Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency

Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved

Collection; Comment Request; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Analysis

Protocol: Enhanced Evaluation PSP.

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The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services has submitted the following information collection request for

review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. The Office of Management and Budget approval is being sought for

the information collection listed below. This proposed information

collection was previously published in the Federal Register on April

22, 1998, allowing for a 60-day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comment until September 24, 1998. This process is conducted in

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Office of

Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530.

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Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)

395-7285. Additionally comments may also be submitted to the Department

of Justice (DOJ), Justice Management Division, Information Management

and Security Staff, Attention: Department Deputy Clearance Officer,

Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530. Written comments

and/or suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information should address one or more of the

following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) 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;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) 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.

Overview of this information:

(1) Type of information collection: Extension of previously

approved collection.

(2) The title of the form/collection: Analysis Protocol: Enhanced

Evaluation PSP.

(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of

the Department sponsoring the collection: Form COPS 24/01. Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services, United States Department of

Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Local law enforcement agencies that received

a Problem-Solving Partnerships (PSP) grant and that were selected to

participate in an enhanced evaluation of their PSP grant.

The PSP grant is one one-year grant program designed to support

local law enforcement agencies in entering collaborative agreements

with non-profit community-based entities to fight a specific crime

problem through an innovative community policing plan. Grants were

awarded to 470 jurisdictions in 1997. As described by the PSP

initiative, it was required that a minimum of 5% of awarded funds be

used to assess the impact of the problem-solving approach on the target

problem. Currently of COPS Office is entering into collaborative

agreements with a sub-group of approximately 15 PSP grantees to fund

the implementation of an enhanced evaluation. This enhanced evaluation

will allow the COPS Office to document the process and outcomes of

applying a problem-solving model to five problem types: auto-theft,

loitering/disorderly conduct, residential burglary, robbery, and

street-level drug dealing. The analysis protocol in consideration

covers all areas necessary to document the processes and outcomes of

sites' problem-solving projects.

Primary: State, Local or Tribal Government.

Other: none.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: Enhanced

Evaluation PSP: Approximately 120 respondents, at 7 hours per

respondent (including record-keeping).

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: Approximately 840 hours.

If additional information is required contact: Ms. Brenda Dyer,

Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,

Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: August 19, 1998.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of

Justice.

[FR Doc. 98-22756 Filed 8-24-98; 8:45 am]

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