[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17152-17153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7161]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0064]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Extension 
of a currently approved collection: Annual Parole Survey and Annual 
Probation Survey

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
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. Comments are 
encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until May 27, 2011. 
This process is 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 Tom Bonczar, Statistician, (202) 616-3615, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., Washington, DC 
20531.
    Written comments concerning this information collection should be 
sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure 
your comments are received is to e-mail them to [email protected] or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments should 
reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the 
collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please 
call Tom Bonczar, Statistician at 202 616-3615 or the DOJ Desk Officer 
at 202-395-3176.
    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 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
    (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 Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of currently approved 
collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual 
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7 Annual Parole 
Survey; CJ-8 Annual Probation Survey; and CJ-8A Annual Probation Survey 
(Short Form). Corrections Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of 
Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: state departments of corrections or state 
probation and parole authorities. Others: The Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, city and county courts and probation offices for which a 
central reporting authority does not exist.
    For the CJ-7 form, the affected public consists of 55 respondents 
including 50 central reporters (two state respondents in California and 
Pennsylvania, and one each from the remaining states; the District of 
Columbia; the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and one local authority) 
responsible for keeping records on parolees. For the CJ-8 form, the 
affected public includes 306 reporters including 50 state respondents, 
the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 254 
from local authorities) responsible for keeping records on 
probationers. For the CJ-8A form, the affected public includes 160 
reporters (from local authorities) responsible for keeping records on 
probationers.
    The Annual Parole Survey and Annual Probation surveys have been 
used since 1977 to collect annual yearend counts and yearly movements 
of community corrections populations; characteristics of the community 
supervision population, such as gender, racial composition, ethnicity, 
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status, offense, supervision status; outcomes including the number of 
revocations and the re-incarceration rate of parolees (i.e., recidivism 
measures); and numbers of probationers and parolees who had their 
location tracked through a Global Positioning System (GPS). The Bureau 
of Justice Statistics uses this information in published reports and 
for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, 
practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others interested 
in criminal justice statistics.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 521 respondents 
each taking an average of 1.19 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 622 annual burden hours.

    If additional information is required, contact: Mrs. Lynn Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N. Street, NE., Suite 2E-808, Washington, DC 
20530.

     Dated: March 22, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-7161 Filed 3-25-11; 8:45 am]
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