[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7682-7683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02779]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of the Treasury, is 
soliciting comments concerning the Community Development Financial 
Institutions (CDFI) Program Application and the Native American CDFI 
Assistance (NACA) Program Application.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 13, 2015 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Mark Kudlowitz, Acting Program 
Manager, CDFI Program and Native Initiatives, at the Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20020, by email 
to [email protected] or by facsimile to (202) 508-0089. Please 
note this is not a toll free number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Mark Kudlowitz, Acting Program Manager, CDFI 
Program and Native Initiatives, at the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20020 by email to [email protected] or 
by facsimile to (202) 508-0089. Please note this is not a toll free 
number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: CDFI Program Application.
    OMB Number: 1559-0021.

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    Type of Review: Non-Material revision to an existing Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of the CDFI Program and the NACA Program is 
to use federal resources to invest in CDFIs and to build their capacity 
to serve low-income people and communities that lack access to 
affordable financial products and services. The CDFI Fund is soliciting 
comments concerning the submission of supplemental application 
materials through a CDFI Fund-managed web-based application portal 
beginning in fiscal year 2016. This portal will allow CDFI Program and 
NACA Program applicants to complete and upload supplemental application 
information directly into the CDFI Fund-managed web-based application 
portal instead of uploading multiple attachments into the Grants.gov 
portal. Applicants will still be required to complete and submit the 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) official Application for 
Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424 (SF-424) via Grants.gov.
    The proposed CDFI Fund-managed web-based process to submit 
supplemental application materials is expected to reduce the time 
needed to complete the CDFI Program and NACA Program Applications for 
all applicants. It is anticipated that certain demographic information 
already submitted within CDFI Fund managed information management 
systems will pre-populate certain data for applicants. Additionally, it 
is anticipated that, along with the demographic information, historical 
financial information supplied in previous applications will be pre-
filled for prior applicants.
    Type of Review: Non-Material revision to an existing Information 
Collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, 
Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Current Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Current Estimated Annual Time per Respondent: 100.5 hours.
    Current Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,100 hours.
    Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this 
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB 
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record and may be 
published on the CDFI Fund Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 4707; 12 CFR part 1805.

    Dated: February 4, 2015.
Annie Donovan,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2015-02779 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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