Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed collection; Comments Requested, 29585-29586 [2010-12598]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29585-29586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12598]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0030]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Extension 
of a Currently Approved Collection: Capital Punishment Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.

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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 collected is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged 
and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until July 26, 2010. This 
process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments especially 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 Tracy L. Snell, Statistician, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of 
Justice, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202-616-
3288).
    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.

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permitting electronic submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Numbers: NPS-8 
Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS-8A Update Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS-8B Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--No Statute in Force; and NPS-8C Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--Statute in Force. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of 
Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections and Attorneys 
General. Others: The Federal Bureau of Prisons. Staff responsible for 
keeping records on inmates under sentence of death in their 
jurisdiction and in their custody were asked to provide information for 
each individual under sentence of death for the following categories: 
Condemned inmates' demographic characteristics, legal status at the 
time of capital offense, capital offense for which imprisoned, number 
of death sentences imposed, criminal history information, reason for 
removal and current status if no longer under sentence of death, method 
of execution, and cause of death by means other than execution. 
Personnel in the offices of each Attorney General are asked to provide 
information regarding the status of death penalty laws and any changes 
to the laws enacted during the reference year. The Bureau of Justice 
Statistics uses this information in published reports and in responding 
to queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, 
the U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international organizations, 
researchers, students, the media, and others interested in criminal 
justices statistics.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 117 responses 
at 30 minutes each for the NPS-8; 3,215 responses at 30 minutes for the 
NPS-8A; and 52 responses at 15 minutes each for the NPS-8B and NPS-8C. 
In 2009, the 44 NPS-8/8A respondents and 52 NPS-8B/8C respondents have 
the option to provide responses using either paper or web-based 
questionnaires. The burden estimate is based on feedback from 
respondents in the most recent data collection.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 1,679 annual total burden 
hours associated with the 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: May 20, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2010-12598 Filed 5-25-10; 8:45 am]
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