[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5484-5485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01772]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122--NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; New Collection: Campus Program Grantee Needs and
Progress Assessment Tool
AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW) 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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DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
April 4, 2016.
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
[email protected].
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:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Campus Program Grantee Needs and
Progress Assessment Tool.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122--
NEW. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The affected public includes current grantees
under the Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating
Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program. The Campus Program
strengthens the response of institutions of higher education to the
crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and
stalking on campuses and enhances collaboration among campuses, local
law enforcement, and victim advocacy organizations. Eligible applicants
are institutions of higher education. The affected public includes the
approximately 100 institutions of higher education currently funded
through the Campus program.
The Grantee Needs and Progress Assessment Tool will be used to
determine the training and technical assistance needs of Campus Program
grantees--both new and continuation grantees--throughout the life of
the grant award as well measure the development of the capacity of
grantees to respond and prevent violence against women on their
campuses. In addition, the tool will help campuses and OVW document the
impact of their grant-funded work, promote sustainability of important
intervention and prevention activities, and provide outcome-based
information throughout the life of the grant to help OVW-funded
technical assistance providers and grantees make changes to the goals
and objectives necessary to achieve the statutory intent when Congress
authorized the Campus Program.
There is a need for a more effective assessment tool that better
achieves the following purposes: (1) Assess grantee needs and resources
related to achieving the program's core competencies that are central
to the goals of the Campus Program; (2) assess capacity building by the
grantees over the three year grant period which will help campuses and
OVW document the impact of their work and promote sustainability, (3)
provide information throughout the grant cycle to help technical
assistance providers and campuses work together to achieve key goals of
the Campus Program. This data collection tool will promote matching the
specific technical assistance needs of each campus and also reflection
by the grantees on their goals for the grant. The questions will be
given in an online survey platform. The questions are mainly multiple
choice. The few narrative questions used are brief and require one or
two sentence answers.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is
estimated that it will take the approximately 100 respondents (Campus
Program grantees) approximately 2 hours to complete an online
assessment tool.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the data
collection forms is 200 hours, that is 100 grantees completing a tool
once a year with an estimated completion time for the form being 2
hours.
If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 27, 2016.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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