[Federal Register: January 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 12)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-0197]
Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review--Extension
of currently approved collection.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance Application Form: State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program.
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau
of Justice Assistance, has submitted the following information
collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 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 17, 2008. If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a
copy of the proposed information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information, please contact M. Berry at 202-
353-8643 or 1-866-859-2687, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20531.
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 function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
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(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:
(1) Type of information collection: Extension of currently approved
collection.
(2) The title of the form/collection: State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Bureau of Justice Assistance,
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.
Primary: States and local units of general government including the
50 state governments, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the more than 3,000 counties and cities with
correctional facilities.
Other: None.
Abstract: In response to the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 Section 130002(b), as amended in 1996, BJA
administers the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) with
the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). SCAAP provides federal payments
to States and localities that incurred correctional officer salary
costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one
felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local
law, and who are incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during
the designated reporting period and for the following correctional
purposes:
Salaries for corrections officers
Overtime costs
Performance based bonuses
Corrections work force recruitment and retention
Construction of corrections facilities
Training/education for offenders
Training for corrections officers related to offender population
management
Consultants involved with offender population
Medical and mental health services
Vehicle rental/purchase for transport of offenders
Prison Industries
Pre-release/reentry programs
Technology involving offender management/inter-agency information
sharing
Disaster preparedness continuity of operations for corrections
facilities
(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 no more than 748 respondents will apply. Each
application takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is submitted
once per year (annually).
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total hour burden to complete the applications
is 1122 hours.
748 x 90 minutes = 67,320/60minutes per hour = 1122 burden hours
If additional information is required, contact the Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of Justice, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, 601 D Street, NW., Suite 1600, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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