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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.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0311]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested;
Reinstatement, With Change, of
Previously Approved Collection:
National Inmate Survey in Prisons
(NIS–4P)
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
January 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on 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
Amy Lauger, Supervisory Statistician,
Institutional Research and Special
Projects Unit, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 (email:
Amy.Lauger@ojp.usdoj.gov; telephone:
202–307–0711).
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 Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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
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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:
National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS–
4P).
3 The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
There is no agency form number at this
time. The applicable component within
the Department of Justice is the Bureau
of Justice Statistics, in the Office of
Justice Programs.
4 Affected public who will be asked or
required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Respondents will primarily be
State, Local, or Tribal Government
entities. The work under this clearance
will be used to produce estimates for the
incidence and prevalence of sexual
victimization within correctional
facilities as required under the Prison
Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Pub. L.
108–79). 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.
In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination
Act (PREA or the Act) was signed into
law. The Act requires BJS to ‘‘carry out,
for each calendar year, a comprehensive
statistical review and analysis of the
incidence and effects of prison rape.’’
The Act further instructs BJS to collect
survey data: ‘‘. . . the Bureau shall . . .
use surveys and other statistical studies
of current and former inmates . . .’’
To implement the Act, BJS developed
the National Prison Rape Statistics
Program (NPRS), which includes four
separate data collection efforts: The
Survey on Sexual Violence (SSV), the
National Inmate Survey (NIS), the
National Survey of Youth in Custody
(NSYC), and the National Former
Prisoner Survey (NFPS). The NIS
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collects information on sexual
victimization self-reported by inmates
held in adult correctional facilities, both
prisons and jails. The NIS has been
conducted three times, in 2007 (NIS–1),
in 2008–09 (NIS–2), and in 2011–12
(NIS–3). Each iteration of NIS was
conducted in at least one facility in all
50 states and the District of Columbia.
In each iteration of the survey, inmates
completed the survey using an audio
computer-assisted self-interview
(ACASI), whereby they heard questions
and instructions via headphones and
responded to the survey items via a
touch-screen interface.
The collection requested in this notice
is the fourth iteration of the National
Inmate Survey. For NIS–4,
administration of the survey in prisons
will take place separately from survey
administration in jails. This collection
request is specific to conducting the
survey in adult prison facilities.
The survey instrument for the NIS–4
in Prisons is slightly modified from the
previous iterations. The main difference
is the addition of a new set of incidentspecific questions administered to
respondents who affirmatively indicate
they were sexually victimized at some
point in the previous 12 months while
housed in their current prison facility.
These incident-specific questions will
provide information to the public on the
nature of sexual victimization in
prisons, such as where incidents
occurred within the facility, the
relationship between the victim and the
alleged perpetrator(s), and whether the
victim suffered any injuries as a result
of the incident, among other incident
characteristics.
5 An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Prior to data collection
commencing in 2020, BJS will
coordinate the logistics of NIS–4 survey
administration with staff at state, local,
and tribal correction facilities. Because
the administration of this survey in jails
is not included in this request, the
overall number of burden hours is lower
than in the last request approved in
2010 (the jail survey will be submitted
under a new OMB number). It is
estimated that 150 facility respondents
will devote 180 minutes of time to this
coordination effort. During data
collection in 2020, 77,000 state, local,
and tribal adult inmates held in prisons
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will be interviewed, with the average
interview lasting an estimated 35
minutes.
6 An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: This collection was
previously approved for implementation
in both adult prisons and jails. The
current request will only be
implemented in adult prisons, thereby
reducing the total number of facility
staff and respondents required to
participate. The total estimated NIS–4
public burden, inclusive of facility staff
and respondent burden estimates, is
45,367 hours. This comprises 450 hours
of facility staff burden and 44,917 hours
of respondent interviewing burden.
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: November 26, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Notice of Approved Agency
Information Collection; Information
Collection: Records to be Kept by
Employers—Fair Labor Standards Act
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is
providing notice to the public that the
WHD sponsored information collection
request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Records to be Kept
by Employers—Fair Labor Standards
Act,’’ has been approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
WHD is notifying the public that the
information collection has been revised
and extended effective immediately
through November 30, 2022.
DATES: The OMB approval of the
revision and extension of this
information collection is effective
immediately with an expiration date of
November 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretations, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
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Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
sending an email to
WHDPRAComments@dol.gov. Copies of
this notice may be obtained in
alternative formats (Large Print, Braille,
Audio Tape or Disc), upon request, by
calling (202) 693–0023 (not a toll-free
number). TTY/TDD callers may dial
toll-free (877) 889–5627 to obtain
information or request materials in
alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor submitted a
proposed revision to the information
collection titled: Records to be Kept by
Employers—Fair Labor Standards Act
(OMB Control Number 1235–0018), in
conjunction with a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM). This NPRM
proposed updating and revising the
regulations issued under the Fair Labor
Standards Act implementing the
exemptions from minimum wage and
overtime pay requirements for
executive, administrative, professional,
outside sales, and computer employees
(RIN 1235–AA20, ‘‘Defining and
Delimiting the Exemptions for
Executive, Administrative, Professional,
Outside Sales and Computer
Employees).’’ The NPRM published in
the Federal Register on March 22, 2019
(84 FR 10900). OMB asked the
Department to resubmit the information
collection request upon promulgation of
the final rule and after considering
public comments on the proposed rule.
On September 27, 2019, the Department
published the final rule, ‘‘Defining and
Delimiting the Exemptions for
Executive, Administrative, Professional,
Outside Sales and Computer
Employees’’ (84 FR 51230), and
submitted to OMB for approval a
revision to this ICR, ‘‘Records to be Kept
by Employers—Fair Labor Standards
Act.’’ OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal and the approval for
this collection was scheduled to expire
on December 31, 2019. As a result, the
Department submitted the revised
burden estimates associated with the
final rule and sought to extend PRA
authorization for the information
collection for three (3) more years. The
Department provided notice of the
submission of the information collection
to OMB in the Federal Register on
September 27, 2019 (84 FR 51179).
On November 19, 2019, the OMB
issued a Notice of Action approving the
revision and extension of this
information collection under OMB
Control Number 1235–0018. Section (k)
of 5 CFR 1320.11, ‘‘Clearance of
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Collections of Information in Proposed
Rules’’ states, ‘‘After receipt of
notification of OMB’s approval,
instruction to make a substantive or
material change to, disapproval of a
collection of information, or failure to
act, the agency shall publish a notice in
the Federal Register to inform the
public of OMB’s decision.’’ This notice
fulfills the Department’s obligation to
notify the public of OMB’s approval of
the information collection request.
Dated: November 25, 2019.
Amy DeBisschop,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
and Interpretation.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Notice of Approved Agency
Information Collection; Information
Collection: Employment Information
Form
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is
providing notice to the public that the
WHD sponsored information collection
request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Employment
Information Form,’’ has been approved
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). WHD is notifying the
public that the information collection
has been revised and extended effective
immediately through November 30,
2022.
SUMMARY:
The OMB approval of the
revision and extension of this
information collection is effective
immediately with an expiration date of
November 30, 2022.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretations, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
sending an email to
WHDPRAComments@dol.gov. Copies of
this notice may be obtained in
alternative formats (Large Print, Braille,
Audio Tape or Disc), upon request, by
calling (202) 693–0023 (not a toll-free
number). TTY/TDD callers may dial
toll-free (877) 889–5627 to obtain
information or request materials in
alternative formats.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0311]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of Previously Approved
Collection: National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
January 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on 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
Amy Lauger, Supervisory Statistician, Institutional Research and
Special Projects Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street
NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone:
202-307-0711).
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 Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection.
2 The Title of the Form/Collection: National Inmate Survey in
Prisons (NIS-4P).
3 The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: There is no agency form
number at this time. The applicable component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice
Programs.
4 Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well
as a brief abstract: Respondents will primarily be State, Local, or
Tribal Government entities. The work under this clearance will be used
to produce estimates for the incidence and prevalence of sexual
victimization within correctional facilities as required under the
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-79). 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.
In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA or the Act) was
signed into law. The Act requires BJS to ``carry out, for each calendar
year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence
and effects of prison rape.'' The Act further instructs BJS to collect
survey data: ``. . . the Bureau shall . . . use surveys and other
statistical studies of current and former inmates . . .''
To implement the Act, BJS developed the National Prison Rape
Statistics Program (NPRS), which includes four separate data collection
efforts: The Survey on Sexual Violence (SSV), the National Inmate
Survey (NIS), the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and the
National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS). The NIS collects information on
sexual victimization self-reported by inmates held in adult
correctional facilities, both prisons and jails. The NIS has been
conducted three times, in 2007 (NIS-1), in 2008-09 (NIS-2), and in
2011-12 (NIS-3). Each iteration of NIS was conducted in at least one
facility in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In each
iteration of the survey, inmates completed the survey using an audio
computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI), whereby they heard questions
and instructions via headphones and responded to the survey items via a
touch-screen interface.
The collection requested in this notice is the fourth iteration of
the National Inmate Survey. For NIS-4, administration of the survey in
prisons will take place separately from survey administration in jails.
This collection request is specific to conducting the survey in adult
prison facilities.
The survey instrument for the NIS-4 in Prisons is slightly modified
from the previous iterations. The main difference is the addition of a
new set of incident-specific questions administered to respondents who
affirmatively indicate they were sexually victimized at some point in
the previous 12 months while housed in their current prison facility.
These incident-specific questions will provide information to the
public on the nature of sexual victimization in prisons, such as where
incidents occurred within the facility, the relationship between the
victim and the alleged perpetrator(s), and whether the victim suffered
any injuries as a result of the incident, among other incident
characteristics.
5 An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Prior to data
collection commencing in 2020, BJS will coordinate the logistics of
NIS-4 survey administration with staff at state, local, and tribal
correction facilities. Because the administration of this survey in
jails is not included in this request, the overall number of burden
hours is lower than in the last request approved in 2010 (the jail
survey will be submitted under a new OMB number). It is estimated that
150 facility respondents will devote 180 minutes of time to this
coordination effort. During data collection in 2020, 77,000 state,
local, and tribal adult inmates held in prisons
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will be interviewed, with the average interview lasting an estimated 35
minutes.
6 An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: This collection was previously approved for
implementation in both adult prisons and jails. The current request
will only be implemented in adult prisons, thereby reducing the total
number of facility staff and respondents required to participate. The
total estimated NIS-4 public burden, inclusive of facility staff and
respondent burden estimates, is 45,367 hours. This comprises 450 hours
of facility staff burden and 44,917 hours of respondent interviewing
burden.
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: November 26, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2019-25996 Filed 11-29-19; 8:45 am]
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