Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Comments Requested; New Collection: National Pretrial Reporting Program (NPRP), 8607-8608 [2022-03149]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 15, 2022 / Notices ACTION: 30-Day notice. The Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice Management Division, Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management (OARM), 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: The Department of Justice encourages public comment and will accept input until March 17, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and/or 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 Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Evaluate whether, and if so, how, the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: Overview of This Information Collection 1. Type of information collection: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection. 2. The title of the form/collection: Electronic Applications for the Attorney General’s Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program. 3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Feb 14, 2022 Jkt 256001 department sponsoring the collection: There is no agency form number for this collection. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management, Justice Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice. 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other: None. The application form is submitted voluntarily, once a year, by law students and recent law school graduates (e.g., judicial law clerks) who will be in this applicant pool only once. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is estimated that 3500 respondents will complete the application in approximately 1 hour per application. It is further estimated that it takes an average of an additional 45 minutes to review the instructions, search existing data sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the application. In addition, an estimated 600 respondents (Honors Program candidates selected for interviews) will complete a Travel Survey/Interview Scheduling form used to schedule interviews and prepare official travel authorizations prior to the interviewees’ performing preemployment interview travel (as defined by 41 CFR Sec. 301–1.3), as needed, in approximately 10 minutes per form, plus an estimated 400 respondents who will complete a Reimbursement Form (if applicable) in order for the Department to prepare the travel vouchers required to reimburse candidates for authorized costs they incurred during preemployment interview travel at approximately 10 minutes per form. 6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated revised total annual public burden associated with this application is 6292 hours. If additional information is required, please contact: Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: February 9, 2022. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2022–03150 Filed 2–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–PB–P PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8607 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1121–NEW] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Comments Requested; New Collection: National Pretrial Reporting Program (NPRP) 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 (BJS), 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 April 18, 2022. 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 Erica Grasmick, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: Erica.Grasmick@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202–307–1402). 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., SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1 8608 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 15, 2022 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection. (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: The National Pretrial Reporting Program (NPRP). (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: The Data Extraction Guide is NPRP–1. 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 be local general jurisdiction courts, jails and pretrial services agencies or their information technology (IT) staff. Among other responsibilities, the Bureau of Justice Statistics is charged with collecting data regarding the prosecution of crimes by state and federal offices. The NPRP will focus on the pretrial phase of felony case processing in large counties. This effort will collect information from jails, pretrial services agencies and general jurisdiction courts by requesting data extracts associated with felony filings from case management systems. A total of 125 of the largest 200 counties in the U.S. will be sampled with the top 75 counties sampled with certainty. BJS will request complete case-level records from the 125 sampled counties and connect data files within jurisdictions through defendant identifiers. The files will then be linked to defendant criminal histories for a comprehensive data file on pretrial release and detention. BJS is requesting that the extracts include all felony cases filed in 2019. BJS is also requesting that the extracts include arrest charges, defendant demographics, pretrial release decisions, pretrial misconduct, case disposition and sentencing. Local jails, pretrial services agencies and courts can provide the data extracts in any format. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS will send a data extraction guide to a total of 375 agencies within 125 jurisdictions (one court, one jail, and one pretrial service agency for each county). The expected burden placed on each agency is about 16 hours per agency for data extraction and 10 hours to explain any data inconsistencies or to answer questions of the data collection team. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Feb 14, 2022 Jkt 256001 (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 9,750 burden hours for the 375 agencies. 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: February 9, 2022. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2022–03149 Filed 2–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–18–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1105–0096] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection; Sequestered Juror Information Form U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), will submit 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 an additional 30 days until March 17, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. 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 agency, including SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Sequestered Juror Information Form (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: Form USM–523A. Component: U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other: [None]. Abstract: The United States Marshals Service is responsible for ensuring the security of federal courthouses, courtrooms, and federal jurist. This information assists Marshals Service personnel in the planning of, and response to, potential security needs of the court and jurors during the course of proceedings. The authority for collecting the information on this form is 28 U.S.C. 509, 510 and 561 et seq. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 14 respondents will utilize the form, and it will take each respondent approximately 4 minutes to complete the form. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this collection is 1 hour, which is equal to (14 (total # of annual responses) * 4 minutes = 56 minutes or 1 hour). (7) An Explanation of the Change in Estimates: N/A. If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, United States E:\FR\FM\15FEN1.SGM 15FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8607-8608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03149]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection 
Comments Requested; New Collection: National Pretrial Reporting Program 
(NPRP)

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 (BJS), 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 
April 18, 2022.

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 
Erica Grasmick, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 
20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-1402).

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.,

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permitting electronic submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: The National Pretrial 
Reporting Program (NPRP).
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The Data Extraction Guide is 
NPRP-1. 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 be local general 
jurisdiction courts, jails and pretrial services agencies or their 
information technology (IT) staff. Among other responsibilities, the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics is charged with collecting data regarding 
the prosecution of crimes by state and federal offices. The NPRP will 
focus on the pretrial phase of felony case processing in large 
counties. This effort will collect information from jails, pretrial 
services agencies and general jurisdiction courts by requesting data 
extracts associated with felony filings from case management systems. A 
total of 125 of the largest 200 counties in the U.S. will be sampled 
with the top 75 counties sampled with certainty.
    BJS will request complete case-level records from the 125 sampled 
counties and connect data files within jurisdictions through defendant 
identifiers. The files will then be linked to defendant criminal 
histories for a comprehensive data file on pretrial release and 
detention. BJS is requesting that the extracts include all felony cases 
filed in 2019. BJS is also requesting that the extracts include arrest 
charges, defendant demographics, pretrial release decisions, pretrial 
misconduct, case disposition and sentencing. Local jails, pretrial 
services agencies and courts can provide the data extracts in any 
format.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS will send a 
data extraction guide to a total of 375 agencies within 125 
jurisdictions (one court, one jail, and one pretrial service agency for 
each county). The expected burden placed on each agency is about 16 
hours per agency for data extraction and 10 hours to explain any data 
inconsistencies or to answer questions of the data collection team.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 9,750 
burden hours for the 375 agencies.
    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: February 9, 2022.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-03149 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
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