Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comments Requested; New Collection; Uniform Crime Reporting Data Collection Instrument Pretesting and Burden Estimation General Clearance, 6230-6231 [2014-02089]
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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:
Proposed new collection; comments
requested.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Drug
Endangered Children Tracking System
User Survey.
(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: System users, both law
enforcement and child welfare workers,
will be asked to provide customer
service feedback regarding the Colorado
Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
Tracking System (DECSYS). Through a
cooperative agreement with the COPS
Office, the Colorado Alliance for Drug
Endangered Children will gather this
feedback in order to assess how agencies
are using DECSYS, what training is
being provided, challenges, and many
other factors.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply:
(6) It is estimated that 50 respondents
annually will complete the form in
approximately 10 minutes (.17 hours).
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 8.5
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
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Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 1407B,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[OMB Number 1110—NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comments Requested; New Collection;
Uniform Crime Reporting Data
Collection Instrument Pretesting and
Burden Estimation General Clearance
ACTION:
30-day notice.
The Department of Justice, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice
Information Services Division will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with established review procedures of
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 78, Number 228, page
70577, on November 26, 2013, allowing
for a 60 day comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
for an additional 30 days for public
comment until March 5, 2014 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 Mrs. Amy C.
Blasher, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Division,
Module E–3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road,
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306;
facsimile (304) 625–3566.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Comments
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) 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 of
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) The title of the form/collection:
Uniform Crime Reporting Data
Collection Instrument Pretesting and
Burden Estimation General Clearance.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
New collection; Criminal Justice
Information Services Division, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: City, county, state,
tribal, and federal law enforcement
agencies. Abstract: This clearance
provides the UCR Program the ability to
conduct pretests which evaluate the
validity and reliability of information
collection instruments and determine
the level of burden state and local
agencies have in reporting crime data to
the FBI. The Paperwork Reduction Act
only allows for nine respondents in
pretesting activities. This clearance
request expands the pretesting sample
to 30 persons for each of the ten
information collections administered by
the UCR Program. Further, the clearance
will allow for a brief 5-minute cost and
burden assessment for the 18,000 law
enforcement agencies participating in
the UCR Program.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: There are a potential of 18,000
law enforcement agency respondents;
calculated estimates indicate 5 minutes
for the agency participation cost and
burden assessments. There are 300
respondents; calculated estimates
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indicate 60 minutes for the UCR forms
pretesting assessments.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with this
collection: There are approximately
1,800 hours, annual burden, associated
with this information collection.
If additional information is required
contact Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
United States Department of Justice,
Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
NE., Room 3W–1407B, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121–0314]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed collection;
Comments Requested; Renewal with
change of a previously approved
collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics
Program
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ACTION:
30-day notice.
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 78, Number 225, page 69875 on
Thursday, November 21, 2013, allowing
for a 60 day comment period. One
inquiry related to the uses of FIST data
was received to which BJS responded.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
for an additional 30 days for public
comment until March 5, 2014. 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 or associated response time,
should be directed to The Officer of
Management and Budget, Officer of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention Department of Justice Desk
Officer, Washington DC 20503.
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Additionally, comments may be
submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)
395–7285.
Request 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:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) 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:
Reinstatement with change of a
previously approved collection.
(2) The title of the Form/Collection:
Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Not applicable.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
to respond, as well as a brief abstract:
Primary: State and local agencies. State
and local agencies responsible for
maintaining records on the number of
background checks for firearm transfers
or permits that were issued, processed,
tracked, or conducted during the
calendar year are asked to provide
information about: The number of
applications and denials for firearm
transfers received or tracked by the
agency; reasons why an application was
denied; information on arrests that
occurred when a denied person who
submitted a false application or had an
outstanding warrant was arrested by the
checking agency or another agency that
was notified (state agency responders
only); appeals to an agency and court for
reconsideration of a denial (state agency
responders only); and reversals of a
denial decision (state agency responders
only). Through its Firearm Inquiry
Statistics Program, the Bureau of Justice
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Statistics collects information on
firearm background checks conducted
by state and local agencies and
combines this information with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s
National Instant Criminal Background
Check System transaction data to
produce a national estimate of the
number of applications received and
denied and of the reasons for denial.
The information is also combined with
data obtained from the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives on appeals of denied
applications and arrests for falsified
documents. 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, state
officials, researchers, students, the
media, the general public, 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: 761 responses at 25 minutes
each. Respondents have the option to
provide responses using either paper or
web-based questionnaires. The burden
estimate is based on the results of the
field test of the 2012 Firearm Inquiry
Statistics Program survey instrument
and feedback received from the 2012
data collection, as well as the Bureau of
Justice Statistic’s extensive history
conducting the FIST data collection.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 317
annual total burden hours associated
with the collection.
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
Avenue, 145 N Street NE., Room 3W–
1407B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014–02091 Filed 1–31–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[OMB Number 1110--NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comments Requested; New Collection; Uniform Crime Reporting Data
Collection Instrument Pretesting and Burden Estimation General
Clearance
ACTION: 30-day notice.
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The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services Division will be submitting the
following information collection request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
established review procedures of 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 78,
Number 228, page 70577, on November 26, 2013, allowing for a 60 day
comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days
for public comment until March 5, 2014 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 Mrs. Amy C. Blasher, Unit Chief,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division, Module E-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
Virginia 26306; facsimile (304) 625-3566.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Comments should address one or more of the following four
points:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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 of
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) The title of the form/collection: Uniform Crime Reporting Data
Collection Instrument Pretesting and Burden Estimation General
Clearance.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the department sponsoring the collection: New collection; Criminal
Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: City, county, state, tribal, and
federal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: This clearance provides the
UCR Program the ability to conduct pretests which evaluate the validity
and reliability of information collection instruments and determine the
level of burden state and local agencies have in reporting crime data
to the FBI. The Paperwork Reduction Act only allows for nine
respondents in pretesting activities. This clearance request expands
the pretesting sample to 30 persons for each of the ten information
collections administered by the UCR Program. Further, the clearance
will allow for a brief 5-minute cost and burden assessment for the
18,000 law enforcement agencies participating in the UCR Program.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are a
potential of 18,000 law enforcement agency respondents; calculated
estimates indicate 5 minutes for the agency participation cost and
burden assessments. There are 300 respondents; calculated estimates
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indicate 60 minutes for the UCR forms pretesting assessments.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with this collection: There are approximately 1,800 hours, annual
burden, associated with this information collection.
If additional information is required contact Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3W-1407B, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-02089 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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