Notice2024-18900
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments; Requested; New Collection; Semi-Annual and Annual Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs
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Published
August 23, 2024
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Justice Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68207-68208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18900]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-0NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments; Requested; New Collection; Semi-Annual and Annual
Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant
Programs
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
Cathy Poston, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397a584d515c4b50575c1749564a4d5657794c4a5d5653175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="236042574b46514a4d460d534c50574c4d635650474c490d444c55">[email protected]</span></a> 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 formula and
discretionary grant programs were authorized through the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) and subsequent legislation, including
VAWA reauthorizations in 2000, 2005, 2013 and 2022. Funding under OVW's
two largest formula grant programs--the STOP Violence Against Women
Formula Grant Program and the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program--
is distributed to states and territories according to a statutory
formula and the states and territories then make subgrants. OVW
determines data reporting requirements for each grant program based on
what is required by statute and what is necessary for monitoring the
awards. OVW must collect performance data from grantees in order to
comply with statutory reporting requirements and monitor the grants,
among other purposes.
This is a request to consolidate existing previously approved
information collections under a new collection--a new consolidated OMB
number. This collection is currently covered by a series of approved
collections with different OMB numbers that correspond to grant
program-specific progress reporting forms. The purpose of obtaining a
new, omnibus OMB number for OVW's performance reporting data catalog is
to align approval for this information collection with the mechanism
through which OVW plans to collect the data, i.e., all grant
performance data elements will be maintained in a data catalog that
will be used to build web-based collection instruments for each grant
program. OVW intends to phase out its use of fillable forms and move to
a web-based system for collecting data.
The information obtained through this collection is used in reports
to Congress on the effectiveness and use of grant funding, monitoring
grant funded activities, and to assess the extent to which grant
program goals are being achieved. There are three sets of respondents:
formula grant program state administrators, formula program
subgrantees, and discretionary program grantees.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Semi-annual and Annual
Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant
Programs.
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 and subgrantees of federal grant programs authorized
by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (as amended) and as
administered by the Office on Violence Against Women. These include
formula grant program administrators/grantees and subgrantees and
discretionary grant program grantees.
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 6,112 respondents, which includes
grantees and subgrantees under programs authorized by the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (as amended) and administered by the Office
on Violence Against Women, approximately 60 minutes to complete a
performance reporting form.
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6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: It is estimated that it will take the
approximately 6,112 respondents, which includes grantees and
subgrantees under programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act
of 1994 (as amended) and administered by the Office on Violence Against
Women, approximately 60 minutes to complete a performance reporting
form.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: N/A.
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Estimated
Activity number of Frequency Total annual Time per Total annual
respondents responses response (min) burden (hours)
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Formula Administrator 112 Annually........ 1 time......... 60 112
Progress Reporting Form.
Formula Subgrantee Progress 3,000 Annually........ 1 time......... 60 3,000
Reporting Form.
Discretionary Progress 3,000 Semi-annually... 2 times........ 60 6,000
Reporting Form.
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Total.................... .............. ................ ............... .............. 9,112
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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. 2024-18900 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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