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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 185 / Monday, September 25, 2006 / Notices
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published in the Federal Register
Volume 71, Number 150, page 44313–
44314 on August 4, 2006, allowing for
a 60-day comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
for an additional 30 days for public
comment until October 25, 2006. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice, especially the estimated public
burden and associated response time,
should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention Department of Justice Desk
Officer, Washington, DC 20503.
Additionally, comments may be
submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)
395–5806. 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:
—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;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
—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:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Annuity Broker Qualification
Declaration Form.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice is sponsoring the
collection.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals. This
declaration is to be submitted annually
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to determine whether a broker meets the
qualifications to be listed as an annuity
broker pursuant to Section 11015(b) of
Public Law 107–273.
(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 400
respondents will complete the form
annually within approximately 1 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 400
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Bryant, Department
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: September 19, 2006.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of
Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122–0006]
Office on Violence Against Women;
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Semi-Annual
Progress Report for the Grants to
Encourage Arrest Policies and
Enforcement of Protection Orders
Program.
ACTION:
The Department of Justice, Office on
Violence Against Women (OVW) 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.
Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until
November 24, 2006. This process is
conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice, especially the estimated public
burden and associated response time,
should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention Department of Justice Desk
Officer, Washington, DC 20503.
Additionally, comments may be
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submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)
395–5806.
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:
Revision of a currently approved
collection
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: SemiAnnual 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: 1122–0006.
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
the 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) and by the Violence
Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA
2005). The Arrest Program promotes
mandatory or pro-arrest policies and
encourages jurisdictions to treat
domestic violence and sexual assault as
a serious crime, establish coordinated
community responses and facilitate the
enforcement of protection orders. By
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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 this 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 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 semi-annual progress report.
The semi-annual progress report is
divided into sections that pertain to the
different types of activities that grantees
may engage in, i.e. training or
developing a protection order registry,
and the different types of grantees that
receive funds, i.e. law enforcement
agencies, prosecutors’ offices, courts,
victim services agencies, etc. An Arrest
Program grantee will only 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 annual hour burden
to complete the data collection forms is
400 hours, that is 200 grantees
completing a form twice a year with an
estimate completion time for the form
being one hour.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Bryant, Clearance Officer,
United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy
and Planning Staff, Suite 1600, Patrick
Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice.
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solely of staff briefings does not fall within the
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Corporation’s corresponding regulation,
45 CFR 1622.5(g).
Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of
Directors
Amended Agenda
Amended Notice
Changes to the Agenda and
Reconvening of Meeting
Notice: The Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) is announcing
amendments to the notice of the
September 18, 2006 meeting of the
Board of Directors (Board). This meeting
was announced in the Federal Register
dated September 12, 2006, Volume 71,
Number 176. The amendment is being
made to reflect a change to the meeting
Agenda. Notice is also being given of the
reconvening of the Board’s meeting.
Reconvening of Meeting
There being insufficient time for the
Board to conclude its business on
September 18, 2006, the Board voted to
recess the meeting and reconvene on
Friday, September 22, 2006, at which
time it will meet telephonically until its
business is concluded.
Times and Date(s): At 9 a.m., on
Friday, September 22, 2006, the Legal
Services Corporation Board of Directors
will reconvene the meeting recessed on
September 18, 2006. The meeting will
be by telephone. Members of the public
wishing to attend the meeting in person
may do so by coming to the
Corporation’s 3rd floor Conference
Center at the address given below. The
call-in information for members of the
public wishing to participate in the
meeting by telephone follows.
Toll-free number: 1–888–323–2717.
Call Leader: Patricia Batie.
Pass Code: Victor Fortuno.
Location: The Legal Services
Corporation, 3rd Floor Conference
Center, 3333 K Street, NW., Washington,
DC.
Status of Meetings: Open, except as
noted below.
• Status: Board of Directors
Meeting—Open, except that a portion of
the meeting of the Board of Directors
may be closed to the public pursuant to
a vote of the Board of Directors. At the
closed session, the Board will receive
briefings 1 from the Inspector General on
the investigation requested by
Congressmen Enzi, Grassley and
Cannon, and a separate briefing from
LSC management on the same matter.
The closing will be authorized by the
relevant provisions of the Government
in the Sunshine Act [5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(b)] and the Legal Services
and, therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine
Act do not apply to such portion of the closed
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During the September 18, 2006
meeting of the Board of Directors, the
agenda was amended as indicated
below. Changes appear in italicized,
bold print.
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of minutes of the Board’s
meeting of July 29, 2006.
3. Approval of minutes of the
Executive Session of the Board’s
meeting of July 29, 2006.
4. Consider and act on Staff report on
document requests dated April 12, 2006,
June 19, 2006 and August 8, 2006 that
were received from Congress and LSC’s
responses thereto.
5. Consider and act on Staff report on
the CBS News story of August 13, 2006
and the Associated Press story of August
14, 2006 and LSC’s response(s) thereto.
6. Chairman’s report.
7. Consider and act on report of the
Board’s Finance Committee.
8. Consider and act on other business.
9. Consider and act on whether to
authorize the Chairman of the Board,
after consultation with the Board’s Vice
Chairman and the Chairman of the
Board’s Finance Committee, to
communicate to the Congress the
Board’s view of H.R. 5974.
10. Public comment.
11. Consider and act on whether to
authorize non-public briefings of the
Board and discussion by the Board as
per the items listed below under Closed
Session.
Closed Session
12. Briefing by the OIG on status of
CRLA investigation.
13. Briefing by management on CRLA
referral issues.
14. Briefing by the OIG on status of
the investigation requested by Chairmen
Enzi, Grassley and Cannon.
15. Briefing by LSC Management on
the investigation requested by Chairmen
Enzi, Grassley and Cannon.
16. Discussion of above briefings.
17. Briefing on recent developments
in litigation involving the Corporation.
18. Consider and act on motion to
adjourn meeting.
The agenda amendments to the
agenda were authorized by a majority
vote of the Board of Directors as
indicated below.
session. 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45
CFR 1622.2 & 1622.3
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[FR Doc No: 06-8131]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-0006]
Office on Violence Against Women; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Semi-
Annual Progress Report for the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and
Enforcement of Protection Orders Program.
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The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
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. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until November 24,
2006. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally,
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-5806.
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: Revision of a currently
approved 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: 1122-
0006. 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 the
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) and by
the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005). The Arrest Program
promotes mandatory or pro-arrest policies and encourages jurisdictions
to treat domestic violence and sexual assault as a serious crime,
establish coordinated community responses and facilitate the
enforcement of protection orders. By
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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 this
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 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 semi-annual progress report. The
semi-annual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to
the different types of activities that grantees may engage in, i.e.
training or developing a protection order registry, and the different
types of grantees that receive funds, i.e. law enforcement agencies,
prosecutors' offices, courts, victim services agencies, etc. An Arrest
Program grantee will only 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 annual hour burden to complete the data
collection forms is 400 hours, that is 200 grantees completing a form
twice a year with an estimate completion time for the form being one
hour.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Suite 1600, Patrick
Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 06-8131 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
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