[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60719-60720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24328]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: New Information 
Collection, Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: NICS Act 
State Record Estimates Data Collection.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau 
of Justice Statistics (BJS), will be submitting 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 73, Number 150, page 45245 on August 4, 2008, allowing for a 60 
day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until November 13, 2008. This process is conducted 
in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    The proposed information collection is available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/niaa.htm.

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    Written comments should be directed to: Gerard F. Ramker, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., Washington, DC 20531. 
Comments are solicited to:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies' 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: New information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: NICS Act State Record Estimates 
Data Collection.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Not applicable.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: State and Local Government. This 
information collection seeks of available state and local records, and 
other information pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (Pub. L. 110-180), enacted on January 8, 2008. Submission of this 
information is a prerequisite for states to be eligible to apply for 
federal grant funds under programs authorized in the Act, should 
Congress appropriate funds for this purpose.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Respondents may 
include the fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, and the 
territories of Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The time required 
to complete the information collection form is estimated at two (2) 
hours. It is estimated that the collaboration, research and analysis 
required to develop the estimates and formulate the responses required 
by the initial information collection could range between 8 and 160 
hours depending on the availability of data on which required estimates 
can be based.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The range of total burden hours associated with 
this collection is estimated at between 896 and 17,920 hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, 
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: October 7, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
 [FR Doc. E8-24328 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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