[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48264-48265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15785]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0064]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice (DOJ), 
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 
on May 1, 2023, allowing a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
August 25, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have 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: Danielle 
Kaeble, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, 
DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-598-1024).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of 
information

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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 agency, 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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and/or
--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.

    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the information collection or 
the OMB Control Number 1121-0064. This information collection request 
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review 
by OMB.
    DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Surveys of Probation and 
Parole
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The Annual Surveys of 
Probation and Parole (ASPP) contain three forms: CJ-7: Annual Parole 
Survey CJ-8: Annual Probation Survey and CJ-8M: Annual Probation Survey 
(Misdemeanor Supervision Only). The applicable component within the 
Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the 
Office of Justice Programs. The ASPP is fielded annually. BJS requests 
clearance for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 ASPP under OMB Control No. 1121-
0064. The ASPP was last approved under OMB Control No. 1121-0064 (exp. 
date 09/30/2023).
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State departments of 
corrections or state probation and parole authorities, the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons, city and county courts and probation offices for 
which a central reporting authority does not exist.
    Abstract: For the CJ-7 form, the affected public consists of 54 
respondents including 50 central reporters, the District of Columbia, 
and the Federal Bureau of Prisons responsible for keeping records of 
adult on parole supervision. For the CJ-8 form, the affected public 
includes 250 reporters including central state respondents, the 
District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and local 
authorities responsible for keeping records on individuals on probation 
supervision. For the CJ-8M form, the affected public includes 610 
reporters who are all local authorities responsible for keeping records 
on individuals on probation supervision for a misdemeanor offense. 
These reporters indicated they do not supervise any individual on 
probation for a felony offense and will answer a short survey on 
population totals. 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, and supervision 
status.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 912.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: averaged 72 minutes.
    8. Frequency: Once a year.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,090 hours; please note 
that burden hours differ from information previously published in the 
60 day notice due to more detailed estimates of time by survey type.
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $31,300.

                                              Table 1--Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
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                                                                   Total                    Time per     Time for
              Activity                 Number of       Freq        annual      Time to       survey     follow-up    Total time    Total annual burden
                                      respondents                responses   gather data     (mins)      (mins )       (mins)             (hrs)
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CJ-7................................           54            1           54            0           95           15        5,940  99 hours (5,994 min/60
                                                                                                                                  mins).
CJ-8................................          250            1          250           30          120           15       41,250  687 hours (41,250 min/
                                                                                                                                  60 mins).
CJ-8M...............................          608            1          608           15           10            5       18,240  304 hours (18,240 min/
                                                                                                                                  60 mins).
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    Totals..........................          912  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  1,090.
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    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: July 20, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-15785 Filed 7-25-23; 8:45 am]
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