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Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel. 215–656–7070. 

Washington, DC Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 510, 

Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202–219–3562. 

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213–202–3952. 

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Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region 5—Chicago, 200 West Adams 

Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 public agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

Currently, the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

(CDFI) Fund, Department of the 

Treasury, is soliciting comments 

concerning the Evaluation of the New 

Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program. 

This notice announces the CDFI Fund’s 

intent to request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for new information collection 

activities associated with an 

independent, multi-year evaluation of 

the NMTC Program. It includes a onetime information collection effort 

involving participants and stakeholders 

in the program, which is intended to 

describe and assess program activities as 

well as identify project-specific and 

community level outputs and outcomes. 

The data collection will provide critical 

information for the evaluation. 

Clearance is requested for the following 

new data collection activities: (1) Casestyle data collection related to 

approximately 80 randomly sampled 

NMTC projects that will consist of semistructured telephone interviews with 

persons associated with those projects— 

i.e., approximately 80 representatives of 

Community Development Entities 

(CDEs), 80 representatives of Qualified 

Active Low Income Businesses 

(QALICBs), 80 investors, and 80 other 

key project stakeholders; (2) a webbased, predominantly closed-ended 

survey of representatives of 

approximately 380 QALICBs; and (3) a 

web-based, predominantly closed-ended 

survey of approximately 380 local 

community/economic development 

officials. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 5, 2010 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Greg 

Bischak, Program Manager for Financial 

Strategies and Research, Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, by e-mail to 

cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov, or by facsimile 

to (202) 622–7754. Please note this is 

not a toll-free number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Greg Bischak at 

(202) 622–8669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Evaluation of the New Markets 

Tax Credit (NMTC) Program. 

OMB Number: Not yet assigned. 

Type of Request: New collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The NMTC Program was 

established by the Community Renewal 

Tax Relief Act of 2000 to encourage 

private capital investment in lowincome communities that are, or are 

perceived to be, high investment risks. 

It permits individual and corporate 

taxpayers to receive a credit against 

federal income taxes for making 

qualified equity investments in 

designated Community Development 

Entities (CDEs). Substantially all of the 

qualified equity investment must in turn 

be used by CDEs to provide investments 

in Qualified Active Low-Income 

Community Businesses (QALICBs), 

which include both operating 

businesses and real estate 

developments. The federal tax credits 

are allocated competitively by the CDFI 

Fund to CDEs. CDEs, in turn, select the 

projects in which to invest. 

There is considerable flexibility and, 

consequently, variability with respect to 

the types of projects that can be 

supported by NMTC-stimulated 

investments. They can include for-profit 

and non-profit businesses involving a 

range of commercial, industrial, retail, 

manufacturing, mixed-uses, and 

facilities such as for childcare, health or 

charter schools. 

The evaluation involves multiple 

research methods to produce valid 

evidence for describing and assessing 

program activities and outcomes. The 

focus is on the program’s primary 

objective of attracting capital to lowincome, economically distressed 

communities so as to further their 

economic and community development. 

The evaluation is intended to inform an 

array of important policy questions, 

including: How and in what manner the 

program is affecting the flow of new 

private capital to low-income 

communities; where, in what timeframe, 

and how that capital is invested to 

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development objectives; and the 

quantity, nature, and quality of the 

benefits to low-income communities 

and persons that can potentially be 

attributed to the NMTC Program. 

The evaluation includes: (a) A review 

of the relevant economic development, 

performance measurement, and tax 

credit literature; (b) interviews with key 

NMTC stakeholders; (c) an analysis of 

NMTC administrative data; (d) the 

development of a typology of NMTC 

projects; and (e) an examination of 

secondary public and private data. To 

address the key evaluation issues noted 

above, new data must be gathered about 

NMTC projects beyond what is already 

being collected by the CDFI Fund. 

Clearance is requested for the following 

new data collection efforts: (1) Casestyle data collection related to 

approximately 80 randomly sampled 

NMTC projects that will consist of semistructured telephone interviews with 

approximately 80 CDEs, 80 QALICBs, 80 

investors, and 80 other key project 

stakeholders; (2) a web-based, 

predominantly closed-ended survey of 

representatives of approximately 380 

QALICBs; and (3) a web-based, 

predominantly closed-ended survey of 

approximately 380 local community/ 

economic development officials. 

Toward this end, clearance is 

requested for four topical discussion 

guides, a data sheet for CDEs, a data 

sheet for QALICBs, and two survey 

instruments. 

Respondents are CDEs that received 

NMTC allocation authority and used 

these credits to finance qualified 

investments, QALICBs that received 

equity or debt investments using 

NMTCs, investors in projects that 

include NMTCs, local community and 

economic development officials or other 

stakeholders in NMTC projects, such as 

accountants, attorneys, or local 

organizations involved in the projects. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

890. 

Number of Responses per 

Respondent: In general, it is expected 

that each CDE will respond only once. 

Some CDE representatives may be 

requested to respond more than once 

because they may have provided 

allocations for more than one project in 

the sample selected. 

Estimated Time per Response: All 

burden estimates include respondents’ 

time to prepare for and complete 

surveys, information sheets (where 

applicable) and interviews. Estimated 

times are as follows: QALICB survey: 30 

minutes; Local Community/Economic 

Development Officials’ Survey: 20 

minutes; CDE and QALICB Telephone 

Interviews: 60 minutes; Investor and 

Local Stakeholder Interviews: 45 

minutes; and CDE and QALICB Data 

Sheet: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 494 hours. 

Requests for Comments: All written 

comments will be open for public 

inspection and may be obtained from 

the CDFI Fund’s Web site at http:// 

www.cdfifund.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

be a matter of public record. Comments 

are invited on the following: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(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 those who are to respond, including 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 45D; 31 U.S.C. 321; 

26 CFR 1.45D–1. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

Donna J. Gambrell, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Claim Against the United States for the 

Proceeds of a Government Check 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, 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 a 

continuing information collection. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the Form FMS–1133 ‘‘Claim Against the 

United States for the Proceeds of a 

Government Check.’’ 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 

Records and Information Management 

Branch, Room 135, 3700 East West 

Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed to Dawn Johns, 

Manager, Check Claims Branch, Room 

831D, 3700 East West Highway, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782, (202) 874–8445 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: Claim Against the United States 

for the Proceeds of a Government Check. 

OMB Number: 1510–0019. 

Form Number: FMS–1133. 

Abstract: This form is used to collect 

information needed to process an 

individual’s claim for non-receipt of 

proceeds from a government check. 

Once the information is analyzed, a 

determination is made and a 

recommendation is submitted to the 

program agency to either settle or deny 

the claim. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

68,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,482. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

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 shall have 

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; (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; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 


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