98-8077. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8077]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Police Corps 
interim final regulation and Police Corps service agreement.

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    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is being sought for 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register and allowed 
60 days for public comment.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments from the date listed at the top of this page in the 
Federal Register. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 Code 
of Federal Regulation, Sec. 1320.10.
    Written 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 the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202-395-7285. 
Comments may also be submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ), 
Justice Management Division, Information Management and Security Staff, 
Attention: Department Clearance Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW, 
Washington, DC, 20530. Additionally, comments may be submitted to DOJ 
via facsimile to [phone]. Written comments may also be submitted 
to Charlotte C. Grzebien, Assistant General Counsel, Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20530, or via facsimile at [phone].
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/
Component, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's/component'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, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    The proposed collection is listed below.
    Police Corps Interim Final Regulation and Police Corps Service 
Agreement.
    (1) Type of information collection. New collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection. Police Corps Interim Final 
Regulation and Police Corps Service Agreement.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection.
    Form: COPS 17/01 and 17/02. Office of Police Corps and Law 
Enforcement Education, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 
United States Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract.

 Police Corps Interim Final Regulation

    The Police Corps Interim Final Regulation sets forth guidance to 
interested States and territories and individual participants on the 
requirements for participations in the Police Corps, a scholarship 
program for students willing to provide 4 years of service in return 
for funding. The Regulations specifics required information on each 
participant.

Police Corps Service Agreement

    The Police Corps Service Agreement is the written contract 
between the Office of Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education and 
selected Police Corps participants, setting forth the participants' 
agreement to provide 4 years of law enforcement service in exchange 
for scholarship or reimbursement funds for educational purposes.

    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Police Corps 
Interim Final Regulation:
    Approximately 8 respondents, at 20 hours per response (including 
record-keeping). Police Corps Service Agreement, approximately 144 
respondents, at 10 minutes per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection. Approximately 184 hours.
    Public comment on this proposed information collection is strongly 
encouraged.

    Dated: March 24, 1998.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-8077 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]
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