Notice2023-03592
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Annual Survey of Jails
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Published
February 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10937-10938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03592]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0094]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Annual Survey of
Jails
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
April 24, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Zhen Zeng,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC
20531 (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abf1c3cec585f1cec5ccebded8cfc4c185ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42182a272c6c18272c25023731262d286c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-598-9955).
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 for which approval has expired.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The ASJ contains one
form: CJ-5: 2023 Annual Survey of Jails and 2025 Annual Survey of
Jails. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs.
The ASJ is fielded every year except in the years when BJS conducts the
Census of Jails (OMB Control No. 1121-0100). BJS requests clearance for
the 2023 and 2025 ASJ under OMB Control No. 1121-0094. In 2024, BJS
plans to conduct the Census of Jails and will not field the ASJ in the
same year. The ASJ was last approved under OMB Control No. 1121-0094
(exp. date 06/30/2023).
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will include approximately 940
jails, representing approximately 2,850 local jails (city, county,
regional, and private). The ASJ is the only national collection that
tracks annual changes in the local jail population in the United States
and provides national estimates on the number of persons confined in
jails, the number of persons jails supervised in programs outside jail,
characteristics of the jail population, counts of admissions and
releases, and number of staff employed. Policymakers, correctional
administrators, and government officials use the ASJ data to develop
new policies and procedures, plan budgets, and maintain critical
oversight.
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5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The 2023 and 2025
ASJ will collect data from approximately 940 jails (see table 1). For
each data collection cycle, we estimate an average burden of 80 minutes
for the updated survey form CJ-5. If needed, jail respondents will be
contacted by email or telephone to verify data quality issues. We
estimate that data quality follow-up is needed for 70% of the jails
(658) in each cycle and will run an average of 10 minutes for each
jail. In addition, we estimate that 10% of the jails (94) in each cycle
will be contacted to verify point-of-contact information, which takes 5
minutes each on average. In total, the ASJ will incur a burden estimate
of 1,371 hours, or 88 minutes per respondent, each year in 2023 and
2025. These estimates are based on previous estimates of item burden
and input received from participants in the 2018 jail collection
cognitive test (generic OMB clearance, Control No. 1121-0249).
If additional information is required, contact: John R. Carlson,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
John R. Carlson,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy and Planning Staff, U.S.
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-03592 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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