Notice2024-11114
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC)
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Published
May 21, 2024
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice (DOJ) 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 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44712-44713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11114]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0296]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Medical
Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice (DOJ)
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
July 22, 2024.
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 Matt Durose
(email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#612c0015154f2514130e1204211412050e0b4f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d301c09095339080f120e183d080e191217531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-598-0295), Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531.
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 using appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Abstract: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 2023 Census of
Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC) will provide comprehensive
statistics regarding the organizational structure, operations, policies
and procedures, finances, and resources of the approximately 2,300
medical examiner and coroner (MEC) offices in 2023 nationwide. In the
United States, medicolegal death investigations are provided by MEC
offices whose purpose is to determine the cause and manner of death. As
such, these offices are valuable, unique sources of information to many
stakeholders, including the federal government, local law enforcement,
the court system, the public health community, and families. The 2023
CMEC will generate an enumeration of the number and type of MEC offices
operating in the United States in 2023, staff at these offices, budget
and capital resources, workload, policies and procedures regarding
casework, specialized death investigations, records and evidence
retention, resources, and operations. The 2023 CMEC will be the third
administration of the survey since 2004. To provide more comprehensive
statistics on the nation's medicolegal death investigations outside of
the traditional MEC offices, the 2023 CMEC
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will also include the approximately 700 justices of the peace in Texas
that make cause and manner of death determinations but were out of
scope for the 2004 and 2018 CMECs. The 2023 CMEC survey was assessed by
a panel of practitioners and subject matter experts and revised to
ensure content is up-to-date and relevant to the medicolegal death
investigation system today. The survey has also been revised to improve
clarity and ease of answering questions. The 2023 CMEC will extend the
national understanding of medicolegal death investigations and
complement BJS's data collections involving publicly funded forensic
crime laboratories and law enforcement core statistics.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with changes, of
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2023 Census of Medical Examiner
and Coroner Offices (CMEC)
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is
CMEC-1. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is
the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice
Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: Affected public are state and local
government agencies. The 2023 CMEC is revised from the 2018 CMEC. BJS
plans to field the 2023 CMEC from September 2024 through July 2025.
Respondents will be the staff at MEC offices and Texas justices of the
peace. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: A projected 3,000
respondents (including 2,300 MEC offices and 700 justices of the peace
in Texas) will take an average of 90 minutes (1.5 hours) each to
complete form CMEC-1, including time to research or find information
not readily available. In addition, an estimated 1,500 respondents will
be contacted for data quality follow-up at 15 minutes (.25 hours) per
respondent.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total burden hours for this collection is
4,875.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $1,301,727.
Total Burden Hours
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Total annual
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual Time per response burden
respondents responses (hours)
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Survey....................... 3,000 1 3,000 90 min (1.5 hrs.) 4,500
Data Quality Follow-Up....... 1,500 1 1,500 15 min (.25 hrs.) 375
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Unduplicated Totals...... 3,000 ........... 3,000 .................... 4,875
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If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
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.
Dated: May 16, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-11114 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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