30 Day Notice

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8. Cost Proposal
• Outline the total proposed cost of
establishing and administering the SBTRC in
the applicant’s geographical region for a 12
month period, inclusive of costs funded
through alternative matching resources.
Clearly identify the portion of the costs
funded by OSDBU.
• Provide a brief narrative linking the cost
proposal to the proposed strategy.
9. Proof of Tax Exempt Status
10. Assurances Signature Form
Complete the attached Standard Form
424B ASSURANCES-NON-CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAMS identified as Attachment 1.
11. Certification Signature Forms
Complete form DOTF2307–1 DRUG-FREE
WORKPLACE ACT CERTIFICATION FOR a
GRANTEE OTHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL
identified as attachment 2 and Form
DOTF2308–1 CERTIFICATION REGARDING
LOBBYING FOR CONTRACTS, GRANTS,
LOANS, AND COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS identified as Attachment 3.
Signed Conflict of Interest Statements
The statements must say that they, or
members of their immediate families, do not
have a personal, business or financial interest
in any DOT-funded transportation projects,
nor any relationships with local or state
transportation agencies that may have the
appearance of a conflict of interest.
12. Standard Form 424
Complete Standard Form 424 Application
for Federal Assistance identified as
Attachment 4.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL FORMS
HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED
OFFICIAL WHO CAN LEGALLY
REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION.
Issued in Washington, DC, January 20,
2016.
Brandon Neal,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0221 (Formerly
Docket Number DOT–OST–2012–0080)]

Agency Requests for Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection: Small Business
Transportation Resource Center
(SBTRC) Regional Field Offices Intake
Form (DOT F 4500)
Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU), Office of the Secretary of
Transportation (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

The OSDBU invites the public
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request the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew an
information collection. The collection
involves the use of the SBTRC Regional
Field Offices Intake Form (DOT F 4500).
On November 12, 2015, OSDBU
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register (Vol. 80, No. 218) (Formerly
Docket Number DOT–OST–2012–0080),
informing the public of OSDBU’s
intention to extend an approved
information collection. The collection
involves the use of the Regional Field
Offices Intake Form (DOT F 4500),
which documents the type of assistance
provided to each small business that is
enrolled in the program database. The
information will be used to ascertain
whether the program is providing
services to its constituency, the small
business community, and is done so in
a fair and equitable manner. The
information collected is necessary to
determine whether small businesses are
participating in DOT funded and DOT
assisted opportunities.
We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by: March 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Your comments should be
identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
2015–0221 and may be submitted
through one of the following methods:
• Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for U.S.
Department of Transportation, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
• Email: oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov.
• Fax: (202) 395–5806. Attention:
DOT/OST Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Harris, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W56–444,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–2253
or [email protected] (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU).
Affected Public: Representatives of
OSDBU’s SBTRC Regional Field Offices
and the Small Business community on
a national basis.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection of
Information.

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Abstract: In accordance with Public
Law 95–507, an amendment to the
Small Business Act and the Small
Business Investment Act of 1953,
OSDBU is responsible for the
implementation and execution of DOT
activities on behalf of small businesses,
in accordance with Sections 8, 15 and
31 of the Small Business Act (SBA), as
amended. The Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization also
administers the provisions of Title 49, of
the United States Code, Section 332, the
Minority Resource Center (MRC) which
includes the duties of advocacy,
outreach, and financial services on
behalf of small and disadvantaged
businesses and those certified under
CFR 49 parts 23 and or 26 as
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBE).
SBTRC’s Regional Field Offices will
collect information on small businesses,
which includes Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE), Women-Owned Small
Business (WOB), Small Disadvantaged
Business (SDB), 8(a), Service Disabled
Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB),
Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB),
HubZone, and types of services they
seek from the Regional Field Offices.
Services and responsibilities of the
Field Offices include business analysis,
general management and technical
assistance and training, business
counseling, outreach services/
conference participation, short-term
loan and bond assistance. The
cumulative data collected will be
analyzed by the OSDBU to determine
the effectiveness of services provided,
including counseling, outreach, and
financial services. Such data will also be
analyzed by the OSDBU to determine
agency effectiveness in assisting small
businesses to enhance their
opportunities to participate in
government contracts and subcontracts.
The Regional Field Offices Intake
Form, (DOT F 4500) is used to enroll
small business clients into the program
in order to create a viable database of
firms that can participate in government
contracts and subcontracts, especially
those projects that are transportation
related. Each area on the fillable pdf
form must be filled in electronically by
the Field Offices and submitted every
quarter to OSDBU. The Offices will
retain a copy of each Intake Form for
their records. The completion of the
form is used as a tool for making
decisions about the needs of the
business, such as; referral to technical
assistance agencies for help, identifying
the type of profession or trade of the
business, the type of certification that
the business holds, length of time in
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data can assist the Field Offices in
developing a business plan or adjusting
their business plan to increase its ability
to market its goods and services to
buyers and potential users of their
services.
Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field
Offices.
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: The information will be
collected quarterly.
Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 600 hours per year (90
minutes per response to complete each
Intake Form).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, by the use of electronic
means, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. The agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1,
2016.
Habib Azarsina,
OST Privacy and PRA Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Funds Availability Inviting
Applications for the Fiscal Year (FY)
2016 Funding Round of the Capital
Magnet Fund
Announcement Type: Announcement
of funding opportunity.
Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI–
2016–CMF
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.011
Electronic applications for must
be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(ET), March 30, 2016.
Key Dates:

DATES:

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FY 2016 CMF PROGRAM FUNDING ROUND CRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS
Deadline

SF–424 Mandatory form ........................................

March 16, 2016 .............

Last day to contact CMF Program Staff ................

March 28, 2016 .............

CMF Application and Required Attachments .........

March 30, 2016 .............

Executive Summary: The Capital
Magnet Fund (CMF) is administered by
the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). Through
the CMF, the CDFI Fund provides
financial assistance grants to
Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFIs), and to qualified
Nonprofit Organizations that have the
development or management of
affordable housing as one of their
principal purposes. All awards provided
through this Notice of Funds
Availability (NOFA) are subject to
funding availability.
I. Program Description

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Description

A. Authorizing Statutes and
Regulations: The CMF was established
through the Housing and Economic
Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), which
added section 1339 to the Federal
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety
and Soundness Act of 1992. Under
(HERA), the Government Sponsored
Enterprises (GSEs), Federal National
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac), are required
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Submission method
Electronically via Grants.gov.
CDFI Fund Helpdesk: 202–653–0421 or cmf@
cdfi.treas.gov.
Electronically via Awards Management Information System (AMIS).

unpaid principal balances of total new
business purchases, of which 25 percent
must be deposited into a reserve fund
for the HOPE for Homeowners Program
for FY 2016, and, of the remaining
amount available, the Housing Trust
Fund will receive 65 percent of the
funds, and the CMF will receive 35
percent of the funds. The Federal
Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting
as the GSEs’ conservator, temporarily
suspended these allocations before they
began, and Congress appropriated $80
million to fund an initial round of the
CMF in FY 2010. In December 2014, the
FHFA lifted its suspension of the GSEs’
allocation and directed the GSEs to
begin allocating funds for the CMF. This
NOFA announces that the CDFI Fund
will make CMF Awards when such
funds are made available through the
GSEs’ FY 2015 annual allocation. The
regulations that govern the CMF are the
interim rule (12 CFR part 1807), which
has been simultaneously published for
comment with this NOFA, and the CDFI
Fund’s environmental regulations at 12
CFR part 1815 (environmental quality
regulations).
The CDFI Fund encourages
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rule, this NOFA, the environmental
quality regulations, the CMF funding
application (referred to hereafter as the
‘‘Application’’, meaning the application
submitted in response to this NOFA),
and the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
(2 CFR part 200; 78 FR 78590) (Uniform
Administrative Requirements or UAR)
for a complete understanding of the
program. Each capitalized term in this
NOFA is defined herein, in the interim
rule, the Application, or the Uniform
Administrative Requirements. Details
regarding Application content
requirements are found in the
Application and related materials.
B. History: The CDFI Fund was
established by the Riegle Community
Development Banking and Financial
Institutions Act of 1994 to promote
economic revitalization and community
development through investment in and
assistance to CDFIs. Since its creation in
1994, the CDFI Fund has awarded over
$2 billion to CDFIs, community
development organizations, and
financial institutions through the
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