Notice2024-20378
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection: Census of Public Defender Offices
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Published
September 10, 2024
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Justice Department
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73448-73449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20378]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0095]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection: Census of Public Defender Offices
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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
November 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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
Ryan Kling, Statistician, Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#386a41595616735451565f784d4b5c5752165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d486adb5bafa9fb8bdbab394a1a7b0bbbefab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-704-0076).
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.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Census of Public Defender
Offices (CPDO).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the
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Department sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): The instrument is
CPDO-1. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is
the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Judicial Statistics Unit), in the
Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will be leaders of public
defender offices. The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO, OMB
Number 1121-0095) is the only national data collection identifying and
surveying all public defender offices in the U.S. and Territories since
the first iteration of CPDO in 2007 (originally titled Survey of Public
Defender Offices 2007). In 2013, the Bureau of Justice Statistics
conducted the National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (OMB Number
1121-0095), expanding its scope to include not only public defender
offices but also assigned counsel and contract attorneys. For purposes
of this project, public defender offices are eligible for inclusion if
they are publicly funded, have a physical address, at least one W-2
earning attorney, and provide direct public defense representation for
adults and/or juveniles who are accused of a crime or delinquency or
accused in a trial court of violating conditions of a sentence.
After locating all public defender offices in the U.S. within the
defined scope, the 2023 CPDO will gather important metrics on public
defender office operations from office leaders. Developed in
consultation with public defense leaders, the survey includes sections
addressing general office operations including expenditures and funding
streams, staffing, caseloads, eligibility standards, and office
resources.
The 2023 instrument is a combination of questions from the 2007
iteration and new or updated questions reflecting emerging issues in
the field of public defense. Retaining historical questions will allow
for trend analysis while the newer questions will provide informative
data useful for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Some
examples of information provided by the CPDO include:
<bullet> Caseloads and case types
<bullet> Staff sizes and roles
<bullet> Staff attrition
<bullet> Staff salary ranges
<bullet> Demographics of chief public defender and staff attorneys
<bullet> Initial public defender appointment and contact practices
<bullet> Case management system capacity
BJS will use the information gathered in CPDO in published reports
and statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S.
Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, others interested in criminal justice
statistics, and the general public via the BJS website.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS will send the
survey to approximately 2,000 public defender offices (in 50 states,
the District of Columbia and five U.S. Territories). The obligation to
respond is voluntary. The expected burden placed on each respondent is
about 1 hour.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total respondent burden is about 1,890 hours.
BJS estimates approximately 6% (120) of offices receiving the survey
will screen out of the survey due to ineligibility. The burden for out-
of-scope entities will be less than 5 minutes.
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Number of
public Time per Total time (in
defender survey minutes) Total burden hours
offices
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Out of scope public defender offices.. 120 5 600 10 hours (600 mins/60
mins).
In scope public defender offices...... 1,880 60 112,800 1,880 hours (112,800
mins/60 mins).
Total............................. 2,000 .............. .............. 1,890 hours.
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7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: No costs other than the cost of the hour
burden exist for this data collection.
If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 5, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy and Planning Staff, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-20378 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
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