Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 1995 / Notices 10111

Information Collections Under Review

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has been sent the following

collection(s) of information proposals

for review under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC

Chapter 35) and the Paperwork

Reduction Reauthorization Act since the

last list was published. Entries are

grouped into submission categories,

with each entry containing the

following information:

(1) The title of the form/collection;

(2) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection.

(3) Who will be asked or required to

respond, as well as a brief abstract;

(4) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond;

(5) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection; and,

(6) An indication as to whether

Section 3504(h) of Public Law 96–511

applies.

Comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the

OMB reviewer, Mr. Jeff Hill on (202)

395–7340 and to the Department of

Justice’s Clearance Officer, Mr. Robert B.

Briggs, on (202) 514–4319. If you

anticipate commenting on a form/

collection, but find that time to prepare

such comments will prevent you from

prompt submission, you should notify

the OMB reviewer and the Department

of Justice Clearance Officer of your

intent as soon as possible. Written

comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of the

collection may be submitted to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503, and to Mr.

Robert B. Briggs, Department of Justice

Clearance Officer, Systems Policy Staff/

Information Resources Management/

Justice Management Division Suite 850,

WCTR, Washington, DC 20530.

New Collection

(1) Audit of the National Drug

Intelligence Center.

(2) None. Office of Inspector General,

United States Department of Justice.

(3) Primary = Federal Government,

Other = State, Local or Tribal

Government. Information is requested in

other to determine: 1. Customers

satisfaction with NDIC reports, and 2.

Customers opinions of the quality of

NDIC reports. The results of the survey

will be a factor in the auditors’

assessment of the efficiency and

effectiveness of NDIC.

(4) 290 annual respondents but it is

projected that only 58 will respond at .5

hours per response.

(5) 29 annual burden hours.

(6) Not applicable under Section

3504(h) of Public Law 96–511.

Public comment on this item is

encouraged.

Dated: February 16, 1995.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of

Justice.

[FR Doc. 95–4360 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Office of Justice Programs

Office for Victims of Crime

[OJP (OVC) NO. 1003–F]

RIN 1121–AA21

Victims of Crime Act Victim

Compensation Grant Program

AGENCY: Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs, Office for Victims of

Crime.

ACTION: Final program guidelines.

SUMMARY: The Office for Victims of

Crime (OVC), Office of Justice Programs

(OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

is publishing Final Program Guidelines

to implement the victim compensation

grant program as authorized by the

Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 10601, et seq.

(hereafter referred to as VOCA).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn A. Hightower, Acting Director,

State Compensation and Assistance

Division, 633 Indiana Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20531; telephone

number (202) 307–5947. (This is not a

toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VOCA

provides Federal financial assistance to

States for the purpose of compensating

and assisting victims of crime,

providing funds for training and

technical assistance, and assisting

victims of Federal crimes.

These Program Guidelines provide

information on the administration and

implementation of the VOCA victim

compensation grant program as

authorized in Section 1403 of VOCA,

Public Law 98–473, as amended,

codified at 42 U.S.C. 10603, and contain

the following information: Summary of

the Comments to the Proposed Program

Guidelines; Background; Funding

Allocation and Application Process;

Program Requirements; Financial

Requirements; Monitoring; and

Suspension and Termination of

Funding. The Guidelines are based on

the experience gained and legal

opinions rendered during the first nine

years of the grant program and are in

accordance with VOCA. These Final

Program Guidelines are all inclusive.

Thus, they supersede any Guidelines

previously issued by OVC.

The Office of Justice Programs, Office

for Victims of Crime, in conjunction

with the Office of Policy Development,

DOJ, and the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, has

determined that this rule is not a

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ for

purposes of Executive Order 12866 and,

accordingly, this rule was not reviewed

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

In addition, these Guidelines will not

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities;

therefore, an analysis of the impact of

these rules on such entities is not

required by the Regulatory Flexibility

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.

The collection of information

described in the Program Requirements

section has been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) as

required under the Paperwork

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3504(h). (OMB

Approval Number 1121–0014.)

Summary of the Comments to the

Proposed Program Guidelines

On December 17, 1993, the Office for

Victims of Crime (OVC) published

proposed VOCA Victim Compensation

Program Guidelines in the Federal

Register, Vol. 58, No. 164, pages 66023

through 66028. These proposed

Guidelines were published for the

purpose of soliciting comments on the

revised rules for the VOCA victim

compensation grant program from all

interested individuals and

organizations. OVC received six letters

from interested individuals and

organizations and had conversations

with many State VOCA compensation

administrators. In total, over twentyfour different issues, questions,

recommendations, and comments were

received, which often reflected a variety

of perspectives.

Respondents included individuals as

well as representatives of State and

national organizations concerned with

various aspects of the implementation of

State crime victims compensation

benefits and the VOCA victim

compensation grant program. The

national organizations included the

National Association of Crime Victim

Compensation Boards (NACVCB) and