81 FR 20676 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Campus Program Grantee Needs and Progress Assessment Tool

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)

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. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 5484, on February 2, 2016, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20676-20677]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08087]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Campus Program Grantee Needs and Progress 
Assessment Tool

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

ACTION: 30-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. The proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
at 81 FR 5484, on February 2, 2016, allowing for a 60 day comment 
period.

DATES:  Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until May 9, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  If you have 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, 
Attorney Advisor, Office on Violence Against Women, 145 N Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20530 (phone: 202-514-5430). Written comments and/or 
suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or sent to 
[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:

--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;
--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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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.

    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

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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., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: April 5, 2016.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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