[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3273-3274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-752]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0197]


Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review--Extension 
of currently approved collection.

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    Bureau of Justice Assistance Application Form: State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program.
    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau 
of Justice Assistance, 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 
March 17, 2008. If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a 
copy of the proposed information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information, please contact M. Berry at 202-
353-8643 or 1-866-859-2687, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of 
Justice Programs, U.S. Department 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 function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;

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    (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:
    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of currently approved 
collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 
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.
    Primary: States and local units of general government including the 
50 state governments, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the more than 3,000 counties and cities with 
correctional facilities.
    Other: None.
    Abstract: In response to the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 Section 130002(b), as amended in 1996, BJA 
administers the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) with 
the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). SCAAP provides federal payments 
to States and localities that incurred correctional officer salary 
costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one 
felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local 
law, and who are incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during 
the designated reporting period and for the following correctional 
purposes:

Salaries for corrections officers
Overtime costs
Performance based bonuses
Corrections work force recruitment and retention
Construction of corrections facilities
Training/education for offenders
Training for corrections officers related to offender population 
management
Consultants involved with offender population
Medical and mental health services
Vehicle rental/purchase for transport of offenders
Prison Industries
Pre-release/reentry programs
Technology involving offender management/inter-agency information 
sharing
Disaster preparedness continuity of operations for corrections 
facilities

    (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 no more than 748 respondents will apply. Each 
application takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is submitted 
once per year (annually).
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total hour burden to complete the applications 
is 1122 hours.

748 x 90 minutes = 67,320/60minutes per hour = 1122 burden hours

    If additional information is required, contact the Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Department of Justice, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, 601 D Street, NW., Suite 1600, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: January 11, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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