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justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Currently, BJS anticipates the need to
conduct testing and development work
on at least ten (10) statistical projects,
including the collection of
administrative data from courts, law
enforcement agencies, state criminal
history repositories, social and victim
services agencies, and local jails, a selfreport survey of prison inmates, and
establishment surveys of law
enforcement agencies and corrections
departments.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection described above. If you have
comments—especially on the estimated
public burden—suggestions, or need
additional information about the
proposed information collection, please
contact Erica Smith, Statistician, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St.
NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are requested on:
• 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;
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• 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;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
• Ways to 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:
New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BJS
Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot,
and Field Test Studies.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance, 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: Administrators or staff of state
and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals;
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: Specific estimates of the
number of respondents and the average
response time are not known for
development work covered under a
generic clearance. Estimates of overall
burden for the ten (10) identified
projects referenced above, as well as for
other data collection projects that may
benefit from development work under
this clearance, are included in item 6
below.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 12,340 hours.
If additional information is required,
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E–508,
Washington, DC 20530.
PO 00000
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Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, Generic Clearance
for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies
for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data
Collection Activities
60-Day notice of information
collection under review.
ACTION:
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau
of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
generic information collection clearance
that will allow BJS to conduct a variety
of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
BJS will submit the request for review
and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed notice of information
collection is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until
November 13, 2012. This process is in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Over the next three years, BJS
anticipates undertaking a variety of new
surveys and data collections, as well as
reassessing ongoing statistical projects,
across a number of areas of criminal
justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
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and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Currently, BJS anticipates the need to
conduct testing and development work
on at least ten (10) statistical projects,
including the collection of
administrative data from courts, law
enforcement agencies, state criminal
history repositories, social and victim
services agencies, and local jails, a selfreport survey of prison inmates, and
establishment surveys of law
enforcement agencies and corrections
departments.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection described above. If you have
comments—especially on the estimated
public burden—suggestions, or need
additional information about the
proposed information collection, please
contact Erica Smith, Statistician, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St.
NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are requested on:
• 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;
• 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;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
• Ways to 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:
New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BJS
Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot,
and Field Test Studies.
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16:39 Sep 13, 2012
Jkt 226001
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance, 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. Administrators or staff of state
and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals;
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: Specific estimates of the
number of respondents and the average
response time are not known for
development work covered under a
generic clearance. Estimates of overall
burden for the ten (10) identified
projects referenced above, as well as for
other data collection projects that may
benefit from development work under
this clearance, are included in item 6
below.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 12,340 hours.
If additional information is required,
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E–508,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012–22621 Filed 9–13–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies
for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data
Collection Activities
60-day notice of information
collection under review.
ACTION:
PO 00000
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The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau
of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
generic information collection clearance
that will allow BJS to conduct a variety
of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
BJS will submit the request for review
and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed notice of information
collection is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until
November 13, 2012. This process is in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Over the next three years, BJS
anticipates undertaking a variety of new
surveys and data collections, as well as
reassessing ongoing statistical projects,
across a number of areas of criminal
justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Currently, BJS anticipates the need to
conduct testing and development work
on at least ten (10) statistical projects,
including the collection of
administrative data from courts, law
enforcement agencies, state criminal
history repositories, social and victim
services agencies, and local jails, a selfreport survey of prison inmates, and
establishment surveys of law
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field
Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities
ACTION: 60-Day notice of information collection under review.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic information
collection clearance that will allow BJS to conduct a variety of
cognitive, pilot, and field test studies. BJS will submit the request
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. The proposed notice of information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until November 13,
2012. This process is in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Over the next three years, BJS anticipates undertaking a variety of
new surveys and data collections, as well as reassessing ongoing
statistical projects, across a number of areas of criminal justice,
including law enforcement, courts, corrections, and victimization. This
work will entail development of new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys, procuring administrative data from
state and local government entities, and creating or modifying
establishment surveys. In order to inform BJS data collection
protocols, to develop accurate estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive, pilot and field test
activities to refine instrumentation and data collection methodologies.
BJS envisions using a variety of techniques, including but not limited
to tests of different types of survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
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and usability testing of electronic data collection instruments.
Following standard Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change request to OMB individually for
every group of data collection activities undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a copy of the individual
instruments or questionnaires (if one is used), as well as other
materials describing the project. Currently, BJS anticipates the need
to conduct testing and development work on at least ten (10)
statistical projects, including the collection of administrative data
from courts, law enforcement agencies, state criminal history
repositories, social and victim services agencies, and local jails, a
self-report survey of prison inmates, and establishment surveys of law
enforcement agencies and corrections departments.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Justice Statistics is
soliciting public comment on the information collection described
above. If you have comments--especially on the estimated public
burden--suggestions, or need additional information about the proposed
information collection, please contact Erica Smith, Statistician,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW., Washington, DC
20531.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
requested on:
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;
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;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Ways to 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: New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BJS Generic Clearance for
Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Test Studies.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection: Form numbers not available for
generic clearance, 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. Administrators or staff of state and local
agencies or programs in the relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs in the relevant fields;
individuals; policymakers at various levels of government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: Specific
estimates of the number of respondents and the average response time
are not known for development work covered under a generic clearance.
Estimates of overall burden for the ten (10) identified projects
referenced above, as well as for other data collection projects that
may benefit from development work under this clearance, are included in
item 6 below.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total respondent burden for identified and
future projects covered under this generic clearance over the 3-year
clearance period is approximately 12,340 hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E-508, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-22621 Filed 9-13-12; 8:45 am]
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