Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval

has expired; BJA-Byrne Formula Grant Program annual

institutionalization survey for subgrants.

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The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has submitted

the following information collection request for review and clearance

in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Office of

Management and Budget approval is being sought for the information

collection listed below. The proposed information collection was

previously published in the Federal Register on May 2, 1997, allowing

for a 60-day public comment period.

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

public comment until May 12, 1999. 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, D.C. 20503.

Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202-

395-7285.

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, D.C., 20530. Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the

following points:

(1) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/

component, including whether the information, will have practical

utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components 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 to

those who are to respond, including through the use appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological techniques

or other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic

submissions of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

(1) Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.

(2) The title of the form/collection: BJA-Byrne Formula Grant

Program Annual Institutionalization Survey for Subgrants

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

the Department sponsoring the collection: Form: None. Bureau of Justice

Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, United Stated Department of

Justice.

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: State Government (State

Administrative Agencies). Other: None. The Byrne Formula Grant Program

was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and is designed to

provide support to its constituency group of state and local criminal

justice agencies to initiate innovative projects that respond

effectively to crime problems and improve operations of the Nation's

criminal justice system.

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

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

burden of the 56 respondents to complete the surveys for all 3,936

projects funded in FY 1992, is 5 minutes per survey. The time burden of

the 56 respondents to complete the surveys for the estimated 520

projects that were expected to continue after Byrne funding ceased in

FY 1992, but were not refunded, is 45 minutes per survey.

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

with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete surveys

for the FY 1992 Byrne-funded projects and those that were not refunded

is 720 annual burden hours.

Public comment on this proposed information collection is strongly

encouraged.

Dated: April 6, 1999.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 99-8989 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]

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