Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension With Change, of a Currently Approved Collection; National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), 13506-13507 [2017-04871]

Agencies

• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 47 (Monday, March 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13506-13507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04871]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

[OMB Number 1110-0058]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension With Change, of a Currently Approved 
Collection; National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services Division 
(CJIS), 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
May 12, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All comments, suggestions, or 
questions regarding additional information, to include obtaining a copy 
of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, 
should be directed to Mrs. Amy C. Blasher, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Criminal Information Services Division, Module E-3, 
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; facsimile 
(304) 625-3566.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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, with change of a 
currently approved collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Incident-Based 
Reporting System.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is 1110-0058. 
The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the 
Criminal Justice Information Services Division, in the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation.
    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: Under U.S. Code, Title 28, Section 534, Acquisition, 
Preservation, and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointment of 
Officials, June 11, 1930; Public Law 109-177 (H.R. 3199), March 9, 
2006, USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005; Public 
Law 110-457, Title II, Section 237(a), (b), December 23, 2008, the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008, 
and Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, April 28, 2009, this 
collection requests Incident data from city, county, state, tribal and 
federal law enforcement agencies in order for the FBI UCR Program to 
serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and 
dissemination of incident data and to publish these statistics in Crime 
in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement 
Officers Killed and Assaulted. NIBRS is an incident-based reporting 
system in which law enforcement collects data on each crime occurrence. 
Designed to be generated as a byproduct of local, state, and federal 
automated records systems, currently, the NIBRS collects data on each 
incident and arrest within 24 crime categories made up of 52 specific 
crimes called Group A offenses. For each of the offenses coming to the 
attention of law enforcement, various facts about the crime are 
collected. In addition to the Group A offenses, there are 10 Group B 
offense categories for which only arrest data are reported. The most 
significant

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difference between NIBRS and the traditional Summary Reporting System 
(SRS) is the degree of detail in reporting. In reporting data via the 
traditional SRS, law enforcement agencies tally the occurrences of 
eight Part I crimes. NIBRS is capable of producing more detailed, 
accurate, and meaningful data because data are collected about when and 
where crime takes place, what form it takes, and the characteristics of 
its victims and perpetrators. Although most of the general concepts for 
collecting, scoring, and reporting UCR data in the SRS apply in the 
NIBRS, such as jurisdictional rules, there are some important 
differences in the two systems. The most notable differences that give 
the NIBRS an advantage over the SRS are: No Hierarchy Rule, in a 
multiple-offense incident NIBRS reports every offense occurring during 
the incident where SRS would report just the most serious offense and 
the lower-listed offense would not be reported; NIBRS provides revised, 
expanded, and new offense definitions; NIBRS provides more specificity 
in reporting offenses, using NIBRS offense and arrest data for 24 Group 
A offense categories can be reported while in the SRS eight Part I 
offenses can be reported; NIBRS can distinguish between attempted and 
completed Group A crimes; NIBRS also provides crimes against society 
while the SRS does not; the victim-to-offender data, circumstance 
reporting, drug related offenses, offenders suspected use of drugs, and 
computer crime is expanded in NIBRS; the NIBRS update reports are 
directly tied to the original incident submitted. The Group A offense 
categories include animal cruelty, arson, assault offenses, bribery, 
burglary/breaking and entering, counterfeiting/forgery, destruction/
damage/vandalism of property, drug/narcotic offenses, embezzlement, 
extortion/blackmail, fraud offenses, gambling offenses, homicide 
offenses, human trafficking, kidnapping/abduction, larceny/theft 
offenses, motor vehicle theft, pornography/obscene material, 
prostitution offenses, robbery, sex offenses, sex offenses/nonforcible, 
stolen property offenses, and weapon law violations. The Group B 
offense categories include bad checks, curfew/loitering/vagrancy 
violations, disorderly conduct, DUI, drunkenness, family offenses/
nonviolent, liquor law violations, peeping tom, trespass of real 
property, and all other offenses. Beginning in 2019, the NIBRS will 
also collect additional data values to capture data on domestic 
violence, cargo theft, and negligent manslaughter.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are 
approximately 6,648 law enforcement agencies. The amount of time 
estimated for an average respondent to respond is two hours monthly 
which totals to an annual hour burden of 24 hours. The two hours to 
respond is the time it takes for the agencies records management system 
(RMS) to download the NIBRS and send to the FBI. By design, law 
enforcement agencies generate NIBRS data as a by-product of their RMS. 
Therefore, a law enforcement agency builds its system to suit its own 
individual needs, including all of the information required for 
administration and operation; then forwards only the data required by 
the NIBRS to participate in the FBI UCR Program.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately 159,552 hours, annual 
burden, associated with this information collection. The total number 
of respondents is 6,648 with a total annual hour burden of 24 hours 
(6,648 x 24 = 159,552 total annual hours).
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: March 8, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-04871 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am]
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