Notice2024-27802
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL)
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November 27, 2024
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Justice Department
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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 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93663-93664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27802]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0269]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Publicly
Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL)
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
January 27, 2025.
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,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 999 North Capital Street NE, Washington,
DC 20531 (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1bc908585dfb584839e8294b18482959e9bdf969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3fed2c7c79df7c6c1dcc0d6f3c6c0d7dcd99dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-598-0295).
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: Since 2002, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has
periodically conducted the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime
Laboratories (CPFFCL) through a survey that collects data on the
staffing, budgets, workloads, resources, policies, and procedures among
federal, state, and local crime labs. The 2024 CPFFCL will be the sixth
administration. It will provide insight on emerging issues and
challenges facing crime labs since the CPFFCL was last conducted in
2020. BJS uses the information gathered in CPFFCL 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.
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: 2024 Census of Publicly Funded
Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is
CPFFCL-24. 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 federal, state,
and local government agencies. The 2024 CPFFCL is revised from the 2020
CPFFCL. BJS plans to field the 2024 CPFFCL from February through August
2025. Respondents will be the staff at the publicly funded forensic
crime labs. 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 350
respondents from individual labs and multi-lab systems will take an
average of 90 minutes (1.5 hours) each to complete form CPFFCL-24,
including time to research or find information not readily available.
In addition, an estimated 225 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 581
hours.
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7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $907,183.
Total Burden Hours
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Number of Total annual Time per Total annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden (hours)
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Survey........................... 350 1 350 90 min (1.5 525
hrs.).
Data Quality Follow-Up........... 225 1 225 15 min (.25 56
hrs.).
Unduplicated Totals.......... 350 .............. 300 ............. 581
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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: November 22, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-27802 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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