Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Title-Lawful Access Data Collection (LADC)

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September 18, 2026

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The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, FBI, 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 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59162-59164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19095]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0088]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection;
Title--Lawful Access Data Collection (LADC)

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice
(DOJ).

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division,
FBI, 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
November 16, 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
Matthew Fancher, Unit Chief, Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics Unit,
FBI, CJIS Division, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia
26306, 304.625.4830, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ce9ffeedcfafef5b2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dda8beaf9dbbbfb4f3bab2ab">[email&#160;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 FBI, 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.,

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permitting electronic submission of responses.

Abstract: The LADC will act as the collection tool for tracking the
volume of investigations that are impacted by device and software
encryption and provide valuable data to decision makers to help
mitigate these lawful access impacts.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of previously approved
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Lawful Access Data Collection.
3. The agency number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: The sponsor is the 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 voluntary and at the discretion of the
contributing agency.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Due to limited
participation and limited data reported, the number of respondents for
the LADC is based on estimates from initial usability testing.
The estimated time per response is 3 minutes, 12 seconds to
complete a LADC submission.
CIV estimates that 950,000 respondents will take 3 minutes and 12
seconds to complete the form.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total annual burden hours for this collection
is 50,667 hours.
CIV estimates total 50,667 burden hours (950000 x 192 seconds)/60/
60 = 50,667).

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Number of Frequency Total annual Total annual
Activity respondents (annually) responses Time per response burden (hours)
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Ex: Survey (individuals or households)........ 950,000 50 950,000 3 min. 12 sec........................... 50,667
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Unduplicated Totals....................... 950,000 .............. 950,000 ........................................ 50,667
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7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: According to the cost model provided by the
FBI's CJIS Division, Resources Management Section, Fee Programs Unit
(FPU), the following are projections based upon prior collection
activity. The cost module does not separate the costs between the two
methods of collecting UCR data. The FPU cannot provide an itemized
breakdown of separate UCR collections, so provided is a total cost of
the FBI's UCR Program and its collection activities.

Data Collection and Processing Costs
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Full-Time
Activity Cost equivalent
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CJIS Systems Agency/Officer Development $4,805.07 0.03
and Support............................
Collaborate with Law Enforcement and 8,479.06 0.06
Critical Incident Management Services..
Conduct Field Office, Office of Partner 18,456.52 0.15
Engagement, and Legal Attache
Engagement Activities..................
Conduct Liaison, Education, and 530,655.46 4.03
Promotion..............................
Conduct Other Crime Data Services 392,300.68 2.81
Activities.............................
Conduct Other Partner Engagement 41,822.65 0.27
Activities.............................
Conduct Quality, Process, and System 10,191.78 0.06
Management Activities..................
Conduct research and release studies on 221,358.28 1.79
collected data.........................
Conduct State and Local Agency 71,379.09 0.56
Engagement Activities..................
Conduct Tribal Engagement Activities.... 9,865.78 0.09
Develop and Maintain Partner Outreach 8,365.12 0.06
Materials..............................
Develop and Manage Policy............... 52,028.62 0.36
Direct Customer Engagement for Product/ 156,869.82 1.03
Service Use and Expansion..............
Manage Strategic Communications......... 9,212.45 0.06
Perform Administrative and Human 260,597.57 1.90
Resource tasks.........................
Perform Advisory Policy Board (APB) 60,450.64 0.41
tasks..................................
Perform Budget, Strategic Planning, and 151,704.61 0.91
Program Control........................
Perform Contracting Officer's 33,935.03 0.21
Representative Duties..................
Perform Quality Assurance............... 160,033.71 1.24
Perform Quality Management.............. 16,624.04 0.10
Perform Scaled Agile Framework Duties... 457,011.19 3.81
Perform Statistical Reporting........... 930.39 0.01
Perform Strategy Management............. 40,890.38 0.23
Perform workload management............. 16,487.43 0.09
Planning and Implementing New Data 87,978.26 0.70
Collections............................
Process Media, Freedom of Information 79,491.70 0.53
Act, and Congressional requests........
Provide CJIS Multimedia Support......... 3,159.67 0.03
Provide End User Support Services....... 88,656.10 0.65
Provide Management and Administration... 532,640.20 3.36
Provide Support to Other FBI Units 20,154.92 0.20
Sections (Temporary Duty, Surge).......
Respond to Data Calls, Media Requests, 260,146.69 1.91
etc....................................
Respond to Internal and External Data 119,149.70 0.69
Calls..................................
Support CJIS APB........................ 51,763.19 0.36
Support CJIS Division Community Outreach 10,105.00 0.09
Program................................
Support CJIS Systems Officer Training 3,899.61 0.03
and Communications.....................

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Support Crime in the United States data 469,426.78 3.58
release................................
Support Law Enforcement Employee Counts 147,784.63 1.16
Data Collection........................
Support Law Enforcement Suicide Data 102,405.30 0.80
Collection.............................
Support Law Enforcement Training........ 10,572.66 0.12
Support LEOKA Collection and data 275,957.77 2.25
release................................
Support National Incident-Based 178,076.89 1.38
Reporting System.......................
Support National Use-of-Force Data 206,931.23 1.72
Collection.............................
Support ORI Administration.............. 7,799.21 0.06
Support Reports, Releases, and 71,322.10 0.61
Publications...........................
Support the FBI's Crime Data Explorer... 186,781.39 1.50
Support the Hate Crime Data Collection 152,748.80 1.18
and data release.......................
Support the Law Enforcement Public 40,623.54 0.30
Contact Data Collection................
Support the Lawful Access Data 49,628.26 0.33
Collection.............................
Support the Quarterly Uniform Crime 78,946.16 0.56
Report.................................
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Total............................... 5,970,605.15 44.37
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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.

Dated: September 15, 2026.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2026-19095 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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