[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3273-3274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1436]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: 
Reinstatement of a currently approved collection, National Corrections 
Reporting Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, has submitted the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval 
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 March 24, 2003. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Lawrence A. Greenfeld, Director, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. 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 function 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.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the form/collection: National Corrections Reporting 
Program. The collection includes the forms: Prisoner Admission Report 
(all States), Prisoner Release Report (all States), Parole Release 
Report (all States), and Prisoner in Custody at Year-end Report (only 
for States submitting data electronically).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): NCRP-
1A, NCRP-1B, NCRP-1C, and NCRP-1D. Corrections Statistics Unit, Bureau 
of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: The National Corrections Reporting Program 
(NCRP) is the only national data collection furnishing annual 
individual-level information for State prisoners admitted or released 
during the year, those in custody at year-end, and persons discharged 
from parole supervision. The NCRP collects data on sentencing, time 
served in prison and on parole, offense, admission/release type, and 
demographic information. BJS, the Congress, researchers, and criminal 
justice practitioners use these data to describe annual movements of 
adult offenders through State correctional systems. Providers of the 
data are personnel in the State Departments of Corrections and Parole.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS anticipates 
44 respondents for report year 2003 with a total annual burden of 2.491 
hours. Magnetic media or other electronic formats are expected from 41 
respondents and 3 respondents

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are expected to report manually. The respondents who have an automated 
data system will require an estimated 24 hours of time to supply the 
information for their annual caseload and an additional 2 hours 
documenting or explaining the data. The estimate of respondent burden 
for these States includes time required for modifying computer 
programs, preparing input data, and documenting the tape format and 
record layout.
    The estimated average amount of time required to manually complete 
the NCRP-1A, NCRP-1B, and NCRP-1C questionnaires are 10 minutes, 5 
minutes, and 3 minutes per inmate, respectively. The respondent burden 
is directly related to the number of cases reported. For 2000, the 
three manually reporting States submitted about 3,100 completed 
questionnaires for the NCRP-1A; about 2,700 for the NCRP-1B; and about 
580 for the NCRP-1C. The estimated total burden for these respondents 
who submitted data manually was 771 hours. We expect no additional 
manual reporters in the future; and we expect an insignificant amount 
of increase in the number of prison admissions, prison releases and 
parole exists in the three States that currently report manually.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 2,491 burden hours annually 
associated with this information collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Brenda E. Dyer, 
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Information Management and 
Security Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department 
of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: January 16, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 03-1436 Filed 1-22-03; 8:45 am]
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