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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.
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Overview of this Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension Reinstatement with Change of
a Previously Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
National Drug Threat Survey.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form Number: NDIC Form #
A–34g.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Federal, State, and
Local, law enforcement agencies. This
survey is a critical component of the
National Drug Threat Assessment and
other reports and assessments produced
by the National Drug Intelligence
Center. It provides direct access to
detailed drug threat data from State and
local law enforcement agencies.
(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
approximately 3,500 respondents will
complete a survey response within
approximately 20 minutes.
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(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 1,167
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Ms. 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: November 22, 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; Comments
Requested
30-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.
The proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. This
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register Volume 71, Number 185, pages
55805–55806 on September 25, 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 December 29, 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.
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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
statute, eligible grantees for the Arrest
Program are States, Indian tribal
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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: November 22, 2006.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
Notice is hereby given that, on
November 3, 2006, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative
Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (‘‘IEEE’’) has filed written
notification simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing additions or
changes to its standards development
activities. The notifications were filed
for the purpose of extending the Act’s
provisions limiting the recovery of
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
under specified circumstances.
Specifically, 19 new standards have
been initiated and 7 existing standards
are being revised. More detail regarding
these changes can be found at https://
standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/
09–15–06.html.
On September 17, 2004, IEEE filed its
original notification pursuant to Section
6(a) of the Act. The Department of
Justice published a notice in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on August 4, 2006. A
notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on September 8, 2006 (71 FR
53133).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[OMB Number 1110–0022]
Electronic Surveillance Technology
Section; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Current
Collection; Comment Requested
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review; Extension of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection; Cost Recovery Regulations,
Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act of 1994.
ACTION:
The Department of Justice, Federal
Bureau of Investigation has submitted
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the following information collection
request for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Office of
Management and Budget approval is
being sought for the information
collection listed below. 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 January 29, 2007.
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 Porter Dunn, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, U.S.
Department of Justice, ESTS, 14800
Conference Center Drive, Suite 200,
Chantilly, Virginia 20151.
Written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information 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
function of the agency, including
whether the information will have the
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
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Approval, without change, of a
currently approved collection for which
approval is due to expire.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Cost
Recovery Regulations, 28 CFR 100.9 et
seq.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
None. Federal Bureau of Investigation,
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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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-0006]
Office on Violence Against Women; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Comments
Requested
ACTION: 30-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. The proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. This proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register Volume 71, Number 185,
pages 55805-55806 on September 25, 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 December 29, 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 statute, eligible grantees for the
Arrest Program are States, Indian tribal
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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: November 22, 2006.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
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