Notice2024-15932
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey
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Published
July 19, 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 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58765-58766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15932]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0240]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative
Statistics (LEMAS) Survey
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
September 17, 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 Sean E. Goodison
(email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#471422262969002828232e34282907323423282d69202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e3d0b0f00402901010a071d01002e1b1d0a010440090118">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-307-0765), 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 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.
Abstract: The LEMAS core survey, conducted every 3 to 4 years since
1987, is currently based on a nationally representative sample of
approximately 3,500 general-purpose law enforcement agencies (LEAs).
The 2024 LEMAS has been revised to remove questions to help reduce
burden and increase clarity. The LEMAS survey has been used to produce
national estimates for a wide range of topics, including LEA
responsibilities, operating expenditures, job functions of sworn and
civilian employees, officer salaries and special pay, demographic
characteristics of officers, weapons policies, education and training
requirements, special units, and community policing activities. BJS
plans to publish this information in reports and reference it when
responding to queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the
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President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international
organizations, researchers, students, the media, and others interested
in criminal justice statistics.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management
and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey.
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: The form number for the
questionnaire is CJ-44. 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: State and local government.
Respondents will be general purpose state, county, and local law
enforcement agencies (LEAs), including local and county police
departments, sheriff's offices, and primary state law enforcement
agencies. The 2024 LEMAS is revised from the 2020 LEMAS. 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: An agency-level
survey will be sent to approximately 3,500 LEAs. We estimate responses
from 81% (2,835) of LEAs sampled for the 2024 LEMAS. The expected
burden placed on these respondents is 110 minutes spent on completing
the survey. Additionally, an estimated 50% of respondents (1,417) will
be contacted for data quality follow-up at 10 minutes per respondent.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 5,435 total burden hours
associated with this information collection.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $360,500.
Total Estimated Burden Hours
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Number of Total annual Participation Total annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses time (minutes) burden (hours)
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Data collection................. 2,835 1 2,835 110 5,198
Data quality follow-up.......... 1,417 1 1,417 10 237
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Total....................... 2,835 .............. 2,835 .............. 5,435
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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: July 16, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-15932 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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