Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comments Requested, 31976 [E9-15809]

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 127 (Monday, July 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15809]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0065]


 Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Existing Collection; Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension 
of a Currently Approved Collection; National Corrections Reporting 
Program.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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. The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 80, 
Pages 19238-19239, on April 28, 2009. Comments are encouraged and will 
be accepted for ``thirty days''. 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 proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact William J. Sabol, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202-
514-1062). 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 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; 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: National Corrections Reporting 
Program. The collection includes the forms: Prisoner Admission Report, 
Prisoner Release Report, Parole Release Report, Prisoner in Custody at 
Year-end.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): NCRP-
1A, NCRP-1B, NCRP-1C, and NCRP-1D. Corrections Statistics Unit, Bureau 
of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: The National Corrections Reporting Program 
(NCRP) is the only national data collection furnishing annual 
individual-level information for State prisoners admitted or released 
during the year, those in custody at year-end, and persons discharged 
from parole supervision. The NCRP collects data on sentencing, time 
served in prison and on parole, offense, admission/release type, and 
demographic information. BJS, the Congress, researchers, and criminal 
justice practitioners use these data to describe annual movements of 
adult offenders through State correctional systems. Providers of the 
data are personnel in the State Departments of Corrections and Parole.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS anticipates 
51 respondents for report year 2009 with a total annual burden of 2,254 
hours. For each type of information previously provided, respondents 
will require an average of 8 hours to provide information on prisoner 
admissions and releases, 8 hours to provide information on parole 
releases, and 8 hours to provide information on the year-end custody 
prisoner population. This includes time for modifying and re-running 
previously written computer programs, preparing input data, and 
documenting the record layout. For each type of information being 
supplied for the first time, each respondent will require an average of 
24 hours to provide information on prisoner admissions and releases, 24 
hours to provide information on parole releases, and 24 hours to 
provide information on the year-end custody prisoner population. This 
includes time for developing, testing, and running new computer 
programs, preparing input data, and documenting the record layout. Each 
respondent will require an additional 2 hours documenting or explaining 
the data for a total of 2,254 burden hours. Magnetic media or other 
electronic formats are expected from all 51 respondents. The total 
annual burden is expected to decrease for 2010 and beyond, when 
computer programs written to provide data for 2009 for the first time, 
are rerun.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 2,254 total 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: June 30, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E9-15809 Filed 7-2-09; 8:45 am]
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