[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 57 (Monday, March 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15538-15539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5820]


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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: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Revision 
of a Currently Approved Collection; State Criminal Alien Assistance 
Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (Bureau of 
Justice Assistance) will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with emergency review procedures of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval has been requested by 
September 2003.
    The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected areas. Comments should be directed to OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Department of 
Justice Desk Officer (202) 395-6466, Washington, DC 20503.
    All comments, and suggestions, or questions regarding additional 
information, to include obtaining a copy of the proposed information 
collection instrument with instructions, should be directed to M. Berry 
at (202) 353-8643, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice 
Programs, 810 Seventh Street, Room 4223, 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 functions 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 mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.

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Overview of This Information

    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of currently approved 
collection expire.
    (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: Federal, State, and local public safety agencies. 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.
    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

    Other: None.
    (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). The total hour burden to complete the 
applications is 1122 hours.
    If additional information is required, contact Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, 601 D Street 
NW., Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

     Dated: March 18, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
 [FR Doc. E8-5820 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]
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