[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 20 (Friday, January 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8719-8721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02055]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0269]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of Publicly
Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
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ACTION: 30-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 30 days until
March 3, 2025.
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: Matt Durose
(email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-598-0295), Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024,
allowing a 60-day comment period. BJS received no comments under the
60-day notice.
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 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 [1121-0296]. 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: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: 2024 Census of Publicly Funded
Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL)
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is
CPFFCL-24. 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 a brief abstract:
Affected Public: Affected public are state and local government
agencies. The 2024 CPFFCL is revised from the 2020 CPFFCL. BJS plans to
field the 2024 CPFFCL from March through October 2025. Respondents will
be the staff at the publicly funded forensic crime labs.
Abstract: Since 2002, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has
periodically conducted the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime
Laboratories (CPFFCL) through a survey that collects data on the
staffing, budgets, workloads, resources, policies, and procedures among
federal, state, and local crime labs. The 2024 CPFFCL will be the sixth
administration. It will provide insight on emerging issues and
challenges facing crime labs since the CPFFCL was last conducted in
2020. BJS uses the information gathered in CPFFCL in published reports
and statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S.
Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, others interested in criminal justice
statistics, and the general public via the BJS website.
5. Obligation to Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: A projected 350
respondents from individual labs and multi-lab systems will complete
form CPFFCL-24.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: CPFFCL-24 will take an average of
90 minutes (1.5 hours) for each of the 350 respondents to complete. In
addition, an estimated 225 respondents will be contacted for data
quality follow-up at 15 minutes (.25 hours) per respondent.
8. Frequency: Each respondent will complete the CPFFCL-24 once.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: The total burden hours for
this collection is 581.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $907,183.
Total Burden Hours
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Number of Total annual Time per Total annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden (hours)
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Survey........................ 350 1 350 90 min (1.5 525
hrs.).
Data Quality Follow-Up........ 225 1 225 15 min (.25 56
hrs.).
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Unduplicated Totals....... 350 .............. 300 ................ 581
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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,
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Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: January 28, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-02055 Filed 1-30-25; 8:45 am]
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