Did the OJJDP Administrator respond to Senate committee's written questions from JJDPA hearing?

It doesn't appear that way.

This month, Senator Patrick Leahy had pressed Mukasey for answers to DOJ witness questions. The full text of Leahy’s letter follows. A PDF, and listing of unanswered questions, is available online. One of the questions remained unanswered in relation to OJJDP Administrator J. Robert Flores was:

12/5/07 hearing and testimony
Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act
J. Robert Flores
Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention

Senators didn't received response from Flores 12/13/07
Leahy( 1), Kennedy( 1),
Feingold( 1)

Here were the statements of Senators Leahy and Feingold from the JJDPA hearing on 12/5/07:


Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
Statement of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Member, Senate Judiciary Committee

Former OJJDP Adminstrator Shay Bilchik testified at the hearing and submitted his written answers to the committee. Here was Bilchik's testimony:
Testimony of Shay Bilchik.

Here was an excerpt of Bilchik's written answer to one of the committee:

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Questions from Senator Feingold:

2. Why is federal investment and involvement in state and local juvenile justice efforts important?

As a former Administrator of the OJJDP, I urge you to ensure that juvenile justice retains an active “home” that is focused on delinquency prevention and control, rehabilitation, and child protection within the U.S. Department of Justice at OJJDP- - with an administration guided by experts and whose actions are both timely and transparent to the public.

It should also be made clear that it is the intent of Congress that these functions of the OJJDP are to be under the control of, and performed by that office and not delegated to other departments within the Department of Justice.

This splintering and fragmentation of OJJDP has been taking place in recent years and has undermined the ability of the office to fulfill its leadership role.

Here's the link of Bilchik's written answers: Response to Questions - Shay Bilchik

See more testimonies and other witnesses' written answers to the committee minus Flores. Click here.

On a side note: Congressman and Chairman Henry Waxman of Oversight and Reform Committee still hasn't received a response from AG Mukasey on documents relating to the grant making policies. Waxman had a hearing with Flores in June 2008 despite no response of documents from Mukasey.

Waxman's letter to Mukasey on March 13, 2008:

I am writing to request documents relating to the grantmaking policies and practices in
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the Justice
Department. Concerns about this issue were brought to my attention by Congressman Timothy
Walz.

In order to examine these allegations, I request that you provide the Committee the
following information

1. A list of all applicants for discretionary grants from the OJJDP for Fiscal Year 2007,
including the proposed funding amount, category ofjuvenile delinquency addressed,
whether the application received external peer review, the applicant's technical
evaluation scores, and, if the applicant was funded, the amount awarded;

2. For discretionary grants awarded in Fiscal Year 2007, all documents related to their
award, including grant applications; records and notes from their technical evaluation; the
offrcial decision memoranda; and communications within OJJDP and between OJJDP
officials and any outside entity;

3. All communications to or from OJJDP Administrator J. Robert Flores relating to all
grants considered for awards in Fiscal Year 2007; and

4. All OJJDP and DOJ policies governing the grant competition and award process.

Please provide these documents to the Committee by April 4, 2008. In addition, please
provide the Committee with a briefing on the OJJDP's grantmaking policies and practices,
including the issues raised in the Youth Today article, by March 28,2008.