[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55013-55014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21908]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0015]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (1-699 
and 1-700) Quarterly Hate Crime Report and Hate Crime Incident Report

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection 
was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134, 
page 40779, on July 14, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until October 15, 2014.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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 
Mrs. Amy Blasher, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal 
Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, Module E-3, 1000 Custer 
Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; telephone 304-625-4830, 
facsimile, 304 625-3566. Written comments and/or suggestions can also 
be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Officer of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice 
Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or send to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
--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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Quarterly Hate Crime Report 
and Hate Crime Incident Report.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form numbers are 1-699 
and 1-700. The applicable component within the Department of Justice, 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information 
Services Division.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: The affected public who are asked to 
voluntarily respond is city, county, state, tribal, and federal U.S. 
law enforcement. Under Title 28, U.S. Code, Section 534, this 
information collection requests hate crime data from respondents in 
order for the FBI UCR Program to serve as the national clearinghouse 
for the collection and dissemination of hate crime data and to publish 
these statistics annually in Hate Crime Statistics. This provides for 
the national UCR Program a record of each crime incident including the 
offense classification and its respective bias motivation, the number 
and type of victims, the location of the incident, the number of 
suspected offenders, the suspected offender's race, and whether the 
victims and offenders are under 18 or over the age of 18.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There is a 
potential of 18,290 law enforcement agency respondents; 11,357 for the 
Summary Reporting System (SRS) and 6,933 for the National Incident-
Based Reporting System (NIBRS). NIBRS burden hours are collected on the 
NIBRS Information Collection Request. Calculated estimates for an SRS 
respondent to respond indicate 7 minutes per quarter. The total annual 
burden hour per respondent is 28 minutes.
    Total Annual Hour Burden:
    7 minutes x 4 quarters = 28 minutes.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately 5,300 hours, annual 
burden, associated with this information collection.
    11,357 respondents x 4 responses/year = 45,428 total annual 
responses.
    45,428 x 7 minutes/60 minutes = 5,300 total annual hour burden.
    (This burden estimate does not include the 6,933 NIBRS agencies; 
the NIBRS burden hours are captured in the NIBRS Information Collection 
Request.)
    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 Square, 145 N Street NE., 3W-1407B, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: September 10, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-21908 Filed 9-12-14; 8:45 am]
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