[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13897-13898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7289]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Department
annual report.
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The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will
be accepted until the sixtieth day from the date published in the
Federal Register. Request written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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,
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please contact Kristen Mahoney, 202-616-2896,
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530.
Additionally, comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time should be directed to Kristen
Mahoney, 202-616-2896, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
20530.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revised collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Department Annual Report
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form: COPS 1103-0031.
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of
Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Other: None. Other: None.
The information collection is used to determine grantee progress on
its COPS Hiring grant. Completion of such report is a condition of all
COPS hiring programs. The COPS Office achieves the goals hiring of the
crime bill by offering the Universal Hiring grant program. It is
designed to assist with the implementation of community policing by
providing funding for up to $75,000 of the salaries and benefits of
newly hired officers for a three year period. Throughout the grant
period, law enforcement agencies are expected to plan, in good faith,
to retain the funded positions through full local funding.
As the COPS Office's grants mature, it is important that it monitor
the progress of this good faith planning for retention. Thus, the COPS
Office has expanded its Department Annual Report by adding a question
specific to retention planning. The remainder of the information
collected under the previously approved \1\ Department Annual Report
will remain the same: questions aimed at collecting the minimum
information necessary to monitor the progress of law enforcement
agencies as successfully hiring their COPS funded officers and
implementing community policing as they indicated they would in their
grant application. With the anticipated OMB approval of the revised
Department Annual Report, the COPS Office will retire its predecessor
from dissemination to its grantees.
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\1\ OMB Approval Number 1103-0030. Expiration 6/98.
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The information collected in the Department Annual Report will
continue to be collected once per year so long as the law enforcement
agency receives COPS program hiring monies. The Instruments will be
mailed to the grantees with instructions and a sample completed
Progress Report Document.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 10,000
responses; 1.3 hours per response. The information will be collected
one time per year from each respondent.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 38,000 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: March 18, 1997.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-7289 Filed 3-21-97; 8:45 am]
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