[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8607-8608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03149]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection 
Comments Requested; New Collection: National Pretrial Reporting Program 
(NPRP)

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY:  The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 
April 18, 2022.

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 
Erica Grasmick, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 
20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-1402).

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.,

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permitting electronic submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: The National Pretrial 
Reporting Program (NPRP).
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The Data Extraction Guide is 
NPRP-1. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is 
the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will be local general 
jurisdiction courts, jails and pretrial services agencies or their 
information technology (IT) staff. Among other responsibilities, the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics is charged with collecting data regarding 
the prosecution of crimes by state and federal offices. The NPRP will 
focus on the pretrial phase of felony case processing in large 
counties. This effort will collect information from jails, pretrial 
services agencies and general jurisdiction courts by requesting data 
extracts associated with felony filings from case management systems. A 
total of 125 of the largest 200 counties in the U.S. will be sampled 
with the top 75 counties sampled with certainty.
    BJS will request complete case-level records from the 125 sampled 
counties and connect data files within jurisdictions through defendant 
identifiers. The files will then be linked to defendant criminal 
histories for a comprehensive data file on pretrial release and 
detention. BJS is requesting that the extracts include all felony cases 
filed in 2019. BJS is also requesting that the extracts include arrest 
charges, defendant demographics, pretrial release decisions, pretrial 
misconduct, case disposition and sentencing. Local jails, pretrial 
services agencies and courts can provide the data extracts in any 
format.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS will send a 
data extraction guide to a total of 375 agencies within 125 
jurisdictions (one court, one jail, and one pretrial service agency for 
each county). The expected burden placed on each agency is about 16 
hours per agency for data extraction and 10 hours to explain any data 
inconsistencies or to answer questions of the data collection team.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 9,750 
burden hours for the 375 agencies.
    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: February 9, 2022.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-03149 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
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