[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70866-70867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25280]


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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 December 13, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 
5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be convened virtually.

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 
Institute of Justice (NIJ) in developing and implementing 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 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 the introduction of Task Force members, 
an update on NIJ's research program, and facilitated Task Force 
discussion on research findings and recommendations. 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 
December 13, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 5 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 December 
7, 2022. Details about registration can be found on the OVW website: 
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force. Should issues arise 
with online or email registration, 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 December 7, 2022, to Sherriann C.

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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, the 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 December 7, 2022, 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.

Allison Randall,
Acting Director, Office on Violence Against Women.
[FR Doc. 2022-25280 Filed 11-18-22; 8:45 am]
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