[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5565]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency 
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments 
Requested

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: 
monitoring information collections.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services (COPS), 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.
    The purpose of this notice is allow for 60 days for public comment 
until August 21, 2006. 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 Rebekah Dorr, Department of Justice Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530.
    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:

--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;
--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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--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: Proposed collection; comments 
requested.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Monitoring Information 
Collections.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: None. U.S. Department of Justice 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: COPS Office hiring grantees that are 
selected for in-depth monitoring of their grant implementation and 
equipment grantees that report using COPS funds to implement a criminal 
intelligence system will be required to respond. The Monitoring 
Information Collections include two types of information collections: 
The Monitoring Request for Documentation and the 28 CFR Part 23 
Monitoring Kit.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is 
estimated that 140 respondents annually will complete the collections: 
40 respondents to the Monitoring Request for Documentation at 3 hours 
per respondent; 100 respondents to the 28 CFR Part 23 Monitoring Kit at 
2 hours per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 320 total annual burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Robert B. Briggs, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: June 13, 2006.
Robert B. Briggs.
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 06-5565 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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