[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5822]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request on Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection; Firearms Addendum to the Arrestee Drug Abuse 
Monitoring (ADAM) Program Instrument.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National 
Institute of Justice, has submitted the following information 
collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 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 
May 8, 2001.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or 
additional information, please contact Dr. Henry Brownstein, Director, 
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program, at 202-305-8705 or write 
to him at the National Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20531.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 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 any 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 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Firearms Addendum to the Arrestee 
Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program Instrument.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is AD-
1. The sponsoring component of the Department of Justice is the Office 
of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Misdemeanor and felony arrestees in city and 
county jails. The ADAM program monitors the extent and types of drug 
use among arrestees. Currently the program operates in 38 counties. 
Data are collected in each county every three months from a new, 
county-based representative sample of arrestees. Participation is 
voluntary and confidential and data collected include a personal 
interview and urine specimen.
    In the next 6 months, OJP proposes to introduce a supplemental 
instrument to the currently approved ADAM instrument (OMB No. 1121-
0137). This supplemental instrument is termed the Firearms Addendum and 
is intended to collect information from ADAM, program arrestees about 
their participation in legal and illegal firearms markets. The 
respondents to the firearms questionnaire will be arrestees selected 
for the ADAM study, who are asked to participate in a supplemental 
interview immediately following the ADAM interview.
    The firearms instrument initially will be implemented in 2 ADAM 
sites for testing, and subsequently finalized and made available to all 
ADAM sites for their use.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: The total 
number of respondents is estimated to be a maximum of 70,000 (revised 
from current inventory of 100,000 respondents). Each response for the 
core instrument averages 30 minutes. The Firearms Addendum 
questionnaire will be administered to a maximum of 52,550 respondents 
at full implementation, taking 10 minutes a response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 43,750 hours (for core questionnaire and Firearms 
Addendum together).
    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, 
Suite 1220, National Place, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
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