[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48540-48541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19846]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0022]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Collection; Semi-Annual Progress Report for the 
Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review.

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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. Comments are 
encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until October 15, 
2012. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments concerning this information collection should be 
sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure 
your comments are received is to email them to [email protected] or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments should 
reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the 
collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please 
contact Cathy Poston, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-
5430.
    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 Semi-Annual Progress Report for the Sexual Assault 
Services Formula Grant Program (SASP).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-
0022. 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 606 administrators and subgrantees of the SASP. SASP 
grants support 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 SASP supports the 
establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and 
other programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual 
assault. The grant funds are distributed by SASP state administrators 
to subgrantees as outlined under the provisions of the Violence Women 
Act of 2005.
    (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 606 respondents

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(SASP administrators and subgrantees) 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 SASP subgrantee 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 1,212 hours, that is 606 subgrantees completing a 
form twice a year with an estimated completion time for the form being 
one hour.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 2E-508, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: August 8, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
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