[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44969-44970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19449]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day notice of information collection under review: Semi-
annual progress report for grants to encourage arrest policies and 
enforcement of protection orders program.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
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. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 
``sixty days'' until September 29, 2003. 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 Cathy Poston, Attorney/Advisor, Office of 
Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, 810 7th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20531; or facsimile at (202) 305-2589.
    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: New 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: none. 
Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, 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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abstract: Primary: The affected public includes 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). The Arrest Program 
promotes mandatory or pro-arrest policies and encourages jurisdictions 
to treat domestic violence 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 governments, State and local courts including 
juvenile courts, tribal courts, and units of local government. For the 
purpose of the 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 the 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 semiannual progress report. The 
semiannual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to the 
different types of activities that grantees may engage in, i.e., law 
enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, courts, victim services 
agencies, etc. An Arrest Program grantee will 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 estimated annual hour burden to complete 
the data collection forms is 400 hours. Two hundred grantees will 
complete a form twice a year with an estimated completion time of one 
hour per form.
    If additional information is required, contact Brenda E. Dyer, 
Deputy 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: July 25, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 03-19449 Filed 7-30-03; 8:45 am]
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