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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.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OMB Number–1121–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed New Information
Collection Activity; Comment Request,
Proposed Study Entitled ‘‘Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCU) Sexual Violence Climate
Survey Project’’
National Institute of Justice,
U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
National Institute of Justice, 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for an additional 30
days until August 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 Christine
Crossland, National Institute of Justice,
Office of Research and Evaluation, 810
Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC
20531 (overnight 20001) or via email at
christine.crossland@ojp.usdoj.gov.
Written comments and/or suggestions
can also be sent 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;
—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
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Modification of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics’ (BJS) campus climate survey;
Cognitive testing; Pilot testing of
modified survey.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) Sexual Violence
Climate Survey Project.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The applicable component within the
U.S. Department of Justice is the
National Institute of Justice in the Office
of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: In early 2014, the White House
established the Task Force to Protect
Students from Sexual Assault.
Representatives to the Task Force were
from several federal departments and
agencies, including the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
the Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW), and the National Institute of
Justice (NIJ). The task force put forth a
mandate to strengthen federal
enforcement efforts and provide schools
with additional tools to help prevent
sexual violence on campuses. One such
tool is the campus climate survey
designed to help schools understand the
magnitude and nature of sexual
victimization experienced by students.
As such, in 2014 OVW funded the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), within
the U.S. Department of Justice, to
develop and test a pilot campus climate
survey. The current project builds on
the work of BJS by modifying their
campus climate survey for use at
HBCUs.
(5) NIJ, in collaboration with the
Rutgers Violence Against Women
Research Consortium, will begin by
engaging in cognitive testing to
determine if the BJS campus climate
survey is relevant to students from
HBCUs. The methods for cognitive
testing are based on the methods used
in the BJS Validation Study. Two forms
of cognitive testing will be used. First,
crowdsourcing will be used to test the
instrument online. Approximately 240
crowdsourced surveys will be piloted
with participants who are 18–25 years
old, with a high school degree and
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matching the racial/ethnical
demographics of HBCUs over
approximately 2 months. Second,
cognitive interviewing will then be used
to further test the BJS campus climate
survey with 30 African-American
students (potentially to be recruited
from the Rutgers-Newark campus). The
BJS survey instrument will then be
modified based on the findings from the
crowdsourced surveys and cognitive
interviews for use at HBCUs. Lastly, the
modified BJS survey will be tested at
three to six HBCUs; the survey will be
offered to a random sample of 3,300
students over a period of approximately
2 months. At the end of this study,
results from the survey will assist with
the validation of a campus climate
survey tool for HBCUs as well as
information on the sexual violence rates
at HBCUs.
(6) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: The estimated range of
burden for respondents completing the
crowdsourcing survey is 30 minutes.
Approximately 240 participants will be
recruited to complete the survey. The
estimated range of burden for
respondents participating in the
cognitive interviewing is 60 minutes.
Approximately 30 students will be
recruited to complete a cognitive
interview. Lastly, the estimated range of
burden for respondents completing the
HBCU campus climate survey is
expected to be between 15 minutes to 30
minutes for completion. The following
factors were considered when creating
the burden estimate: The estimated total
number of sites (3 HBCUs plus 1
cognitive testing site) and students
within sites (240 for crowd sourced
surveys, 30 for cognitive interviews, and
3,300 at HBCUs), in the sampling plan
for a total of 3,570 expected
respondents.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated public burden
associated with this collection is 1,800
hours. It is estimated that each of the
240 crowd sourced surveys will take 30
minutes to complete (240 respondents ×
30 minutes = 120 hours). It is estimated
that each of the cognitive interviews
will take 60 minutes to complete (30
respondents × 1 hour = 30 hours).
Lastly, it is estimated that each campus
climate survey will take 30 minutes to
complete (3,300 respondents × 30
minutes = 1,650 hours). We estimate a
24-month data collection period, with
all cognitive testing completed in year 1
for an annualized burden of 150 hours
and all surveys administered in year 2,
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or an annualized burden of 1,650 hours
for year 2.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: July 6, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation
of Strategies Used in America’s
Promise Job Driven Grant Program
Evaluation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95)]. This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
is properly assessed.
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
collection of data about the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in America’s Promise
Job Driven Grant Program Evaluation. A
copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
September 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
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Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@
dol.gov; Mail or Courier: Megan Lizik,
Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for
this information collection. Because we
continue to experience delays in
receiving mail in the Washington, DC
area, commenters are strongly
encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit
them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Megan Lizik by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Chief Evaluation
Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) intends to design and
conduct an evaluation to assess the
success of the America’s Promise Job
Driven Grant Program (America’s
Promise). The goal of this project is to
build knowledge about the effectiveness
and implementation of the program.
The evaluation will include two
components, an implementation study
and an impact study. The goal of the
impact evaluation is to understand how
programs and strategies funded under
America’s Promise affect the outcomes
of participants using an experimental or
quasi-experimental design in a subset of
three sites. The goal of the
implementation evaluation is to
understand program design and
implementation for all 23 grantees,
including more detailed focus on
implementation in 12 grantees and a
measurement of partnerships and
systems change in six grantees.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the evaluation:
* Grantee survey. To understand early
implementation experiences, the project
will field a web-based survey to all
America’s Promise grantees promptly
after the receipt of OMB clearance,
likely in spring 2018. This survey will
gather information about grantee
characteristics, services and operations,
partner recruitment methods, partners’
characteristics, strategies for engaging
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employers, employer participation by
sector, and early implementation
challenges.
* Partner network survey. To measure
partnership development and resulting
systems change, the project will select
up to six grantees to participate in two
rounds of a web-based partner network
survey with up to 25 primary partners.
The survey will be fielded in spring
2018 and early 2020.
* Baseline information forms (BIFs).
In sites selected for the impact study,
applicants will complete a BIF prior to
random assignment. The BIF will collect
demographics, education history, work
history, and contact information.
Whenever possible, BIFs will be
collected electronically through the
study’s web-based random assignment
system (RAS).
* Study random assignment system
(RAS). The study RAS will be a webbased system used by program staff to
enter an initial record for each applicant
and initiate the baseline information
form for the applicant to complete. The
system will then conduct random
assignment and monitor the integrity of
random assignment.
* Text survey. Between completion of
the baseline information form and a
follow-up survey (which will be
included in a future information
request), the evaluation will use texting
to ask a short series of questions of
study participants who were part of
random assignment. Questions will
include employment status, hours
worked in the current week, if any
training has recently been completed or
is ongoing, and satisfaction with a
training program or activity that was
recently completed by participants at
that site.
A future information collection
request will include site visit and
telephone interview protocols as well as
a follow-up survey of members of the
treatment and control groups.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for the Evaluation
of Strategies Used in the America’s
Promise Job Driven Grant Program
Evaluation. DOL is particularly
interested in comments that do the
following:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OMB Number-1121-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed New
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, Proposed Study
Entitled ``Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Sexual
Violence Climate Survey Project''
AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
National Institute of Justice, 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional
30 days until August 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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
Christine Crossland, National Institute of Justice, Office of Research
and Evaluation, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (overnight
20001) or via email at christine.crossland@ojp.usdoj.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions can also be sent 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;
--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: Modification of the Bureau of
Justice Statistics' (BJS) campus climate survey; Cognitive testing;
Pilot testing of modified survey.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) Sexual Violence Climate Survey Project.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: The applicable component within
the U.S. Department of Justice is the National Institute of Justice in
the Office of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: In early 2014, the White House established
the Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. Representatives
to the Task Force were from several federal departments and agencies,
including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), and the National Institute of
Justice (NIJ). The task force put forth a mandate to strengthen federal
enforcement efforts and provide schools with additional tools to help
prevent sexual violence on campuses. One such tool is the campus
climate survey designed to help schools understand the magnitude and
nature of sexual victimization experienced by students. As such, in
2014 OVW funded the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), within the U.S.
Department of Justice, to develop and test a pilot campus climate
survey. The current project builds on the work of BJS by modifying
their campus climate survey for use at HBCUs.
(5) NIJ, in collaboration with the Rutgers Violence Against Women
Research Consortium, will begin by engaging in cognitive testing to
determine if the BJS campus climate survey is relevant to students from
HBCUs. The methods for cognitive testing are based on the methods used
in the BJS Validation Study. Two forms of cognitive testing will be
used. First, crowdsourcing will be used to test the instrument online.
Approximately 240 crowdsourced surveys will be piloted with
participants who are 18-25 years old, with a high school degree and
matching the racial/ethnical demographics of HBCUs over approximately 2
months. Second, cognitive interviewing will then be used to further
test the BJS campus climate survey with 30 African-American students
(potentially to be recruited from the Rutgers-Newark campus). The BJS
survey instrument will then be modified based on the findings from the
crowdsourced surveys and cognitive interviews for use at HBCUs. Lastly,
the modified BJS survey will be tested at three to six HBCUs; the
survey will be offered to a random sample of 3,300 students over a
period of approximately 2 months. At the end of this study, results
from the survey will assist with the validation of a campus climate
survey tool for HBCUs as well as information on the sexual violence
rates at HBCUs.
(6) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: The
estimated range of burden for respondents completing the crowdsourcing
survey is 30 minutes. Approximately 240 participants will be recruited
to complete the survey. The estimated range of burden for respondents
participating in the cognitive interviewing is 60 minutes.
Approximately 30 students will be recruited to complete a cognitive
interview. Lastly, the estimated range of burden for respondents
completing the HBCU campus climate survey is expected to be between 15
minutes to 30 minutes for completion. The following factors were
considered when creating the burden estimate: The estimated total
number of sites (3 HBCUs plus 1 cognitive testing site) and students
within sites (240 for crowd sourced surveys, 30 for cognitive
interviews, and 3,300 at HBCUs), in the sampling plan for a total of
3,570 expected respondents.
(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated public burden associated with this
collection is 1,800 hours. It is estimated that each of the 240 crowd
sourced surveys will take 30 minutes to complete (240 respondents x 30
minutes = 120 hours). It is estimated that each of the cognitive
interviews will take 60 minutes to complete (30 respondents x 1 hour =
30 hours). Lastly, it is estimated that each campus climate survey will
take 30 minutes to complete (3,300 respondents x 30 minutes = 1,650
hours). We estimate a 24-month data collection period, with all
cognitive testing completed in year 1 for an annualized burden of 150
hours and all surveys administered in year 2,
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or an annualized burden of 1,650 hours for year 2.
If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: July 6, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-14528 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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