[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31983-31984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12753]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0064]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension and Minor Revision of Existing 
Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Annual Parole Survey, Annual Probation Survey, and Annual 
Probation Survey (Short Form); 30-day Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
will be submitting the following information collection 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 was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, 
Number 60, pages 17775-17576, on March 28, 2014, allowing a 60-day 
comment period. Following publication of the 60-day notice, the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics received and responded to one request for a copy 
of the proposed information collection instrument and instructions. No 
other comments were received.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until July 3, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated 
public burden or associated response time, should be directed to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This process is conducted in accordance with 
5 CFR 1320.10. Request 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:
--Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
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: Extension and minor revision of 
currently approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual 
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
    (3) Agency form number: 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 53 respondents including 51 central 
reporters (two state respondents in Pennsylvania, and one each from the 
remaining states), the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons responsible for keeping records on parolees. For the CJ-8 form, 
the affected public includes 307 reporters including 51 state 
respondents (two state respondents in Pennsylvania, and one each from 
the remaining states), the District of Columbia, 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 161 
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, conviction status, offense, supervision status; outcomes 
including the number of

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revocations and the re-incarceration rate of parolees (i.e., recidivism 
measures); and the numbers of probationers and parolees who had their 
location tracked through a Global Positioning System (GPS). Starting 
with the 2014 Annual Probation Survey, three questions will be added to 
assess the scope of probation agencies being included by respondents 
and the levels of court responsible for referring adults to probation 
supervision. This is an increase of one question compared with the two 
questions that were proposed in the 60-day notice for this collection. 
One of the two questions originally proposed was separated into two 
questions to improve user comprehension and ease of reporting. A 
pretest with 9 respondents who agreed to a pretest of the three new 
items demonstrated that the additional items will increase burden by an 
average of 5 minutes per response for the 2014 Annual Probation Survey 
as compared with the 2013 Annual Probation Survey. The estimate 
obtained from the pre-test is less than the estimate of 15 minutes per 
response for the Annual Probation Survey that appeared in the 60-day 
notice. The burden estimates in the 30-day notice have been revised 
accordingly. 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 needed for an average respondent to respond: 521 respondents 
each taking an average of 1.49 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 778 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Avenue, 145 N Street NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: May 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-12753 Filed 6-2-14; 8:45 am]
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