[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3484-3485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-847]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0006]


 Office on Violence Against Women; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Comments 
Requested

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

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    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. The proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register Volume 72, Number 218, 
pages 63927-63928 on November 12, 2007, allowing for a 60-day comment 
period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until February 19, 2008. 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) 395-5806.
    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

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    (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: Revision of a currently 
approved 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: 1122-
0006, 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 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) and by 
the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005). The Arrest Program 
promotes mandatory or pro-arrest policies and encourages jurisdictions 
to treat domestic violence and sexual assault 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 this 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 
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 semi-annual progress report. The 
semi-annual progress report is divided into sections that pertain to 
the different types of activities that grantees may engage in, i.e., 
training or developing a protection order registry, and the different 
types of grantees that receive funds, i.e., law enforcement agencies, 
prosecutors' offices, courts, victim services agencies, etc. An Arrest 
Program grantee will only 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 annual hour burden to complete the data 
collection forms is 400 hours, that is 200 grantees completing a form 
twice a year with an estimate completion time for the form being one 
hour.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, Deputy 
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice 
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Suite 1600, Patrick 
Henry Building, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: January 14, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E8-847 Filed 1-17-08; 8:45 am]
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