[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58765-58766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15932]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0240]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative 
Statistics (LEMAS) Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
September 17, 2024.

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 Sean E. Goodison 
(email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-0765), Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531.

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: The LEMAS core survey, conducted every 3 to 4 years since 
1987, is currently based on a nationally representative sample of 
approximately 3,500 general-purpose law enforcement agencies (LEAs). 
The 2024 LEMAS has been revised to remove questions to help reduce 
burden and increase clarity. The LEMAS survey has been used to produce 
national estimates for a wide range of topics, including LEA 
responsibilities, operating expenditures, job functions of sworn and 
civilian employees, officer salaries and special pay, demographic 
characteristics of officers, weapons policies, education and training 
requirements, special units, and community policing activities. BJS 
plans to publish this information in reports and reference it when 
responding to queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the

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President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international 
organizations, researchers, students, the media, and others interested 
in criminal justice statistics.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management 
and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey.
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: The form number for the 
questionnaire is CJ-44. The applicable component within the Department 
of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of 
Justice Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: State and local government. 
Respondents will be general purpose state, county, and local law 
enforcement agencies (LEAs), including local and county police 
departments, sheriff's offices, and primary state law enforcement 
agencies. The 2024 LEMAS is revised from the 2020 LEMAS. The obligation 
to respond is voluntary.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An agency-level 
survey will be sent to approximately 3,500 LEAs. We estimate responses 
from 81% (2,835) of LEAs sampled for the 2024 LEMAS. The expected 
burden placed on these respondents is 110 minutes spent on completing 
the survey. Additionally, an estimated 50% of respondents (1,417) will 
be contacted for data quality follow-up at 10 minutes per respondent.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 5,435 total burden hours 
associated with this information collection.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: $360,500.

                                          Total Estimated Burden Hours
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                                     Number of                     Total annual    Participation   Total annual
            Activity                respondents      Frequency       responses    time (minutes)  burden (hours)
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Data collection.................           2,835               1           2,835             110           5,198
Data quality follow-up..........           1,417               1           1,417              10             237
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    Total.......................           2,835  ..............           2,835  ..............           5,435
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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: July 16, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-15932 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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