[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1442-1443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-323]


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of National Drug Control Policy


Drug-Free Communities Support Program National Evaluation; 
Proposed Information Collection; Notice of 60-Day Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy.

ACTION: Notice of 60-day public comment period.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Executive Office of the 
President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Free 
Communities Support Program is publishing the following summary of 
proposed information collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the program's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy is requesting OMB review and approval of this information 
collection. Written comments and/or recommendations will be accepted 
from the public if received by the individuals designated below within 
60 days from the date of publication.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection;
    Title: Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program National 
Evaluation;
    Use: The DFC Support Program is an integral component of the 
National Drug

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Control Strategy and a requirement of Healthy People 2010 supporting 
the President's pledge to reduce America's drug use by 25 percent in 
five years through building community capacity to prevent substance 
abuse among our nation's youth. The DFC has two primary goals: (1) 
Reduce substance abuse among youth by addressing local risk and 
protective factors to minimize the likelihood of subsequent substance 
abuse in the community; and (2) support community anti-drug coalitions 
in becoming self-sufficient by establishing, strengthening, and 
fostering collaboration among public and private nonprofit agencies, as 
well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to prevent and 
reduce substance abuse.
    A National Evaluation of the DFC Support Program commenced in 
September 2004 to assess the program's implementation and 
effectiveness. The major purpose of the DFC Support Program National 
Evaluation is to design and implement a rigorous evaluation and to 
support an effective grant monitoring and tracking system.
    The National Evaluation will make use of three separate collection 
instruments to gather information. The Monitoring and Tracking 
Questionnaire will serve as a quarterly report for the DFC grantees, 
and will provide information for both ONDCP and the National 
Evaluation. The Evaluation Questionnaire will be used on an annual 
basis and will answer evaluation questions that are not appropriate for 
the Monitoring and Tracking instrument. The Typology Classification 
Questionnaire will be used on an annual basis to classify respondents 
into a coalition typology developed by the evaluation contractor.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annually;
    Affected Public: Anti-Drug Coalitions;
    Type of Respondents: Directors of Anti-Drug Coalitions or their 
designees;
    Estimated annual burden is as follows:

 
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                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   Total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   per response     burden (in
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)        hours)
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                      Instrument: Monitoring and Tracking Questionnaire (Quarterly Report)
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DFC Grantee Program Directors...................             714               4             1.5            4284
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                                      Instrument: Evaluation Questionnaire
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DFC Grantee Program Directors...................               1             1.0             714
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                                Instrument: Typology Classification Questionnaire
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DFC Grantee Program Directors...................             714               1             1.5            1071
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            6069
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    The only cost to respondents is time they spend completing the 
questionnaire(s). Data collected from grantees will be made available 
to them for planning, implimentation, and evaluation purposes. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or recommendations from 
the public and affected entities are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the DFC 
program, including whether the information will have practical utility; 
(2) 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information those who are able to 
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Comment Deadline: Comments regarding these proposed information 
collections must be mailed and/or faxed to the designee listed below, 
within 60-days of the date of this publication: Executive Office of the 
President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Free 
Communities Support Program, Attention: Keri-Lyn Coleman, MSW, Acting 
DFCSP Administrator, Washington, DC 20503. Fax number: 202-395-6641.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed information collections or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plans and/or instruments, contact Keri-Lyn Coleman, MSW, 
Acting DFCSP Administrator, Executive Office of the President, Office 
of National Drug Control Policy, Washington DC 20503, or call non-toll 
free number 202-395-6762 or e-mail your request to: [email protected].

    Dated: January 3, 2005.
Norman R. Deck,
Assistant Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-323 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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