[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4105]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Attorney Personnel Management, Justice Management 
Division; Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Application booklets--Attorney General's Honor Program, Summer 
Law Intern Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Office of 
Attorney Personnel Management, has submitted the following information 
collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is 
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until April 
24, 2000.
    Pursuant to 28 CFR 0.15(b)(2), the Deputy Attorney General of the 
United States Department of Justice has the responsibility of 
administering the ``Attorney General's recruitment program for honor 
law graduates and judicial law clerks.'' This includes the hiring of 
third-year law students and judicial law clerks for full-time 
employment following graduation or completion of a clerkship, and 
primarily second-year law students for summer employment. This program 
has been in existence for 46 years, and is considered the Federal 
Government's premier legal recruitment program. The Department of 
Justice currently hires approximately 150-160 third-year law students/
judicial law clerks and 135 second-year law students each year under 
these programs. The Department of Justice is the largest legal employer 
in the country. Approximately 5,000 applications are received for these 
positions annually.
    The responsibility for running these programs has been delegated by 
the Deputy Attorney General to the Director, Office of Attorney 
Personnel Management (OAPM) pursuant to 28 CFR Secs. 0.15(c) and 
0.15(e). OAPM together with other Department of Justice representatives 
who make the ultimate hiring determinations have developed these 
application booklets to distribute information on the programs and in 
turn collect the information they consider essential to make an 
informed hiring decision on legal applicants.
    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 agencies' 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 the 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.
    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 Attorney Personnel 
Management, U.S. Department of Justice, Attn: Eleanor Barry, Room 3525, 
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application Booklets--Attorney 
General's Honor Program, Summer Law Intern Program.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: None. 
Office of Attorney Personnel Management, Justice Management Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other: 
None. This data collection is the only vehicle for the Department of 
Justice (DOJ) to hire graduating law students. This application form is 
submitted voluntarily, submitted only once a year by students/judicial 
law clerks who will be in this applicant pool only once; and the 
information sought only relates to the hiring criteria established as 
an internal matter by DOJ personnel.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 5,000 
respondents at 1 hour per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 5,000 annual 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 1220, 
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 16, 2000.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-4105 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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