Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection, 68193 [2019-26831]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 68193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26831]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0024]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
February 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and/or suggestion 
regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated 
public burden and associated response time, should be directed to Cathy 
Poston, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or 
[email protected].

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:
    (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 from the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122--
0024. 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 15 grantees of the Tribal Sexual Assault Services 
Program. The Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP), created by the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), is the first federal 
funding stream solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention 
and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. The SASP 
encompasses four different funding streams for States and Territories, 
Tribes, State Sexual Assault Coalitions, Tribal Coalitions, and 
culturally specific organizations. Overall, the purpose of SASP is to 
provide 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 Tribal SASP supports efforts to help survivors heal from sexual 
assault trauma through direct intervention and related assistance from 
social service organizations such as rape crisis centers through 24-
hour sexual assault hotlines, crisis intervention, and medical and 
criminal justice accompaniment. The Tribal SASP will support such 
services through the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape 
crisis centers and other programs and projects to assist those 
victimized by sexual assault.
    (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 15 respondents (grantees 
from the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program) 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 in which grantees may engage. A Tribal SASP 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 30 hours, that is 15 grantees completing a form 
twice a year with an estimated completion time for the form being one 
hour.
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Deputy 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.

    Dated: December 9, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2019-26831 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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