[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8733-8734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03152]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

[OMB Number 1110--NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, 
Comments Requested; New Collection; National Crime Information Center 
(NCIC)

ACTION: 60-day notice.

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    The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Criminal Justice Information Services Division will be submitting the 
following information collection request to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
established review procedures of 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 until April 14, 2014.
    This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    All comments, suggestions, or questions regarding additional 
information, to include obtaining a copy of the proposed information 
collection instrument with instructions, should be directed to Mr. 
Travis Olson, Acting Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, Module D-3, 1000 
Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, or facsimile to 
(304) 625-2924.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. 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
    (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 of 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: New Collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: National Crime Information 
Center.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the department sponsoring the collection: Criminal Justice Information 
Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: federal, state, local, territorial, 
and tribal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: Under United States 
Code, Title 28, Section 534, Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of 
Identification Records; Appointment of Officials, June 11, 1930; Code 
of Federal Regulations, Title 28, Part 20, Criminal Justice 
Information, this collection requests information from federal, state, 
local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The NCIC is a 
computerized information system available to law enforcement and 
criminal justice agencies nationwide. NCIC became operational on 
January 27, 1967, with the goal of assisting law enforcement in the 
apprehension of fugitives and locating stolen property. This goal has 
expanded to include locating missing persons and further protecting law 
enforcement personnel and the public. The NCIC is the sole system that 
houses actionable criminal justice and law enforcement data from more 
than 90,000 users nationwide. The average transactions per day in FY 
2013 were 9.6 million. On September 13, 2013, NCIC had a peak daily 
transaction volume of 12.21 million transactions. The system was 
available 99.75 percent of the time in FY 2013. The last major upgrade 
to NCIC occurred in July 1999, with the transition to NCIC 2000. The 
CJIS Division has implemented many enhancements to the system since 
1999, in an effort to continue to meet the needs of the stakeholders. 
The NCIC stakeholders include law enforcement and criminal justice 
users at all levels (federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal). 
As the lifecycle of NCIC 2000 nears its end, the CJIS Division is 
preparing for the next major upgrade to NCIC known as NCIC 3 rd 
Generation (N3G). The mission of N3G is to partner with stakeholders to 
identify new functionality and information sharing services that will 
improve, modernize and expand the existing NCIC system so that it will 
continue to provide real time, accurate, and complete criminal justice 
information to support the NCIC user community. With OMB approval, the 
CJIS Division will be conducting a requirements canvass in FY14 and 
FY15 for N3G. The purpose of the requirements study is to gather and 
evaluate the needs of the law enforcement and criminal justice 
communities. Subsequently, the needs of the users will be documented in 
concepts and scenarios that will ultimately become the Concept of 
Operations (CONOPS) for the development of the N3G. It is vital that 
the new capabilities and functionality are detailed in a robust CONOPS 
to ensure that the system is developed to meet the current and future 
needs of the users.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is 
anticipated that the N3G Canvass will be conducted at a focal point in 
all 50 states. The canvass will include interviewing the respective 
state CSO along with any technical and policy staff, i.e., Computer 
Engineer(s), they deem appropriate. The on-site canvass will be 
conducted at the CSA facility and the additional individuals

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will be required to travel to that respective facility. The CSO and 
their staff will be at the location for a total of four hours for the 
state based interview. The state employees will remain at the location 
during the local level interview process. This interview will include 
twelve local law enforcement personnel during an additional four hours. 
It is expected that four of the local personnel will be within the 
respective city incurring no travel burden. It is anticipated that 
eight of the local law enforcement personnel from two different 
districts will require up to four hours travel time (two hours each 
way) to the interview location, thus four hours burden for eight 
people.
    It is anticipated that ten additional interviews will be conducted 
that do not fall within the CSO location. These interviewees will 
consist of the manager, two computer engineers and ten additional 
personnel.
    The estimate of the respondent's burden for this data collection is 
as follows:
    Number of N3G respondents: 880.
    Frequency of responses: One session (4 hours each) for Local Law 
Enforcement Personnel; Two sessions (4 hours each) for CSO and two 
Computer Engineers except when interviewing at a CSA.
    Total annual responses: Once for Local Law Enforcement personnel 
and twice for CSOs and Computer Engineers.
    Hours per response: 4 hours.
    Hours for Travel for 8 Local LE personnel per location: 4 hours.
    Annual Hour Burden: 5,720 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with this collection: There are approximately 5,720 hours, annual 
burden, associated with this information collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3W-1407B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: February 10, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-03152 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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