Notice2024-27684
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Public Defender Offices
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Published
November 26, 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 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93351-93352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27684]
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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 for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Public
Defender Offices
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-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 30 days until
December 26, 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: Ryan Kling,
Statistician, Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
999 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 (email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d280abb3bcfc99bebbbcb592a7a1b6bdb8fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc8ea5bdb2f297b0b5b2bb9ca9afb8b3b6f2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-704-0076).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on September 5, 2024,
allowing a 60-day comment period. BJS received 2 comments during the
60-day period, and they are being addressed in the full package to OMB.
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:
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--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and/or
--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: OMB 1121-0339. 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.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Census of Public Defender Offices
(CPDO).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice 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: Affected Public: Respondents will be leaders
of local publicly funded public defender offices.
5. Abstract: The Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO, OMB
Number 1121-0339) 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. 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 2024 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 2024 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.
6. Obligation To Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.
7. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: BJS will send the survey
to approximately 2,000 public defender offices (in 50 states, the
District of Columbia and five U.S. Territories).
8. Estimated Time per Respondent: The expected burden placed on
each respondent is just over 1 hour.
9. Frequency: Periodic--the prior similar census was 17 years
prior.
10. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 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 offices survey minutes) Total burden hours
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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 62 116,560 1,943 hours (116,560
mins/60 mins).
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Total............................. 2,000 ........... .............. 1,953 hours.
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11. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: 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, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-27684 Filed 11-25-24; 8:45 am]
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