[Federal Register: January 23, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 15)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review:
Reinstatement of a currently approved collection, National Corrections
Reporting Program.
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The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
Justice Statistics, has submitted the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and Budget 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 March 24, 2003. This process is conducted 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 Lawrence A. Greenfeld, Director, Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.
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:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function 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 a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the form/collection: National Corrections Reporting
Program. The collection includes the forms: Prisoner Admission Report
(all States), Prisoner Release Report (all States), Parole Release
Report (all States), and Prisoner in Custody at Year-end Report (only
for States submitting data electronically).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): NCRP-
1A, NCRP-1B, NCRP-1C, and NCRP-1D. Corrections Statistics Unit, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The National Corrections Reporting Program
(NCRP) is the only national data collection furnishing annual
individual-level information for State prisoners admitted or released
during the year, those in custody at year-end, and persons discharged
from parole supervision. The NCRP collects data on sentencing, time
served in prison and on parole, offense, admission/release type, and
demographic information. BJS, the Congress, researchers, and criminal
justice practitioners use these data to describe annual movements of
adult offenders through State correctional systems. Providers of the
data are personnel in the State Departments of Corrections and Parole.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS anticipates
44 respondents for report year 2003 with a total annual burden of 2.491
hours. Magnetic media or other electronic formats are expected from 41
respondents and 3 respondents
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are expected to report manually. The respondents who have an automated
data system will require an estimated 24 hours of time to supply the
information for their annual caseload and an additional 2 hours
documenting or explaining the data. The estimate of respondent burden
for these States includes time required for modifying computer
programs, preparing input data, and documenting the tape format and
record layout.
The estimated average amount of time required to manually complete
the NCRP-1A, NCRP-1B, and NCRP-1C questionnaires are 10 minutes, 5
minutes, and 3 minutes per inmate, respectively. The respondent burden
is directly related to the number of cases reported. For 2000, the
three manually reporting States submitted about 3,100 completed
questionnaires for the NCRP-1A; about 2,700 for the NCRP-1B; and about
580 for the NCRP-1C. The estimated total burden for these respondents
who submitted data manually was 771 hours. We expect no additional
manual reporters in the future; and we expect an insignificant amount
of increase in the number of prison admissions, prison releases and
parole exists in the three States that currently report manually.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 2,491 burden hours annually
associated with this information collection.
If additional information is required contact: Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Information Management and
Security Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department
of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 16, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
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