Notice2025-20576
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Return A-Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police and Supplement to Return A-Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police
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Published
November 21, 2025
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The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, FBI, 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 90, Number 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52702-52703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20576]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-0001]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection;
Return A--Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police and Supplement to
Return A--Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division,
FBI, 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 20, 2026.
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
Linda Shriver, Acting Unit Chief, Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics
Unit, FBI, CJIS Division, Module D-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road,
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, 771-228-2393, or at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7d2c4d5e7c1c5ce89c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f4a5c4d7f595d5611585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 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;
--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: Under Title 28, U.S. Code 534, Acquisition, Preservation,
and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointments of Officials, this
collection requests Part I offense and clearance data, as well as
stolen and recovered monetary values of stolen property throughout the
United States from federal, state, county, city, tribal, and
territorial law enforcement agencies in order for the FBI's Uniform
Crime Reporting (UCR) Program to serve as the national clearinghouse
for the collection and dissemination of crime data and to publish these
statistics.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Return A--Monthly Return of
Offenses Known to Police and Supplement to Return A--Monthly Return of
Offenses Known to Police.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1-720 and 1-706.
Sponsor: CJIS Division, FBI, DOJ.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: Affected public: Federal, state,
county, city, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. The
obligation to respond is mandatory for federal agencies and voluntary
for non-federal agencies.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The FBI's UCR
Program continues the transition to collect data solely under the
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Until the transition
is complete, updates and new submissions from those agencies still
reporting via the Summary Reporting System (SRS) are being accepted. In
2024, there were 19,328 law enforcement agencies actively enrolled in
the FBI's UCR Program (i.e., the universe of potential respondents).
Data submissions from approximately 2,381 law enforcement agencies
reporting under SRS totaled 60,447 in 2024. The estimated response time
for the Return A is 10 minutes and that for the Supplement to Return A
is 11 minutes. To provide a singular calculation of the estimated
burden, the approximate minutes per form used for the combined
collection is 10.5 (i.e., the average of the times required to complete
the forms).
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are approximately 10,578 annual burden hours
associated with this collection. As additional SRS agencies complete
the transition to NIBRS, it is expected that the number of submissions
and, subsequently, the annual burden hours associated with this data
collection will steadily decline. The burden hour estimate presented
here is based on the most recent submission values to achieve the
highest possible burden estimate.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: The estimated monetary cost burden for
supplies, storage, or the like for this information collection is $0.
Incident reports are submitted through an online system maintained by
the FBI.
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Total Burden Hours
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Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents responses (minutes) burden (hours)
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Return A and Supplement to 2,381 Variable.......... 60,447 10.5 10,578
Return A Forms.
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Unduplicated Totals..... 2,381 .................. 60,447 .............. 10,578
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If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 19, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-20576 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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