Notice2024-11993
Notice of Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women Meeting
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Published
May 31, 2024
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
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").
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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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 June 17, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. (eastern standard time).
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be a virtual meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit the OVW website at <a href="https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force">https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force</a> or contact Sherriann C.
Moore, Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs Division, Office on Violence
Against Women, United States Department of Justice, at (202) 616-0039
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c0afb6b7eeb4b2a9a2a1aca1a6a6a1a9b2b380b5b3a4afaaeea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b647d7c257f7962696a676a6d6d6a6279784b7e786f6461256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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,
to include studies on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, stalking, murder, and sex trafficking experienced by American
Indian and Alaska Native women living in Indian country and Alaska.
NIJ's program of research has supported studies on these crimes against
American Indian and Alaska Native women and responses to these serious
crimes. 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 <a href="https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force">https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force</a> and about the NIJ program of
research at: <a href="https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/tribal-crime-and-justice">https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/tribal-crime-and-justice</a>.
This meeting will include an update on NIJ's research program and
facilitated Task Force discussion and recommendations addressing
violence against American Indian and Alaska Native Women. 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
June 17, 2024, 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 June 12,
2024. Details about registration can be found on the OVW website:
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force">https://www.justice.gov/ovw/section-904-task-force</a>. Should issues arise
with online or email registration, the public should contact Sherriann
C. Moore, Deputy Director, Tribal Affairs Division, Office on Violence
Against Women, at (202) 616-0039 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3bca5a4fda7a1bab1b2bfb2b5b5b2baa1a093a6a0b7bcb9fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd4cdcc95cfc9d2d9dad7dadddddad2c9c8fbcec8dfd4d195dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written Comments: Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments by June 12, 2024, to Sherriann C. Moore, Deputy Director,
Tribal Affairs Division, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202)
616-0039 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3acb5b4edb7b1aaa1a2afa2a5a5a2aab1b083b6b0a7aca9eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e415859005a5c474c4f424f48484f475c5d6e5b5d4a414400494158">[email protected]</span></a>.
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, Tribal
Affairs Division, Office on Violence Against Women, at (202) 616-0039
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6998081d882849f94979a979090979f8485b6838592999cd8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="355a43421b41475c575459545353545c4746754046515a5f1b525a43">[email protected]</span></a>. 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, Tribal Affairs Division, Office on Violence Against Women, at
(202) 616-0039 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f09f8687de84829992919c91969691998283b08583949f9ade979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9869f9ec79d9b808b8885888f8f88809b9aa99c9a8d8683c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a> before June 12, 2024,
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.
Rosemarie Hidalgo,
Director, Office on Violence Against Women.
[FR Doc. 2024-11993 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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