Notice2024-22119
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
September 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 188 (Friday, September 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79315-79316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22119]
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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: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 30 days until
October 28, 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#db88bebab5f59cb4b4bfb2a8b4b59baea8bfb4b1f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b685e5a55157c54545f524854557b4e485f5451155c544d">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-307-0765), Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 999 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20531.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register, 89 FR 58765-6, on July
19, 2024. No comments were received.
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.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number [1121-0240]. This information collection request
may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review
by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
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
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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
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: September 23, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-22119 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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