[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10636-10637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03454]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the
forthcoming public 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 March 7, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. and March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 7th Street NW., 3rd Floor
Ballroom, Washington, DC 20531. The public is asked to pre-register by
March 1, 2013 for the meeting due to security considerations and so
that there is adequate space (see below for information on pre-
registration).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director,
Office on Violence Against Women, United States Department of Justice,
145 N Street NE., Suite 10W.121, Washington, DC 20530; by telephone at:
(202) 514-8804; email: Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: (202) 307-3911.
You may also view information about the Task Force on the Office on
Violence Against Women Web site at: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/section904-taskforce.html.
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) requires the Attorney
General to establish a Task Force to assist the National Institute of
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, and
murder. The program will evaluate the effectiveness of the Federal,
state, and tribal 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.
A meeting previously scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2012, and
previously
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announced in the Federal Register, was cancelled due to extreme weather
conditions. The March 7-8 meeting will include an update on NIJ's
program of research, an overview of NIJ's Federal Response Study, an
overview of the Center for Disease Control's 2010 General Population
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance Study
(NISVS) and NIJ's American Indian and Alaska Native NISVS Oversample
Study, an overview of NIJ's proposed sampling plan for a baseline
study, and a presentation on refinement and field implementation of the
Tribal Study of Public Safety and Public Health Issues Facing American
Indian and Alaska Native Women as well as facilitated Task Force member
discussion. In addition, the Task Force is also welcoming public oral
comment at this meeting and has reserved an estimated 15 minutes on
March 7 and on March 8 from 11:45 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. for this purpose.
Members of the public wishing to address the Task Force must contact
Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, Office on Violence Against
Women, United States Department of Justice, 145 N Street NE., Suite
10W.121, Washington, DC 20530; by telephone at: (202) 514-8804; email:
Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: (202) 307-3911. The meeting will take
place on March 7, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will include a
lunch break and on March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Time will be
reserved for public comment from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 7
and 8. See the section below for information on reserving time for
public comment.
Access: This meeting will be open to the pubic but registration on
a space available basis and for security reasons is required. All
members of the public who wish to attend must register in advance of
the meeting by March 1, 2013 by contacting Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal
Director, Office on Violence Against Women, United States Department of
Justice, by email: Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: (202) 307-3911. All
attendees will be required to sign in and be processed through Security
at the Lobby Visitors Desk. Please bring photo identification and allow
extra time prior to the start of the meeting.
All members of the press who wish to attend and/or record any part
of the meeting must register in advance of the meeting by March 1, 2013
by contacting Lorraine Edmo as noted above. In addition to being
processed through Security at the Lobby Visitors Desk, all members of
the press are required to sign in at meeting registration and must
present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver's license) as
well as valid media credentials. Please allow extra time prior to the
start of the meeting for registering.
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Individuals who require special accommodation in order to attend the
meeting should notify Lorraine Edmo no later than March 1, 2013.
Written Comments: Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments by March 1, 2013 to Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director,
Office on Violence Against Women, United States Department of Justice,
145 N Street NE., Suite 10W.121, Washington, DC 20530 by mail; or by
email: Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or by fax: (202) 307-3911.
Public Comment
Persons interested in participating during the public comment
period of the meeting are requested to reserve time on the agenda by
contacting Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, Office on Violence
Against Women, United States Department of Justice, by email:
Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: (202) 307-3911 by March 1, 2013.
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
Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, Office on Violence Against
Women, United States Department of Justice, 145 N Street NE., Suite
10W.121, Washington, DC 20530 by mail; by email:
Lorraine.edmo@usdoj.gov; or fax: (202) 307-3911 before March 1, 2013
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. Persons unable to obtain reservations to speak during the
meeting are encouraged to submit written comments, which will be
accepted at the meeting location or may be mailed to the attention of
Lorraine Edmo, Deputy Tribal Director, Office on Violence Against
Women, United States Department of Justice, 145 N Street NE., Suite
10W.121, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 7, 2013.
Bea Hanson,
Acting Director, Office on Violence Against Women.
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