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assault who are seeking relief in legal
matters arising as a consequence of that
abuse or violence. The LAV Program
awards grants to law school legal
clinics, legal aid or legal services
programs, domestic violence victims’
shelters, bar associations, sexual assault
programs, private nonprofit entities, and
Indian tribal governments. These grants
are for providing direct legal services to
victims of domestic violence, sexual
assault, and stalking in matters arising
from the abuse or violence and for
providing enhanced training for lawyers
representing these victims. The goal of
the Program is to develop innovative,
collaborative projects that provide
quality representation to victims of
domestic violence, sexual assault, and
stalking.
(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 200 respondents
(LAV 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
and the different types of grantees that
receive funds. An LAV Program grantee
will only be required to complete the
sections of the form that pertain to its
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
estimated completion time for the form
being one hour.
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., Room 2E–
508, Washington, DC 20530.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122–0016]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection; Comments
Requested Semi-Annual Progress
Report for the Grantees From the
Transitional Housing Assistance Grant
Program
30-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review.
ACTION:
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.
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 76, Number 133, pages
40934, on July 12, 2011, 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 17, 2011. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments concerning this
information collection should be sent to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best
way to ensure your comments are
received is to e-mail them to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
them to 202–395–7285. All comments
should reference the 8 digit OMB
number for the collection or the title of
the collection. If you have questions
concerning the collection, please call
Cathy Poston at 202–514–5430 or the
DOJ Desk Officer at 202–395–3176.
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
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(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:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: SemiAnnual Progress Report for Grantees of
the Transitional Housing Assistance
Grant Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form Number: 1122–0016.
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 120 grantees of the
Transitional Housing Assistance Grant
Program (Transitional Housing Program)
whose eligibility is determined by
statute. This discretionary grant
program provides transitional housing,
short-term housing assistance, and
related support services for individuals
who are homeless, or in need of
transitional housing or other housing
assistance, as a result of fleeing a
situation of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and
for whom emergency shelter services or
other crisis intervention services are
unavailable or insufficient. Eligible
applicants are States, units of local
government, Indian tribal governments,
and other organizations, including
domestic violence and sexual assault
victim services providers, domestic
violence or sexual assault coalitions,
other nonprofit, nongovernmental
organizations, or community-based and
culturally specific organizations, that
have a documented history of effective
work concerning domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, or
stalking.
(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 120 respondents (grantees)
approximately one hour to complete the
semi-annual progress report. The semiannual progress report is divided into
sections that pertain to the different
types of activities that grantees may
engage in and the different types of
grantees that receive funds. A
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Transitional Housing Program grantee
will only be required to complete the
sections of the form that pertain to its
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
240 hours, that is 120 grantees
completing a form twice a year with an
estimated completion time for the form
being one hour.
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., Room 2E–508,
Washington, DC 20530.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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a 30-day period in which to comment.
Therefore, please submit any comments
by October 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The public, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), and
the Congress are invited to submit any
comments to the Privacy Analyst, Office
of Privacy and Civil Liberties,
Department of Justice, National Place
Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Suite 1070, Washington, DC
20530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda M. V. Bowe, Paralegal Specialist,
202.616.6070, Office of the Pardon
Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC 20530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
change in the text of the notice entitled
‘‘Executive Clemency Records Database
(ECRD)/Executive Clemency Case Files’’
is shown below.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r),
the Department has provided a report to
OMB and the Congress on the modified
system of records.
[CPCLO Order No. 001–2011]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Dated: August 12, 2011.
Nancy C. Libin,
Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer,
United States Department of Justice.
JUSTICE/OPA–001
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of the Pardon Attorney
(OPA), Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of a Modification of a
System of Records.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
notice is given that the Department of
Justice proposes to modify a system of
records notice, specifically the
‘‘Executive Clemency Case Files/
Executive Clemency Tracking System,’’
JUSTICE/OPA–001, last published in
the Federal Register on October 31,
2002 (67 FR 66417). This system notice
is modified to include the following: (1)
The system name has been changed to
reflect OPA’s new case tracking system,
the Executive Clemency Records
Database (ECRD), which replaces the
Executive Clemency Tracking System;
(2) removal and addition of, and
changes to, routine uses of records
maintained in the system; (3)
clarification that the system contains
records concerning persons who have
been denied executive clemency, in
addition to those who have applied for
or been granted such clemency; and (4)
other modifications to reflect current
practices for the system of records. The
entire notice is republished for the
convenience of the public.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4) and (11), the public is given
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SYSTEM NAME:
Executive Clemency Records Database
(ECRD)/Executive Clemency Case Files.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA),
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington,
DC 20530.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals who have applied for or
have been granted or denied executive
clemency, and individuals who have
corresponded with OPA, either directly
or by referral, concerning persons who
have applied for or have been granted or
denied executive clemency. In addition,
the categories of individuals covered by
this system also include DOJ personnel,
to include DOJ contractors, authorized
to access and use the system.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains data, documents
and correspondence, in hard copy and/
or electronic format, concerning the
individual case files of persons who
have applied for or been granted or
denied executive clemency, which may
include the following: The clemency
petition; character affidavits;
investigatory material; court-related
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documents (e.g., presentence reports,
judgments of conviction, and court
opinions); official court-martial
documents (in military cases); prison
progress reports and U.S. Parole
Commission notices of action; media
reports (e.g., newspaper and magazine
articles); and official and other
correspondence (both generated and
received, whether solicited or
unsolicited), including correspondence
received by OPA concerning an
individual who has filed a clemency
petition or is granted or denied
clemency. Additionally, the system
contains inter-agency and intra-agency
reports as well as case notes,
recommendations, and decisional
documents generated throughout the
deliberative process to assist OPA in
formulating clemency recommendations
to the President or otherwise performing
its duties more efficiently. The system
contains records regarding authorized
system users, including audit log
information and records relating to
verification or authorization of an
individual’s access to the system.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The system is established and
maintained in order to carry out the
duties assigned by the President,
pursuant to the power granted him
under the United States Constitution,
Article II, section 2, to the Department
of Justice (DOJ) in Executive Order of
the President 30–1, dated June 16, 1893;
and Executive Order of the President
No. 11878 (published at 40 FR 42731),
as delegated by the Attorney General to
OPA in 28 CFR 0.35 and 0.36 (Attorney
General Order No. 1012–83, published
at 48 FR 22290), and as described in 28
CFR 1.1 through 1.11 (Attorney General
Order No. 1798–93, published at 58 FR
53658); and 44 U.S.C. 3101.
PURPOSE(S):
Executive clemency case files and the
records contained within ECRD are
maintained by the Attorney General or
his designee to facilitate and document
the functions of the Attorney General or
his designee in receiving, investigating,
and evaluating requests for executive
clemency; preparing the necessary
reports and recommendations from the
DOJ to the President in clemency
matters; serving as a liaison with
clemency applicants and the public on
clemency matters; and advising the
President on the historical exercise of
the clemency power. The system’s use
of computerized records facilitates an
increased level of efficiency and
automation with regard to the
maintenance and use of information
contained therein.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection; Comments Requested Semi-Annual Progress
Report for the Grantees From the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant
Program
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review.
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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. 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 76, Number 133,
pages 40934, on July 12, 2011, 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 17, 2011. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments concerning this information collection should be
sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure
your comments are received is to e-mail them to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments should
reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the
collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please
call Cathy Poston at 202-514-5430 or the DOJ Desk Officer at 202-395-
3176.
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Semi-Annual Progress Report for
Grantees of the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-
0016. 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 120 grantees of the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant
Program (Transitional Housing Program) whose eligibility is determined
by statute. This discretionary grant program provides transitional
housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services
for individuals who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or
other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and
for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention
services are unavailable or insufficient. Eligible applicants are
States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and other
organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim
services providers, domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions,
other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and
culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of
effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, or stalking.
(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 120 respondents (grantees)
approximately one hour to complete the 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 and the
different types of grantees that receive funds. A
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Transitional Housing Program grantee will only be required to complete
the sections of the form that pertain to its 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 240 hours, that is 120 grantees completing a form
twice a year with an estimated completion time for the form being one
hour.
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., Room 2E-508, Washington, DC
20530.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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