[Federal Register: July 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 147)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day notice of information collection under review: Semi-
annual progress report for grants to encourage arrest policies and
enforcement of protection orders program.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
has submitted the following information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``sixty days'' until September 29, 2003. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with instructions or additional
information, please contact Cathy Poston, Attorney/Advisor, Office of
Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, 810 7th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20531; or facsimile at (202) 305-2589.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of information collection: New collection.
(2) Title of the form/collection: Semi-Annual Progress Report for
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection
Orders Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: none.
Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, United
States Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief
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abstract: Primary: The affected public includes approximately 200
grantees of the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of
Protection Orders Program (Arrest Program) whose eligibility is
determined by statute. The Arrest Program was authorized through the
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and reauthorized and amended by the
Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (VAWA 2000). The Arrest Program
promotes mandatory or pro-arrest policies and encourages jurisdictions
to treat domestic violence as a serious crime, establish coordinated
community responses and facilitate the enforcement of protection
orders. By statute, eligible grantees for the Arrest Program are
States, Indian tribal governments, State and local courts including
juvenile courts, tribal courts, and units of local government. For the
purpose of the Program, a unit of local government is any city, county,
township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general-purpose
political subdivision of a State; an Indian tribe that performs law
enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior;
or, for the purpose of assistance eligibility, any agency of the
District of Columbia government or the United States Government
performing law enforcement functions in and for the District of
Columbia, and any Trust Territory of the U.S.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated
that it will take the 200 respondents (Arrest Program grantees)
approximately one hour to complete a semiannual progress report. The
semiannual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to the
different types of activities that grantees may engage in, i.e., law
enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, courts, victim services
agencies, etc. An Arrest Program grantee will be required to complete
those sections of the form that pertain to their own specific
activities.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden to complete
the data collection forms is 400 hours. Two hundred grantees will
complete a form twice a year with an estimated completion time of one
hour per form.
If additional information is required, contact Brenda E. Dyer,
Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building,
Suite 1600, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: July 25, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
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