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categories: Expirations of sentence,
commutations, other conditional
releases, probations, supervised
mandatory releases, paroles, other
conditional releases, deaths by cause,
AWOLs, escapes, transfers to other
jurisdictions, and releases to appeal or
bond;
(e) Number of inmates under
jurisdiction on December 31 by race and
Hispanic origin;
(f) Number of inmates under physical
custody on December 31 classified as
non-citizens of the U.S. with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one
year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
(g) Number of inmates under physical
custody who are under 18 years of age;
(h) Testing of incoming inmates for
HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS cases
on December 31; and
(i) The aggregated rated, operational,
and/or design capacities, by sex, of the
state/BOP’s correctional facilities at
year-end.
For the NPS–1B(T) form, five central
reporters from the U.S. Territories and
Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico,
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin
Islands, and American Samoa will be
asked to provide information for the
following categories for the calendar
year just ended, and, if available, for the
previous calendar year:
(a) As of December 31, the number of
male and female inmates within their
custody and under their jurisdiction
with maximum sentences of more than
one year, one year or less; and
unsentenced inmates; and an
assessment of the completeness of these
counts (complete, partial, or estimated)
(b) The number of inmates under
jurisdiction on December 31 but in the
custody of facilities operated by other
jurisdictions’ authorities solely to
reduce prison overcrowding;
(c) Number of inmates under
jurisdiction on December 31 by race and
Hispanic origin;
(d) The aggregated rated, operational,
and/or design capacities, by sex, of the
territory’s/Commonwealth’s correctional
facilities at year-end.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses
this information in published reports
and for the U.S. Congress, Executive
Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, and
others interested in criminal justice
statistics.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: During data collection in 2018,
51 respondents will each take an
average of 7 hours to complete the NPS–
1B and 5 respondents will each taking
an average of 2 hours to respond to the
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NPS–1B(T) form. Data collection
conducted in 2019 and 2020 will
require each respondent to spend an
average of 6.5 total hours to respond to
the NPS–1B form. 5 respondents, each
taking an average of 2 hours to respond
to the NPS–1B(T) form. The burden
estimates are based on feedback from
respondents, and the burden for data
collected in 2019 and 2020 remains the
same as the previous clearance. The
burden for data collected in 2018
increased due to the addition of
questions disaggregating the number of
non-citizen in custody by sentence
length and the source of these data.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There is an estimated 1,050
total burden hours associated with this
collection for the three years of data
collection, or approximately 350 hours
for each year.
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: May 9, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension
without change of a currently approved
SUMMARY:
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collection for the ‘‘Producer Price
Index’’ survey. A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before July 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Producer Price Index (PPI), one of
the Nation’s leading economic
indicators, is used as a measure of price
movements, as an indicator of
inflationary trends, for inventory
valuation, and as a measure of
purchasing power of the dollar at the
primary-market level. It also is used for
market and economic research and as a
basis for escalation in long-term
contracts and purchase agreements.
PPI data provide a description of the
magnitude and composition of price
change within the economy, and serve
a wide range of governmental needs.
This family of indexes are closely
followed, monthly statistics which are
viewed as sensitive indicators of the
economic environment. Price data are
vital in helping both the President and
Congress set fiscal-spending targets.
Producer prices are monitored by the
Federal Reserve Board Open Market
Committee to help decide monetary
policy. Federal policy-makers at the
Department of Treasury and the Council
of Economic Advisors utilize these
statistics to help form and evaluate
monetary and fiscal measures and to
help interpret the general business
environment. In addition, it is common
to find one or more PPIs, alone or in
combination with other measures, used
to escalate the delivered price of goods
for government purchases.
In addition to governmental uses, PPI
data are regularly put to use by the
private sector. Private industry uses PPI
data for contract price adjustment. For
one particular method of tax-related
Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) inventory
accounting, the Internal Revenue
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Service suggests that firms use PPI data
for making calculations. Private
businesses make extensive use of
industrial-price data for planning and
operations. Price trends are used to
assess the condition of markets. Firms
commonly compare the prices they pay
for material inputs as well as prices they
receive for products that they make and
sell with changes in similar PPIs.
Economic researchers and forecasters
also put the PPI to regular use. PPIs are
widely used to probe and measure the
interaction of market forces. Some
examples of research topics that require
extensive price data include: The
identification of varying price
elasticities and the degree of cost passthrough in the economy, the
identification of potential lead and lag
structures among price changes, and the
identification of prices which exert
major impacts throughout market
structures.
of the PPI collection is to accumulate
data for the ongoing, monthly
publication of the PPI family of indexes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics must
continue collecting data for the PPI
since both policy and business planning
are affected by the completeness of the
description of price trends. Dollardenominated measures of economic
performance, such as Gross Domestic
Product, require accurate price data in
order to convert nominal to constantdollar values. Inflation-free national
income accounting figures are vital to
fiscal and monetary policy-makers when
setting objectives and targets. It is
conservatively estimated that hundredsof-billions of dollars’ worth of contracts
and purchase agreements employ PPIs
as part of price-adjustment clauses.
Failure to calculate data would tend to
extend the time frame required for
accurate recognition of and appropriate
adaptation to economic events.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the PPI
survey.
The PPI collection is not a one-time
project with an end date. The purpose
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
Total
respondents
Form
Frequency
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.
• 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 submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Producer Price Index Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0008.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Average
time per
response
(minutes)
Total
responses
Estimated
total
burden
(hours)
BLS 1810A, A1, B, C, C1, and E ........................................
BLS 473P ............................................................................
5,836
20,600
once ...............
monthly ..........
5,836
* 1,122,000
120
5
11,672
93,500
Totals ............................................................................
26,436
........................
1,127,836
........................
105,172
* For monthly repricing, PPI requests repricing of 93,500 items each month.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of
April 2017.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Meetings of Humanities Panel
National Endowment for the
Humanities, National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
The National Endowment for
the Humanities will hold six meetings
of the Humanities Panel, a federal
advisory committee, during June, 2017.
The purpose of the meetings is for panel
review, discussion, evaluation, and
recommendation of applications for
financial assistance under the National
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Act of 1965.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for meeting dates. The meetings
will open at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn
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The meetings will be held at
Constitution Center at 400 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20506, unless
otherwise indicated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee
Management Officer, 400 7th Street
SW., Room 4060, Washington, DC
20506; (202) 606–8322; evoyatzis@
neh.gov.
ADDRESSES:
National Endowment for the
Humanities
SUMMARY:
by 5:00 p.m. on the dates specified
below.
Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), notice is hereby given of the
following meetings:
1. Date: June 26, 2017.
This meeting will discuss
applications on the subjects of the
Classics, Philosophy, Religion, and
European History, for NEH-Mellon
Fellowships for Digital Publication,
submitted to the Division of Research
Programs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[FR Doc No: 2017-09602]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension without change of a
currently approved collection for the ``Producer Price Index'' survey.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before July 11, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Producer Price Index (PPI), one of the Nation's leading
economic indicators, is used as a measure of price movements, as an
indicator of inflationary trends, for inventory valuation, and as a
measure of purchasing power of the dollar at the primary-market level.
It also is used for market and economic research and as a basis for
escalation in long-term contracts and purchase agreements.
PPI data provide a description of the magnitude and composition of
price change within the economy, and serve a wide range of governmental
needs. This family of indexes are closely followed, monthly statistics
which are viewed as sensitive indicators of the economic environment.
Price data are vital in helping both the President and Congress set
fiscal-spending targets. Producer prices are monitored by the Federal
Reserve Board Open Market Committee to help decide monetary policy.
Federal policy-makers at the Department of Treasury and the Council of
Economic Advisors utilize these statistics to help form and evaluate
monetary and fiscal measures and to help interpret the general business
environment. In addition, it is common to find one or more PPIs, alone
or in combination with other measures, used to escalate the delivered
price of goods for government purchases.
In addition to governmental uses, PPI data are regularly put to use
by the private sector. Private industry uses PPI data for contract
price adjustment. For one particular method of tax-related Last-In-
First-Out (LIFO) inventory accounting, the Internal Revenue
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Service suggests that firms use PPI data for making calculations.
Private businesses make extensive use of industrial-price data for
planning and operations. Price trends are used to assess the condition
of markets. Firms commonly compare the prices they pay for material
inputs as well as prices they receive for products that they make and
sell with changes in similar PPIs.
Economic researchers and forecasters also put the PPI to regular
use. PPIs are widely used to probe and measure the interaction of
market forces. Some examples of research topics that require extensive
price data include: The identification of varying price elasticities
and the degree of cost pass-through in the economy, the identification
of potential lead and lag structures among price changes, and the
identification of prices which exert major impacts throughout market
structures.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
PPI survey.
The PPI collection is not a one-time project with an end date. The
purpose of the PPI collection is to accumulate data for the ongoing,
monthly publication of the PPI family of indexes. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics must continue collecting data for the PPI since both policy
and business planning are affected by the completeness of the
description of price trends. Dollar-denominated measures of economic
performance, such as Gross Domestic Product, require accurate price
data in order to convert nominal to constant-dollar values. Inflation-
free national income accounting figures are vital to fiscal and
monetary policy-makers when setting objectives and targets. It is
conservatively estimated that hundreds-of-billions of dollars' worth of
contracts and purchase agreements employ PPIs as part of price-
adjustment clauses. Failure to calculate data would tend to extend the
time frame required for accurate recognition of and appropriate
adaptation to economic events.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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 submissions of responses.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Producer Price Index Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0008.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
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Average time Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (minutes) (hours)
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BLS 1810A, A1, B, C, C1, and 5,836 once.............. 5,836 120 11,672
E.
BLS 473P.................... 20,600 monthly........... * 1,122,000 5 93,500
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Totals.................. 26,436 .................. 1,127,836 .............. 105,172
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* For monthly repricing, PPI requests repricing of 93,500 items each month.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of April 2017.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2017-09602 Filed 5-11-17; 8:45 am]
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