[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68204-68205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18899]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; New Collection; Optional Flexible Financial 
Assistance Survey

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against 
Women 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
October 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments 
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, 
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection 
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact 
Catherine Poston, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or 
[email protected] or United States Department of Justice, 
Office on Violence Against Women, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, 
DC 20530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
--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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--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.

    Abstract: The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)'s 
Congressional Appropriations for FYs 2023 and 2024 include a combined 
$88,000,000 for ``an initiative to provide financial assistance to 
victims, including evaluating the effectiveness of funded projects.'' 
OVW anticipates issuing grant awards under this initiative in FY 2024, 
supporting flexible financial assistance programming. The planned data 
collection is a short, optional survey that grant recipients under the 
Financial Assistance Program will make available to victims who receive 
flexible financial assistance. Grantees will include aggregated survey 
results in their twice-annual performance reports submitted to OVW. 
These data will be used to inform future programming and share 
information to stakeholders, including Congress, about the 
effectiveness of OVW-funded financial assistance for victims.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Optional Flexible Financial 
Assistance Survey.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-XXXX. U.S. 
Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public--The affected public 
includes grantees under OVW's Financial Assistance Program and 
recipients of flexible financial assistance distributed by those 
grantees. The survey is optional.
    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 approximately 7,500 respondents approximately 10 
minutes to complete the optional survey.
    6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the data 
collection forms is

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1,250 hours. OVW anticipates that is 15 grantees will administer this 
survey to an annual average of 500 people who receive flexible 
financial assistance. Five-hundred participants each at 15 sites totals 
7,500 people completing the survey each year. If it takes 10 minutes to 
complete the survey, then that is 75,000 minutes annually, which is 
1,250 hours.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable:

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                                              Estimated                                                                      Time per
                 Activity                     number of              Frequency                Total annual responses         response      Total annual
                                             respondents                                                                     (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Flexible Financial Assistance Survey.....           7,500  1 time per recipient........  7,500..........................              10           1,250
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    Unduplicated Totals..................           7,500  1 time......................  1 time.........................              10           1,250
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 19, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-18899 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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