Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested, 62677-62678 [E7-21776]

Agencies

• Department of Justice
• Office of Justice Programs
• Justice Programs Office

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62677-62678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21776]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Identity 
Theft Supplement (ITS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey 
(NCVS).

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau 
of Justice Statistics 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. The proposed information collection is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
Volume 72, Number 1677, pages 49732-49733 on month, August 29, 2007, 
allowing for a 60 day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until December 6, 2007. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be

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submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. 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 agencies 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
--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.

    Overview of this information:
    (1) Type of information collection: New collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Identity Theft Supplement (ITS) 
to the National Crime Victimization Survey.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
department sponsoring the collection: ITS-1. Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract. Primary: Persons 16 years or older in NCVS 
sampled households in the United States. The Identity Theft Supplement 
(ITS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey collects, analyzes, 
publishes, and disseminates statistics on the prevalence, economic 
cost, and consequences of identity theft on victims.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: 
Approximately 62,730 persons 18 years of age or older will complete an 
ITS interview. The majority of respondents, approximately 58,970 will 
be administered only the screening portion of the ITS which are 
designed to filter out those people who have not been victims of 
repetitive harassing or unwanted contacts and therefore are not 
eligible to continue with the remainder of the supplement questions. We 
estimate the average length of the ITS interview for these individuals 
will be 0.05 hours (three minutes). The complement of this group of 
respondents are those who had such experienced identity theft. 
According to the estimates by the Federal Trade Commission, we expect 
about 6 percent or 3,764 of the respondents to report being a victim of 
identity theft during the two years preceding the interview. We 
estimate each of these interviews will take 0.25 hours (15 minutes) to 
complete.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 3,891 
hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, 
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, United 
States Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 31, 2007.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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