Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; Comments Requested, 8987 [E9-4158]

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 8987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4158]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1103-0097]


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency 
Information Collection Activities: Emergency Revision of a Previously 
Approved Collection; Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: COPS 
Budget Detail Worksheets.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services (COPS), will be submitting the following emergency 
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 information collection is published to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days for public 
comment until April 28, 2009. This process is conducted in accordance 
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Rebekah Dorr, Department of Justice Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530. 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 extension of the previously approved 
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 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 Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Emergency revision of a 
previously approved collection, with change; comments requested.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: COPS Budget Detail Worksheets.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: None. U.S. Department of Justice 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Law enforcement agencies and other 
public and private entities that apply for COPS Office grants or 
cooperative agreements will be asked to complete the COPS Budget Detail 
Worksheets. The COPS Budget Detail Worksheets are the result of a COPS 
Office business process reengineering effort aimed at standardization 
as required under the grant streamlining requirements of Public Law 
106-107, the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 
1999, as well as the President's Management Agenda E-grants Initiative. 
The new worksheets standardize the budget forms across all COPS Office 
programs and should reduce the burden on applicants due the applicants 
ability to use the same form for multiple programs, thus reducing the 
need for applicants to learn how to complete multiple differing forms.
    (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 16,200 respondents annually will complete the form 
within 2 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 32,400 total annual burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 23, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
 [FR Doc. E9-4158 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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