Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision to a Currently Approved Collection, 77664-77665 [2015-31469]

Download as PDF 77664 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 240 / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Overview of This Information Collection [OMB Number 1122–0022] (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: SemiAnnual Progress Report for Grantees from the Semi-Annual Progress Report for the Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP). (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122–0022. 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 606 administrators and subgrantees of the SASP. SASP grants support intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault. The SASP supports the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault. The grant funds are distributed by SASP state administrators to subgrantees as outlined under the provisions of the Violence Women Act of 2005. (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 606 respondents (SASP administrators and subgrantees) approximately one hour to complete a semi-annual progress report. The semiannual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to the different types of activities in which grantees may engage. A SASP subgrantee 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 1,212 hours, that is 606 subgrantees 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., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice. AGENCY: ACTION: 60-day notice. 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. SUMMARY: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until February 16, 2016. DATES: 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Dec 14, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: December 10, 2015. Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2015–31496 Filed 12–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1122–0007] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision to a Currently Approved Collection Office on Violence Against Women, Justice. ACTION: 30-day notice. AGENCY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women, 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 was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 80 FR 61240, on October 9, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment period. SUMMARY: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until January 14, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Cathy Poston, Attorney Advisor, Office on Violence Against Women, 145 N Street NE., Washington, DC 20530 (phone: 202–514–5430). Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to OIRA_ submissions@omb.eop.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: —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; DATES: E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 240 / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES —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; —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: Revision to Currently Approved Collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program (LAV) Program. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122–0007. 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 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program (LAV Program) whose eligibility is determined by statute. In 1998, Congress appropriated funding to provide civil legal assistance to domestic violence victims through a setaside under the Grants to Combat Violence Against Women, Public Law 105–277. In the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, Congress statutorily authorized the LAV Program. 42 U.S.C. 3796gg–6 and amended the statutory in 2005 and 2013. The LAV Program is intended to increase the availability of legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual 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, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:08 Dec 14, 2015 Jkt 238001 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 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: December 9, 2015. Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2015–31469 Filed 12–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FX–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Charter Establishment Federal Bureau of Investigation, DOJ. ACTION: Notice of Charter Establishment of the Executive Advisory Board of the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center. AGENCY: Pursuant to Title 41 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, section 102–3.65, notice is hereby given that the Charter for the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center (NDCAC) Executive Advisory Board (EAB) was filed on August 1, 2014. The Charter is on file with the General Services Administration. However, the EAB has not met nor conducted any business since its establishment. The Attorney General determined that the NDCAC EAB is necessary and in the public interest in SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77665 connection with the performance of duties of the Department of Justice and these duties can best be performed through the advice and counsel of this group. This determination followed consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration. The purpose of the EAB is to provide advice and recommendations to the Attorney General or designee, and to the Director of the NDCAC that promote public safety and national security by advancing the NDCAC’s core functions: law enforcement coordination with respect to technical capabilities and solutions, technology sharing, industry relations, and implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Bardney-Boose, Designated Federal Officer, National Domestic Communications Assistance Center, Department of Justice, by email at Alice.Bardney-Boose@ic.fbi.gov or by phone at (540) 361–2330. The EAB consists of 15 voting members composed of Representative members, Regular Government Employees and/or Special Government Employees. The membership includes representatives from Federal, State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. Additionally, there are two non-voting members as follows: a federally-employed attorney assigned full time to the NDCAC to serve as a legal advisor to the EAB, and the DOJ Chief Privacy Officer or designee to ensure that privacy and civil rights and civil liberties issues are fully considered in the EAB’s recommendations. The Board is composed of eight State, local, and/or tribal representatives and seven federal representatives. Any future changes to the voting membership of the EAB will maintain the continued majority of State, local, and/or tribal representatives by one seat. The membership of the entire EAB includes active executive level officials (e.g., agency heads for State, local, or tribal representatives; and members of the Senior Executive Service for Federal agencies) having responsibility for, or being substantially engaged in, the management of electronic surveillance capabilities, evidence collection on communication devices, and technical location capabilities from Federal, State, local and/or tribal law enforcement agencies from across the country. EAB members serve two-year terms, and are eligible for reappointment if the Charter is renewed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0007]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Revision to a Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Justice.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against 
Women, 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 was previously published in the Federal Register 
Volume 80 FR 61240, on October 9, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment 
period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until January 14, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Cathy Poston, 
Attorney Advisor, Office on Violence Against Women, 145 N Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20530 (phone: 202-514-5430). Written comments and/or 
suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to 
OIRA_submissions@omb.eop.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:
--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;

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--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;
--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: Revision to Currently Approved 
Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Legal Assistance for Victims 
Grant Program (LAV) Program.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-
0007. 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 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant 
Program (LAV Program) whose eligibility is determined by statute. In 
1998, Congress appropriated funding to provide civil legal assistance 
to domestic violence victims through a set-aside under the Grants to 
Combat Violence Against Women, Public Law 105-277. In the Violence 
Against Women Act of 2000, Congress statutorily authorized the LAV 
Program. 42 U.S.C. 3796gg-6 and amended the statutory in 2005 and 2013. 
The LAV Program is intended to increase the availability of legal 
assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic 
violence, stalking, or sexual 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 3E.405B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: December 9, 2015.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2015-31469 Filed 12-14-15; 8:45 am]
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