Compliance, Financial Assistance Programs 21 Jan 2025 compliance, administrative practice and procedure, financial regulations, doj, victim compensation, terrorism, reimbursement, victim assistance

💼Proposed Updates to Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program

The Office for Victims of Crime ("OVC") of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs ("OJP"), proposes this rule to amend the program regulations for the International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program ("ITVERP"), to streamline program operation, more expressly reflect certain policy and procedures adopted by OVC since it began administering the program in 2006, and to adjust cost category caps.

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Legal Update 6 Jan 2025 department of justice, victim compensation, crime victims, federal register, legal regulations

❌Withdrawal of Victims of Crime Act Proposed Rule by DOJ Office

The Office of Justice Programs ("OJP"), a bureau of the Department of Justice and the component under which the Office for Victims of Crime ("OVC") resides, is withdrawing a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2024, which proposed to add a subpart to its regulations to replace the existing Victim Compensation Program Guidelines under the Victims of Crime Act, and update and codify requirements for that Program.

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