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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
1. Type of Information Collection: Site
visits, which will include individual
and group interviews.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The applicable component within the
U.S. Department of Justice is the
National Institute of Justice in the Office
of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Sexual assault kits (SAKs) are
invaluable tools used in investigations
to collect evidence such as DNA and to
document injuries from alleged victims;
this evidence in turn is used to identify
and prosecute offenders and to
exonerate innocent suspects. Despite the
importance of SAKs, backlogs of
unsubmitted and untested kits have
emerged in jurisdictions across the
country (e.g., Peterson and Hickman,
2005; Strom et al., 2009). The Bureau of
Justice Assistance (BJA) established the
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) to
provide assistance to jurisdictions who
are addressing these issues. In FY 2015,
20 sites were funded through SAKI to
engage in reforms intended to improve
the national response to sexual assault
cases.
The objectives of the current study are
to conduct an evaluability assessment of
all 20 FY2015 sites to determine their
readiness to participate in an evaluation
of the SAKI and to develop a
comprehensive and rigorous evaluation
plan to ultimately determine the extent
to which SAKI reforms have resulted in
intended (and/or unintended) system
changes. The evaluability assessment
data collection process will include
visits to the 20 sites, which will be
comprised of individual and group
interviews with a maximum of 20
respondents per site.
The types of respondents who will be
asked to respond to requests for
interviews will include the SAKI Site
Coordinator, representatives from
sectors involved in working groups (e.g.,
law enforcement, forensic medical
personnel, forensic laboratory
personnel, prosecutors, victim
advocates, victim treatment providers),
specialized staff (e.g., cold case
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detectives, police administrative
support, victim compensation staff).
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated average burden
for a respondent completing a site visit
interview is approximately 60 minutes.
A maximum of 20 respondents will be
interviewed, either individually or in
groups, at each of the 20 sites.
Therefore, the total number of estimated
respondents for the entire evaluability
site visit data collection is 400 (20 sites
× 20 respondents per site).
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The maximum estimated
public burden associated with this
collection is 400 hours. It is estimated
that each of the 400 site visit interviews
will take 60 minutes to complete (400
respondents × 60 minutes = 400 hours).
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: June 14, 2017
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the ‘‘Current Population
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Survey (CPS).’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a tollfree number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, 202–691–
7763 (this is not a toll-free number).
(See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The CPS has been the principal
source of the official Government
statistics on employment and
unemployment for over 75 years. The
labor force information gathered
through the survey is of paramount
importance in keeping track of the
economic health of the Nation. The
survey is the only source of monthly
data on total employment and
unemployment. The Employment
Situation news release contains data
from this survey and is designated as a
Principal Federal Economic Indicator
(PFEI). Moreover, the survey also yields
data on the characteristics of persons
not in the labor force. The CPS data are
used monthly, in conjunction with data
from other sources, to analyze the extent
to which, and with what success, the
various components of the American
population are participating in the
economic life of the Nation.
The labor force data gathered through
the CPS are provided to users in the
greatest detail possible, in conjunction
with the demographic information
obtained in the survey. In brief, the
labor force data can be broken down by
sex, age, race, ethnicity, marital status,
family composition, educational level,
certification and licensing status,
disability status, and other
characteristics. Through such
breakdowns, one can focus on the
employment situation of specific
population groups as well as on general
trends in employment and
unemployment. Information of this type
can be obtained only through
demographically oriented surveys such
as the CPS.
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The basic CPS data also are used as
an important platform on which to base
the data derived from the various
supplemental questions that are
administered in conjunction with the
survey. By coupling the basic data from
the monthly survey with the special
data from the supplements, one can get
valuable insights on the behavior of
American workers and on the social and
economic health of their families.
There is wide interest in the monthly
CPS data among Government
policymakers, legislators, economists,
the media, and the general public.
While the data from the CPS are used in
conjunction with data from other
surveys in assessing the economic
health of the Nation, they are unique in
various ways. Specifically, they are the
basis for much of the monthly
Employment Situation report, a PFEI.
They provide a monthly, nationally
representative measure of total
employment, including farm work, selfemployment, and unpaid family work;
other surveys are generally restricted to
the nonagricultural wage and salary
sector, or provide less timely
information. The CPS provides data on
all job seekers, and on all persons
outside the labor force, while payrollbased surveys cannot, by definition,
cover these sectors of the population.
Finally, the CPS data on employment,
unemployment, and on persons not in
the labor force can be linked to the
demographic characteristics of the many
groups that make up the Nation’s
population, while the data from other
surveys often have limited demographic
information. Many groups, both in the
government and in the private sector,
are eager to analyze this wealth of
demographic and labor force data.
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II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Current
Population Survey (CPS).
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
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• 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 submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Current Population Survey
(CPS).
OMB Number: 1220–0100.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 53,000 per month.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 636,000.
Average Time per Response: 7.6
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 80,560
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
June, 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017–12603 Filed 6–16–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that the requested data can be provided
in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. The Bureau of
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Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
revision of the ‘‘Report on Current
Employment Statistics.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Current Employment Statistics
(CES) program provides current
monthly statistics on employment,
hours, and earnings, by industry and
geography. CES estimates are among the
most visible and widely-used Principal
Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs).
CES data are also among the timeliest of
the PFEIs, with their release each month
by the BLS in the Employment
Situation, typically on the first Friday of
each month. The statistics are
fundamental inputs in economic
decision processes at all levels of
government, private enterprise, and
organized labor.
The CES monthly estimates of
employment, hours, and earnings are
based on a sample of U.S.
nonagricultural establishments.
Information is derived from
approximately 297,000 reports (from a
sample of 147,000 employers with State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts
comprised of 634,000 individual
worksites), as of February 2017. Each
month, firms report their employment,
payroll, and hours on forms identified
as the BLS–790. The sample is collected
under a probability-based design. Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands collect an
additional 7,000 reports.
A list of all form types currently used
appears in the table below. Respondents
receive variations of the basic collection
forms, depending on their industry.
The CES program is a voluntary
program under Federal statute.
Reporting to the State agencies is
voluntary in all but three States
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95). This program helps to ensure that requested data
can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the ``Current
Population Survey (CPS).'' A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll-free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, 202-
691-7763 (this is not a toll-free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The CPS has been the principal source of the official Government
statistics on employment and unemployment for over 75 years. The labor
force information gathered through the survey is of paramount
importance in keeping track of the economic health of the Nation. The
survey is the only source of monthly data on total employment and
unemployment. The Employment Situation news release contains data from
this survey and is designated as a Principal Federal Economic Indicator
(PFEI). Moreover, the survey also yields data on the characteristics of
persons not in the labor force. The CPS data are used monthly, in
conjunction with data from other sources, to analyze the extent to
which, and with what success, the various components of the American
population are participating in the economic life of the Nation.
The labor force data gathered through the CPS are provided to users
in the greatest detail possible, in conjunction with the demographic
information obtained in the survey. In brief, the labor force data can
be broken down by sex, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, family
composition, educational level, certification and licensing status,
disability status, and other characteristics. Through such breakdowns,
one can focus on the employment situation of specific population groups
as well as on general trends in employment and unemployment.
Information of this type can be obtained only through demographically
oriented surveys such as the CPS.
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The basic CPS data also are used as an important platform on which
to base the data derived from the various supplemental questions that
are administered in conjunction with the survey. By coupling the basic
data from the monthly survey with the special data from the
supplements, one can get valuable insights on the behavior of American
workers and on the social and economic health of their families.
There is wide interest in the monthly CPS data among Government
policymakers, legislators, economists, the media, and the general
public. While the data from the CPS are used in conjunction with data
from other surveys in assessing the economic health of the Nation, they
are unique in various ways. Specifically, they are the basis for much
of the monthly Employment Situation report, a PFEI. They provide a
monthly, nationally representative measure of total employment,
including farm work, self-employment, and unpaid family work; other
surveys are generally restricted to the nonagricultural wage and salary
sector, or provide less timely information. The CPS provides data on
all job seekers, and on all persons outside the labor force, while
payroll-based surveys cannot, by definition, cover these sectors of the
population. Finally, the CPS data on employment, unemployment, and on
persons not in the labor force can be linked to the demographic
characteristics of the many groups that make up the Nation's
population, while the data from other surveys often have limited
demographic information. Many groups, both in the government and in the
private sector, are eager to analyze this wealth of demographic and
labor force data.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Current Population Survey (CPS).
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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 submissions of responses.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Current Population Survey (CPS).
OMB Number: 1220-0100.
Affected Public: Households.
Total Respondents: 53,000 per month.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 636,000.
Average Time per Response: 7.6 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 80,560 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of June, 2017.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017-12603 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
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