[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8041]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-day notice of information collection; under review: 
extension of a currently approved collection; National Corrections 
Reporting Program.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Office of Justice 
Programs has submitted the following information collection request to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 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. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register volume 68, number 15, page 
3273 on January 23, 2003, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until May 5, 2003. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-7285.
    Request 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) 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 described 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 are expected to report annually. The 
respondents who have an automated data system will require an estimated 
24 hours of time 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 
questionnaire are 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 3 minutes per inmate, 
respectively. The responded burden is directly related to the number of 
cases reported. For 2000, the three manually reporting States submitted 
about 3,100 completed questionnaire 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: Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, 
Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: March 28, 2003.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 03-8041 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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