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participating in the project, in order to 

satisfy these statutory requirements. 

OVW will not accept submission of 

statutes, laws or policies in lieu of such 

a letter. 

(c) Partnerships—(1) Governments 

and courts. All State, local, and tribal 

government and court applicants are 

required to enter into a formal 

collaboration with victim service 

providers and, as appropriate, 

population specific organizations. 

Sexual assault, domestic violence, 

dating violence, or stalking victim 

service providers must be involved in 

the development and implementation of 

the project. In addition to the 

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 13925, victim 

service providers should meet the 

following criteria: 

(i) Address a demonstrated need in 

their communities by providing services 

that promote the dignity and selfsufficiency of victims, improve their 

access to resources, and create options 

for victims seeking safety from 

perpetrator violence; and 

(ii) Do not engage in or promote 

activities that compromise victim safety. 

(2) Coalitions and victim service 

providers. All State, tribal, or territorial 

domestic violence or sexual assault 

coalition and other victim service 

provider applicants are required to enter 

into a formal collaboration with a State, 

Indian tribal government or unit of local 

government, and, as appropriate, 

population specific organizations. 

§ 90.64 Speedy notice to victims. 

(a) In general. A State or unit of local 

government shall not be entitled to 5 

percent of the funds allocated under this 

subpart, unless the State or unit of local 

government certifies that it meets the 

requirements regarding speedy notice to 

victims provided in 42 U.S.C. 

3796hh(d). 

(b) Units of local governments. (1) 

Units of local government grantees may 

certify based on State or local law, 

policy, or regulation. 

(2) In the event that a unit of local 

government does not have authority to 

prosecute ‘‘crime[s] in which by force or 

threat of force the perpetrator compels 

the victim to engage in sexual 

activity[,]’’ the unit of local government 

may submit a letter from an appropriate 

legal authority in the jurisdiction 

certifying that the jurisdiction does not 

have the authority to prosecute 

‘‘crime[s] in which by force or threat of 

force the perpetrator compels the victim 

to engage in sexual activity’’ and that 

therefore the certification is not relevant 

to the unit of local government in 

question. 

§ 90.65 Application content. 

(a) Format. Applications from eligible 

entities must be submitted as described 

in the relevant program solicitation 

developed by the Office on Violence 

Against Women and must include all 

the information required by 42 U.S.C. 

3796hh–1(a). 

(b) Certification. Each eligible 

applicant must certify that all the 

information contained in the 

application is correct. All submissions 

will be treated as a material 

representation of fact upon which 

reliance will be placed, and any false or 

incomplete representation may result in 

suspension or termination of funding, 

recovery of funds provided, and civil 

and/or criminal sanctions. 

§ 90.66 Evaluation. 

(a) Recipients of Arrest Program funds 

must agree to cooperate with federallysponsored research and evaluation 

studies of their projects at the direction 

of the Office on Violence Against 

Women. 

(b) Grant funds may not be used for 

purposes of conducting research or 

evaluations. Recipients of Arrest 

Program funds are, however, strongly 

encouraged to develop a local 

evaluation strategy to assess the impact 

and effectiveness of their projects. 

Applicants should consider entering 

into partnerships with research 

organizations that are submitting 

simultaneous grant applications to the 

National Institute of Justice or other 

research funding sources for this 

purpose. 

§ 90.67 Review of applications. 

The provisions of 42 U.S.C. 3796 et 

seq. and this subpart provide the basis 

for review and approval or disapproval 

of applications and amendments in 

whole or in part. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Bea Hanson, 

Principal Deputy Director. 

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47 CFR Part 64 

[WC Docket No. 13–39; FCC 14–175] 

Rural Call Completion 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Commission published in 

the Federal Register of December 10, 

2014, a document concerning an Order 

on Reconsideration (Order) affirming 

the Commission’s commitment to 

ensuring that high quality telephone 

service must be available to all 

Americans. In the Order, the 

Commission established rules to combat 

extensive problems with successfully 

completing calls to rural areas, and 

created a framework to improve the 

ability to monitor call problems and 

take appropriate enforcement action. In 

the Order, the Commission denies 

several petitions for reconsideration 

that, if granted, would impair the 

Commission’s ability to monitor, and 

take enforcement action against, call 

completion problems. The Commission 

does, however, grant one petition for 

reconsideration because the 

Commission finds that modifying its 

original determination will significantly 

lower providers’ compliance costs and 

burdens without impairing the 

Commission’s ability to obtain reliable 

and extensive information about rural 

call completion problems. 

DATES: This rule corrects an amendment 

that contains new or modified 

information collection requirements that 

will not be effective until approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will publish a document in 

the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claude Aiken, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, Competition Policy Division, 

(202) 418–1580, or send an email to 

claude.aiken@fcc.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission published a document in 

the Federal Register of December 10, 

2014, (79 FR 73227), amending 

§ 64.2101 of the Commission’s rules. 

In Final rule FR Doc. 2014–28936 

published on December 10, 2014, (79 FR 

73237), make the following correction. 

On page 73237, in the second column, 

revise amendatory instruction 2 

regarding § 64.2101, and remove the 

‘‘(f)’’ before the definition of ‘‘Longdistance voice service.’’ 

The revision reads as follows: 

■ ‘‘2. Amend § 64.2101 by removing the 

paragraph (f) designation for the 

definition of ‘‘Long-distance voice 

service’’ and revising the definition to 

read as follows:’’ 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Sheryl D. Todd, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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