 
locations of the workshops, NOFA, Application package, or program 
requirements should be directed to the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, 20005 by telephone at (202) 622-8662 or by 
facsimile at (202) 622-7754. These are not toll free numbers. If you 
are requesting an application package, please allow at least two weeks 
for delivery.

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1834a, 4703, 4703 note, 4713; 12 CFR part 
1806.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 21.021

    Dated: August 27, 1998.
Paul R. Gentille,
Deputy Director for Management/Chief Financial Officer, Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 98-23558 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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