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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[OJP (OJJDP)-1212F]
RIN 1121-ZB46

 
Fiscal Year 1999 Missing and Exploited Children's Program Plan

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, Justice.

ACTION: Announcement of Fiscal Year 1999 Missing and Exploited 
Children's Program Plan.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is issuing its Missing and Exploited 
Children's Program Final Program Plan for Fiscal Year 1999.

DATES: Not applicable.

ADDRESSES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald C. Laney, Director, Missing and 
Exploited Children's Program, 202-616-3637. [This is not a toll-free 
number.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1999 at 64 FR 11366, OJJDP 
published the Fiscal Year 1999 Missing and Exploited Children's Program 
Proposed Program Plan and Announcement of Discretionary Competitive 
Grant and requested public comments. Three individuals wrote to comment 
on the Proposed Plan. Two of them expressed support for the plan, 
specifically mentioning the proposal to prevent computer-related sexual 
exploitation of children. The third writer provided comments on two 
specific topics. These comments and the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) responses are summarized below.
    Comment: The writer asked that funds ``be earmarked for research 
into the number of child support payors who abduct children because 
visitation is being refused.''
    Response: All fiscal year 1999 Missing and Exploited Children's 
Program (MECP) research funds are needed to support the ongoing 
National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and 
Thrownaway Children and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Child 
Abduction and Serial Killer Unit (CASKU) research project. However, the 
writer's suggestion will be included for consideration in future MECP 
research planning.
    Comment: The writer objected to funding for CASKU, indicating that 
an ``independent research project in academia would provide much more 
scientific data.''
    Response: Because it involves interviews of convicted sex offenders 
and the need to make appraisals regarding the truthfulness of those 
being interviewed, this project requires unrestricted access to law 
enforcement records not normally available to academia. CASKU has such 
access and will be able to build on previous research efforts through 
this project.
    Based on consideration of these three public comments, OJJDP has 
determined that the Proposed Program Plan does not need to be modified 
in any way. Accordingly, the Proposed Plan as published on March 8, 
1999 at 64 FR 11366 is now the Final Program Plan for Fiscal Year 1999.

    Dated: July 9, 1999.
Shay Bilchik,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-18159 Filed 7-15-99; 8:45 am]
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