[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45925-45927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16540]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0058]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently-Approved Collection; 
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice 
(DOJ).

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The DOJ, FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) 
Division, will be submitting the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
September 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: All comments, suggestions, or questions regarding additional 
information, to include obtaining a copy of the proposed information 
collection instrument with instructions, should be

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directed to Crime Statistics Management Unit Chief, Amy C. Blasher, 
FBI, CJIS Division, Module E-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, 
West Virginia 26306.

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 FBI, 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: Extension of a currently-approved 
collection
    2 The Title of the Form/Collection: National Incident-Based 
Reporting System
    3 The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is 1110-0058. 
The applicable component within the DOJ is the CJIS Division in the 
FBI.
    4 Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well 
as a brief abstract:
    Primary: Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies 
(LEAs).
    Abstract: Under Title 28, United States Code, Section (Sec.  ) 
534(a) and (c); the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 
2005, Public Law 109-177 (March 9, 2006) H.R. 3199: Section 307 (e) 
Reporting of Cargo Theft; the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008; and the Matthew Shepard and 
James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009), Sec.  4708, this 
collection requests incident data from federal, state, local, and 
tribal LEAs in order for the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program 
to serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and 
dissemination of incident data and to release these statistics in the 
following publications: Crime in the United States, Hate Crime 
Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and National 
Incident-Based Reporting System. The NIBRS is a data collection which 
allows LEAs to collect information on each crime occurrence. The FBI 
designed NIBRS to generate data as a byproduct of federal, state, and 
local automated records management systems (RMS). Currently, the NIBRS 
collects data on each incident and arrest within 28 crime categories 
comprised of 71 specific crimes called Group A offenses. For each of 
the offenses coming to the attention of law enforcement, various facts 
about the crime are collected. In addition to the Group A offenses, 
arrest data only are reported for 13 Group B offense categories. When 
reporting data via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS), LEAs 
tally the occurrences of eight Part I crimes.
    The most significant difference between NIBRS and the traditional 
SRS is the degree of detail in reporting. The NIBRS is capable of 
producing more detailed, accurate, and meaningful information because 
data are collected about when and where crime takes place, what form it 
takes, and the characteristics of its victims and perpetrators. 
Although most of the general concepts for collecting, scoring, and 
reporting UCR data in SRS apply in NIBRS (e.g., jurisdictional rules), 
there are some important differences between the two data collection 
systems. The SRS employs the Hierarchy Rule, i.e., in a multiple-
offense incident, only the most serious offense is reported, and only 
eight Part I offenses can be reported. The many advantages NIBRS has 
over SRS include, but are not limited to, reports every offense 
occurring during the incident; revised, expanded, and new offense 
definitions; more specificity in reporting and using offense and arrest 
data for 28 Group A offense categories encompassing 71 crimes; 
distinguishes between attempted and completed Group A crimes; provides 
crimes against society; includes victim-to-offender data, circumstance, 
drug-related offenses, offenders suspected use of drugs, and expanded 
computer crime; and provides updated reports tied directly to the 
original incident. The Group A offense categories include animal 
cruelty; arson; assault offenses; bribery; burglary/breaking and 
entering; commerce violations;* counterfeiting/forgery; destruction/
damage/vandalism of property; drug/narcotic offenses; embezzlement; 
espionage;* extortion/blackmail; fraud offenses; fugitive offenses;* 
gambling offenses; homicide offenses; human trafficking; immigration 
violations;* kidnapping/abduction; larceny/theft offenses; motor 
vehicle theft; pornography/obscene material; prostitution offenses; 
robbery; sex offenses; stolen property offenses; treason;* and weapon 
law violations. The 13 Group B offense categories, for which only 
arrest data are collected, include bad checks; bond default;* curfew/
loitering/vagrancy violations; disorderly conduct; driving under the 
influence; drunkenness; family offenses, nonviolent; federal resource 
violation;* liquor law violations; peeping tom; perjury;* trespass of 
real property; and all other offenses. (Offense categories followed by 
an asterisk (*) denote those reported by federal and tribal LEAs only.) 
Beginning in 2019, the NIBRS began collecting additional data values to 
capture information on domestic violence, cargo theft, and negligent 
manslaughter.
    5 An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated 
number of LEAs submitting data to the UCR Program via NIBRS is 7,283. 
The FBI designed NIBRS to generate data as a byproduct of federal, 
state, and local automated RMS. Many LEAs have RMS capable of producing 
a myriad of statistics to meet their particular needs. LEAs forward 
only the data required by NIBRS to participate in the FBI UCR Program. 
Each month, it takes approximately two hours for an average respondent 
to respond, which is an annual burden of 24 hours. The two hours is the 
time required for a law enforcement agency's RMS to download the NIBRS 
data and send the information to the FBI.
    6 An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with 
the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with the 
NIBRS data collection is 174,792 hours (7,283 LEAs x 24 hours annually 
= 174,792 total annual 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.


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    Dated: July 27, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for the PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2020-16540 Filed 7-29-20; 8:45 am]
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