Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection: Campus Program Grantee Needs and Progress Assessment Tool, 5484-5485 [2016-01772]

Agencies

• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5484-5485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01772]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122--NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; New Collection: Campus Program Grantee Needs and 
Progress Assessment Tool

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women 
(OVW) will be submitting 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.

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DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
April 4, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or 
Catherine.poston@usdoj.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Campus Program Grantee Needs and 
Progress Assessment Tool.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122--
NEW. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: The affected public includes current grantees 
under the Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating 
Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program. The Campus Program 
strengthens the response of institutions of higher education to the 
crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and 
stalking on campuses and enhances collaboration among campuses, local 
law enforcement, and victim advocacy organizations. Eligible applicants 
are institutions of higher education. The affected public includes the 
approximately 100 institutions of higher education currently funded 
through the Campus program.
    The Grantee Needs and Progress Assessment Tool will be used to 
determine the training and technical assistance needs of Campus Program 
grantees--both new and continuation grantees--throughout the life of 
the grant award as well measure the development of the capacity of 
grantees to respond and prevent violence against women on their 
campuses. In addition, the tool will help campuses and OVW document the 
impact of their grant-funded work, promote sustainability of important 
intervention and prevention activities, and provide outcome-based 
information throughout the life of the grant to help OVW-funded 
technical assistance providers and grantees make changes to the goals 
and objectives necessary to achieve the statutory intent when Congress 
authorized the Campus Program.
    There is a need for a more effective assessment tool that better 
achieves the following purposes: (1) Assess grantee needs and resources 
related to achieving the program's core competencies that are central 
to the goals of the Campus Program; (2) assess capacity building by the 
grantees over the three year grant period which will help campuses and 
OVW document the impact of their work and promote sustainability, (3) 
provide information throughout the grant cycle to help technical 
assistance providers and campuses work together to achieve key goals of 
the Campus Program. This data collection tool will promote matching the 
specific technical assistance needs of each campus and also reflection 
by the grantees on their goals for the grant. The questions will be 
given in an online survey platform. The questions are mainly multiple 
choice. The few narrative questions used are brief and require one or 
two sentence answers.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is 
estimated that it will take the approximately 100 respondents (Campus 
Program grantees) approximately 2 hours to complete an online 
assessment tool.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the data 
collection forms is 200 hours, that is 100 grantees completing a tool 
once a year with an estimated completion time for the form being 2 
hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: January 27, 2016.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2016-01772 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am]
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