# Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection; Semi-Annual and Annual Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs
**AGENCY:**
Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.
**ACTION:**
30-Day notice.
**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.
**DATES:**
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until October 24, 2025.
**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: Tiffany Watson, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-307-6026 or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The proposed information collection was previously published in the *Federal Register* on July 24, 2025, allowing a 60-day comment period. 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/or
—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.
Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain* . Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB Control Number 1122-0NEW. This information collection request may be viewed at *www.reginfo.gov.* Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
**Overview of This Information Collection**
1. *Type of Information Collection:* New Collection.
2. *Title of the Form/Collection:* Semi-annual and Annual Performance Reporting Data Catalog for Formula and Discretionary Grant Programs.
3. *Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection:* Form Number: 1122-1NEW. 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 grantees and subgrantees of federal grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (as amended) and administered by the Office on Violence Against Women. These include formula grant program administrators/grantees and subgrantees and discretionary grant program grantees.
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 6,112 respondents, which include grantees and subgrantees under formula and discretionary programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (as amended) and administered by the Office on Violence Against Women, approximately one hour to complete a performance reporting form that is specific to the OVW grant program under which they receive funding. In addition, a grantee or subgrantee will only be required to complete the sections of the form that pertain to those specific activities that are supported by federal funding and permissible under the authorizing legislation.
6. *An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection:* The total hour burden to complete the data collection form is 9,112 hours, that is 3,112 formula program grantees and subgrantees completing a form once a year with an estimated completion time for the form being one hour and 3,000 discretionary program grantees completing a form twice a year with an estimated completion time of one hour.
7. *An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable:* The annualized costs to the Federal Government resulting from the OVW staff review of the performance reports submitted by grantees are estimated to be $800,000. This includes the cost of building and maintaining this data collection as well as administrative costs.
8. *Total Burden Hours:*
| Activity | Estimated | Frequency | Total annual | Time per | Total annual |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Formula Administrator Performance Reporting Form | 112 | Annually | 1 | 1 | 112 |
| Formula Subgrantee Performance Reporting Form | 3,000 | Annually | 1 | 1 | 3,000 |
| Discretionary Performance Reporting Form | 3,000 | Semi-annually | 2 | 1 | 6,000 |
| Total | | | | | 9,112 |
*If additional information is required contact:* Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: September 22, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.