[Federal Register: January 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 5)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Drug-Free Communities Support Program National Evaluation;
Proposed Information Collection; Notice of 60-Day Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy.
ACTION: Notice of 60-day public comment period.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Executive Office of the
President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Free
Communities Support Program is publishing the following summary of
proposed information collections for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper performance of the program's
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control
Policy is requesting OMB review and approval of this information
collection. Written comments and/or recommendations will be accepted
from the public if received by the individuals designated below within
60 days from the date of publication.
Type of Information Collection Request: New collection;
Title: Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program National
Evaluation;
Use: The DFC Support Program is an integral component of the
National Drug
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Control Strategy and a requirement of Healthy People 2010 supporting
the President's pledge to reduce America's drug use by 25 percent in
five years through building community capacity to prevent substance
abuse among our nation's youth. The DFC has two primary goals: (1)
Reduce substance abuse among youth by addressing local risk and
protective factors to minimize the likelihood of subsequent substance
abuse in the community; and (2) support community anti-drug coalitions
in becoming self-sufficient by establishing, strengthening, and
fostering collaboration among public and private nonprofit agencies, as
well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to prevent and
reduce substance abuse.
A National Evaluation of the DFC Support Program commenced in
September 2004 to assess the program's implementation and
effectiveness. The major purpose of the DFC Support Program National
Evaluation is to design and implement a rigorous evaluation and to
support an effective grant monitoring and tracking system.
The National Evaluation will make use of three separate collection
instruments to gather information. The Monitoring and Tracking
Questionnaire will serve as a quarterly report for the DFC grantees,
and will provide information for both ONDCP and the National
Evaluation. The Evaluation Questionnaire will be used on an annual
basis and will answer evaluation questions that are not appropriate for
the Monitoring and Tracking instrument. The Typology Classification
Questionnaire will be used on an annual basis to classify respondents
into a coalition typology developed by the evaluation contractor.
Frequency: Quarterly and annually;
Affected Public: Anti-Drug Coalitions;
Type of Respondents: Directors of Anti-Drug Coalitions or their
designees;
Estimated annual burden is as follows:
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Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden Total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per per response burden (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
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Instrument: Monitoring and Tracking Questionnaire (Quarterly Report)
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DFC Grantee Program Directors................... 714 4 1.5 4284
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Instrument: Evaluation Questionnaire
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DFC Grantee Program Directors................... 1 1.0 714
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Instrument: Typology Classification Questionnaire
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DFC Grantee Program Directors................... 714 1 1.5 1071
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 6069
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The only cost to respondents is time they spend completing the
questionnaire(s). Data collected from grantees will be made available
to them for planning, implimentation, and evaluation purposes. There
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or recommendations from
the public and affected entities are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the DFC
program, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information those who are able to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Comment Deadline: Comments regarding these proposed information
collections must be mailed and/or faxed to the designee listed below,
within 60-days of the date of this publication: Executive Office of the
President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Free
Communities Support Program, Attention: Keri-Lyn Coleman, MSW, Acting
DFCSP Administrator, Washington, DC 20503. Fax number: 202-395-6641.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed information collections or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans and/or instruments, contact Keri-Lyn Coleman, MSW,
Acting DFCSP Administrator, Executive Office of the President, Office
of National Drug Control Policy, Washington DC 20503, or call non-toll
free number 202-395-6762 or e-mail your request to:
Keri-Lyn_S._Coleman@ondcp.eop.gov.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Norman R. Deck,
Assistant Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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