[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49526-49527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25058]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency
Information Collection Activities: Request Emergency Extension of
Existing Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Revision of a
currently approved collection--Department annual report.
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Approval for an emergency extension has been requested from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection
listed below. The emergency extension has been requested for 60 days in
order to allow the public 30 days to comment on the information
collection and take corrective actions if required. The 60 day notice
was previously published in the Federal Register on March 24, 1997.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 22,
1997. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, should be directed to the Office and
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530.
Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202-
395-7285.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one of the following 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 technique
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently
approved 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
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abstract: Primary: State, Local or Tribal Governments. Other: None.
The information collected 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.
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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: September 16, 1997.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-25058 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]
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