[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63296-63297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22102]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Task Force on Research on Violence Against American 
Indian and Alaska Native Women Meeting

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, United States Department of 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), U.S. Department of 
Justice has scheduled a meeting of the Task Force on Research on 
Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (hereinafter 
``the Task Force'').

DATES: The meeting will take place on October 22, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be a virtual meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit the OVW website at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force or contact Sherriann Moore, 
Deputy Director of Tribal Affairs, Office on Violence Against Women, 
United States Department of Justice, at (202) 616-0039 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is required under 
section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Title IX of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), as amended, required 
the Attorney General to establish a Task Force to assist the National 
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Justice (NIJ) to develop and implement a program of research on 
violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women, including 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, sex 
trafficking, and murder. The program will evaluate the effectiveness of 
the federal, state, tribal, and local response to violence against 
Indian women, and will propose recommendations to improve the 
government response. The Attorney General, acting through the Director 
of the Office on Violence Against Women, established the Task Force on 
March 31, 2008 and the charter has been renewed every two years since 
then.
    More information on the Task Force may be found at https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force and about the NIJ program of 
research at: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/violence-against-american-indian-and-alaska-native-women-program-research.
    This meeting will include introduction of new Task Force members, 
an update on NIJ's program of research, and facilitated Task Force 
discussion. In addition, the Task Force is also welcoming public oral 
comment at this meeting and has reserved 30 minutes for this. The 
meeting will take place on October 22, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Time will be reserved for public comment from 4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
See the section below for information on reserving time for public 
comment.
    Access: The meeting will be available online via a video 
conferencing platform. Members of the public who wish to participate 
must register in advance of the meeting online, no later than Monday, 
October 19, 2020. Details about registration can be found on the OVW 
website: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force. Should 
issues arise with online registration, or to register by email, the 
public should contact Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy Director of Tribal 
Affairs, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202) 616-0039 or 
[email protected].
    Written Comments: Interested parties are invited to submit written 
comments by October 20, 2020 to Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy Director of 
Tribal Affairs, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202) 616-0039 or 
[email protected].
    Public Comment: Persons interested in participating during the 
public comment period of the meeting are requested to reserve time on 
the agenda by contacting Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy Director of Tribal 
Affairs, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202) 616-0039 or 
[email protected]. Requests must include the participant's 
name, organization represented, if appropriate, and a brief description 
of the subject of the comments. Each participant will be permitted 
approximately 3 to 5 minutes to present comments, depending on the 
number of individuals reserving time on the agenda. Participants are 
also encouraged to submit written copies of their comments at the 
meeting. Comments that are submitted to Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy 
Director of Tribal Affairs, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202) 
616-0039 or [email protected] before October 20, 2020 will be 
circulated to Task Force members prior to the meeting.
    Given the expected number of individuals interested in presenting 
comments at the meeting, reservations should be made as soon as 
possible.

Laura L. Rogers,
Principal Deputy Director, Office on Violence Against Women.
[FR Doc. 2020-22102 Filed 10-6-20; 8:45 am]
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