[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59639-59640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26264]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; New 
Collection Semi-Annual Progress Report for Grants to Encourage Arrest 
Polices and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office on 
Violence Against Women, has submitted the following information 
collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Office of Management and Budget 
approval is being sought for the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register, Volume 68, Number 147, page 44696, on July 31, 2003, 
allowing for a 60-day public comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comment until November 17, 2003. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    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 The Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)-395-7285. 
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 function 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:
    (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 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

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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: Ms. Brenda E. Dyer, 
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Suite 
1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 10, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 03-26264 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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