[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49835-49836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20613]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency 
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Request OMB emergency approval; COPS School-Based Partnership 
Implementation Report.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services (COPS) has submitted the following information collection 
request utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval has been requested by 
August 23, 2000. If granted, the emergency approval is only valid for 
180 days.
    During the first 60 days of this same period a regular review of 
this information collection is also being undertaken. In addition to 
comments and/or questions pertaining to this pending request for 
emergency approval, written comments and suggestions from the public 
and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days from the date listed at 
the top of this page in the Federal Register.
    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, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the emergency approval request, 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the COPS Office, PPSE Division, 1100 Vermont Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20530-

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0001; Attn: Matthew Scheider. Additionally, comments may be submitted 
to COPS via facsimile to 202-633-1386, Attn: Matthew Scheider. Comments 
may also be submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice 
Management Division, Information Management and Security Staff, Attn: 
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, National Place, Suite 1220, 1331 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Overview of this information collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: COPS School-Based Partnership 
Implementation Report.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form: COPS PPSE/04. 
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: Approximately 500 grant project coordinators, 
school administrators, and school resource officers, who have 
participated in the implementation of a COPS School-Based Partnership 
'98 grant project, will be asked to respond. The COPS School-Based 
Partnership Report will allow the COPS office to collect information 
from COPS School-Based Partnership '98 grantees on the implementation 
of collaborative problem-solving techniques used to address crime and 
disorder in and around schools. The COPS office will use the 
information collected to examine the processes undertaken by SBP 
grantees in implementing collaborative problem-solving techniques. A 
report of these findings will identify lessons learned and will provide 
recommendations to policing agencies and schools seeking to implement 
similar problem-solving partnerships.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Surveys will be 
administered by mail to approximately 500 project coordinators, school 
administrators, and school resource officers, who have participated in 
the implementation of a COPS School-Based Partnership '98 grant 
project. Survey completion will take approximately 0.25 hours per 
respondent (there is no recordkeeping burden for this collection).
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: Approximately 125 hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, 
Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
National Place, Suite 1220, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20530.

    Dated: August 8, 2000.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-20613 Filed 8-14-00; 8:45 am]
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