[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47026-47028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21740]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0053]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: FBI eFOIA Form

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

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ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
December 11, 2017.

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 
Leanna Ramsey, FOIA Public Information Officer, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 170 Marcel Drive Winchester, VA 22602.

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: Reinstatement of the FBI eFOIA 
form with changes, a previously approved collection for which approval 
has expired.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: FBI eFOIA form.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The applicable component 
within the Department of Justice is the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: The general public who wish to make online 
FOIA request will be the most affected group. This information 
collection is to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to accept 
and responded to FOIA requester as defined in 28 CFR part 16.3.
    (a) How made and addressed. You may make a request for records of 
the Department of Justice by writing directly to the Department 
component that maintains those records. You may find the Department's 
``Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide''--which is available 
electronically at the Department's World Wide Web site, and is 
available in paper form as well--helpful in making your request. For 
additional information about the FOIA, you may refer directly to the 
statute. If you are making a request for records about yourself, see 
Sec.  16.41(d) for additional requirements. If you are making a request 
for records about another individual, either a written authorization 
signed by that individual permitting disclosure of those records to you 
or proof that that individual is deceased (for example, a copy of a 
death certificate or an obituary) will help the processing of your 
request. Your request should be sent to the component's FOIA office at 
the address listed in appendix I to part 16. In most cases, your FOIA 
request should be sent to a component's central FOIA office. For 
records held by a field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(FBI) or the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), however, you 
must write directly to that FBI or INS field office address, which can 
be found in most telephone books or by calling the component's central 
FOIA office. (The functions of each component are summarized in part 0 
of this title and in the description of the Department and its 
components in the ``United States Government Manual,'' which is issued 
annually and is available in most libraries, as well as for sale from 
the Government Printing Office's Superintendent of Documents. This 
manual also can be accessed electronically at the Government Printing 
Office's World Wide Web site (which can be found at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs).) If you cannot determine where within the 
Department to send your request, you may send it to the FOIA/PA Mail 
Referral Unit, Justice Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530-0001. That office 
will forward your request to the component(s) it believes most likely 
to have the records that you want. Your request will be considered 
received as of the date it is received by the proper component's FOIA 
office. For the quickest possible handling, you should mark both your 
request letter and the envelope ``Freedom of Information Act Request.'' 
(b) Description of records sought. You must describe the records that 
you seek in enough detail to enable Department personnel to locate them 
with a reasonable amount of effort. Whenever possible, your request 
should include specific information about each record sought, such as 
the date, title or name, author, recipient, and subject matter of the 
record. In addition, if you want records about a court case, you should 
provide the title of the case, the court in which the case was filed, 
and the nature of the case. If known, you should include any file 
designations or descriptions for the records that you want. As a 
general rule, the more specific you are about the records or type of 
records that you want, the more likely the Department will be able to 
locate those records in response to your request. If a component 
determines that your request does not reasonably describe records, it 
shall tell you either what additional information is needed or why your 
request is otherwise insufficient. The component also shall give you an 
opportunity to discuss your request so that you may modify it to meet 
the requirements of this section. If your request does not reasonably 
describe the records you seek, the agency's response to your request 
may be delayed.
    (c) Agreement to pay fees. If you make a FOIA request, it shall be 
considered an agreement by you to pay all applicable fees charged under 
Sec.  16.11, up to $25.00, unless you seek a waiver of fees. The 
component responsible for responding to your request ordinarily will 
confirm this agreement in an acknowledgement letter. When making a 
request, you may specify a willingness to pay a greater or lesser 
amount.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 
21,406 FOI/PA requests are completed annually. These requests can be 
submitted via free-form letter, email or the eFOIA form. In FY 2017, 
approximately 16,402 online eFOIA forms were submitted. An average of 8 
minutes per respondent is needed to complete form the eFOIA form. The 
estimated range of burden for respondents is expected to be between 4 
minutes to 12 minutes for completion.

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    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The estimated public burden associated with this 
collection is .5 hours. It is estimated that respondents will take .5 
hour to complete a questionnaire. The burden hours for collecting 
respondent data sum to 250 hours 500 respondents x .5 hours = 250 
hours).
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 4, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-21740 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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