[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17152-17153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7161]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-0064]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Extension
of a currently approved collection: Annual Parole Survey and Annual
Probation Survey
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
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. The proposed information collection is published
to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until May 27, 2011.
This process is in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have 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 Tom Bonczar, Statistician, (202) 616-3615,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., Washington, DC
20531.
Written comments concerning this information collection should be
sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure
your comments are received is to e-mail them to [email protected] or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments should
reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the
collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please
call Tom Bonczar, Statistician at 202 616-3615 or the DOJ Desk Officer
at 202-395-3176.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 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: Extension of currently approved
collection.
(2) The title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7 Annual Parole
Survey; CJ-8 Annual Probation Survey; and CJ-8A Annual Probation Survey
(Short Form). Corrections Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of
Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a
brief abstract: Primary: state departments of corrections or state
probation and parole authorities. Others: The Federal Bureau of
Prisons, city and county courts and probation offices for which a
central reporting authority does not exist.
For the CJ-7 form, the affected public consists of 55 respondents
including 50 central reporters (two state respondents in California and
Pennsylvania, and one each from the remaining states; the District of
Columbia; the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and one local authority)
responsible for keeping records on parolees. For the CJ-8 form, the
affected public includes 306 reporters including 50 state respondents,
the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 254
from local authorities) responsible for keeping records on
probationers. For the CJ-8A form, the affected public includes 160
reporters (from local authorities) responsible for keeping records on
probationers.
The Annual Parole Survey and Annual Probation surveys have been
used since 1977 to collect annual yearend counts and yearly movements
of community corrections populations; characteristics of the community
supervision population, such as gender, racial composition, ethnicity,
conviction
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status, offense, supervision status; outcomes including the number of
revocations and the re-incarceration rate of parolees (i.e., recidivism
measures); and numbers of probationers and parolees who had their
location tracked through a Global Positioning System (GPS). 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: 521 respondents
each taking an average of 1.19 hours to respond.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 622 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Mrs. Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N. Street, NE., Suite 2E-808, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: March 22, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-7161 Filed 3-25-11; 8:45 am]
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