[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76859-76860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24544]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0030]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection;
Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
January 8, 2024.
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
Tracy L. Snell, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh
St NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:[email protected]; telephone:
202-598-1660).
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.
Abstract: Capital punishment information is collected by the Bureau
of Justice Statistics (BJS) annually as part of the National Prisoner
Statistics data series (NPS-8). These establishment surveys provide BJS
with the capacity to report annually on changes in the size and
composition of persons under State or Federal sentence of death and
changes to the laws regulating the imposition and implementation of
death sentences in the United States. The NPS-8 covers all persons held
in a State or Federal correctional facility under sentence of death at
any time during the calendar year. The coverage includes capital
prisoners transferred from death row to non-correctional institutions,
such as mental hospitals, and prisoners who may have escaped custody.
Excluded are capital prisoners who for any reason remain in local
correctional institutions outside the jurisdiction of State or Federal
correctional authorities from whom data are collected for this series.
NPS-8 also excludes persons who were convicted and sentenced to death
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Information such as
statutory, demographic, and criminal history data collected through
NPS-8 is not attainable from any other single data source.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: The Capital Punishment Report
of Inmates Under Sentence of Death (NPS-8) contains four forms: NPS-8
(Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS-8A (Update Report of
Inmates Under Sentence of Death); NPS-8B (Status of Death Penalty
Statutes--No Statute in Force); and NPS-8C (Status of Death Penalty
Statutes--Statute in Force). The applicable component: Bureau of
Justice Statistics, OJP.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: staff from State departments of
correction, offices of State attorneys general, the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The
obligation to respond is voluntary.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time
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estimated for an average respondent to respond: The NPS-8 will collect
data from an estimated 85 respondents from State departments of
correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, State Attorneys General, and
the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For each data
collection cycle, we estimate an average burden of 30 minutes for the
NPA-8, 30 minutes for the NPS-8A, 15 minutes for the NPS-8B, and 15
minutes to complete the NPS-8C. We estimate that data quality follow-up
is needed for 50% of NPS-8 forms (10) and 5% of NPS-8A forms (124) and
will run an average of 15 minutes for each response. We estimate a 10-
minute follow-up for 10% (5) of NPS-8B and NPS-8C respondents.
(6) An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are approximately 1,292 total annual burden
hours for this collection.
(7) An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection: $41,596.
Total Burden Hours
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Time for
Form Number of Freq Total annual Time per Follow-up follow-up Total time Total annual burden (hrs.)
respondents responses survey (mins) responses (mins) (mins)
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NPS-8..................................... 33 1 19 30 10 15 720 12 (720 min/60 min).
NPS-8A.................................... 33 1 2,469 30 124 15 75,930 1,266 (75,930 min/60 min).
NPS-8B/8C................................. 52 1 52 15 5 10 830 14 (830 min/60 min).
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Totals................................ 85 ........... 2,540 .............. .............. .............. .............. 1,292
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: October 31, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-24544 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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