[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21955-21956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08790]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection,
eComments Requested; New Collection; National Crime Information Center
(NCIC)
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services Division will be submitting the
following information collection request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
established review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79,
Number 30, pages 8733-8734, on February 13, 2014, allowing for a 60 day
comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days
for public comment until May 19, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All comments, suggestions, or
questions regarding additional information, to include obtaining a copy
of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions,
should be directed to Mr. Travis Olson, Acting Unit Chief, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
Division, Module D-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
Virginia 26306, or facsimile to (304) 625-2924.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Comments 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 functions 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 of
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of information collection: New Collection.
(2) The title of the form/collection: National Crime Information
Center.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the department sponsoring the collection: Criminal Justice Information
Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: federal, state, local, territorial,
and tribal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: Under United States
Code, Title 28, Section 534, Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of
Identification Records; Appointment of Officials, June 11, 1930; Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 28, Part 20, Criminal Justice
Information, this collection requests information from federal, state,
local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The NCIC is a
computerized information system available to law enforcement and
criminal justice agencies nationwide. NCIC became operational on
January 27, 1967, with the goal of assisting law enforcement in the
apprehension of fugitives and locating stolen property. This goal has
expanded to include locating missing persons and further protecting law
enforcement personnel and the public. The NCIC is the sole system that
houses actionable criminal justice and law enforcement data from more
than 90,000 users nationwide. The average transactions per day in FY
2013 were 9.6 million. On September 13, 2013, NCIC had a peak daily
transaction volume of 12.21 million transactions. The system was
available 99.75 percent of the time in FY 2013. The last major upgrade
to NCIC occurred in July 1999, with the transition to NCIC 2000. The
CJIS Division has implemented many enhancements to the system since
1999, in an effort to continue to meet the needs of the stakeholders.
The NCIC stakeholders include law enforcement and criminal justice
users at all levels (federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal).
As the lifecycle of NCIC 2000 nears its end, the CJIS Division is
preparing for the next major upgrade to NCIC known as NCIC 3\RD\
Generation (N3G). The mission of N3G is to partner with stakeholders to
identify new functionality and information sharing services that will
improve, modernize and expand the existing NCIC system so that it will
continue to provide real time, accurate, and complete criminal justice
information to support the NCIC user community. With OMB approval, the
CJIS Division will be conducting a requirements canvass in FY14 and
FY15 for N3G. The purpose of the requirements study is to gather and
evaluate the needs of the law enforcement and criminal justice
communities. Subsequently, the needs of the users will be documented in
concepts and scenarios that will ultimately become the Concept of
Operations (CONOPS) for the development of the N3G. It is vital that
the new capabilities and functionality are detailed in a robust CONOPS
to ensure that the system is developed to meet the current and future
needs of the users.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is
anticipated that the N3G Canvass will be conducted at a focal point in
all 50 states. The canvass will include interviewing the respective
state CSO along with any technical and policy staff, i.e., Computer
Engineer(s), they deem appropriate. The on-site canvass will be
conducted at the CSA facility and the additional individuals will be
required to travel to that respective facility. The CSO and their staff
will be at the location for a total of four hours for the state based
interview. The state employees will remain at the location during the
local level interview process. This interview will include twelve local
law enforcement personnel during an additional four hours. It is
expected that four of the local personnel will be within the respective
city incurring no travel burden. It is anticipated that eight of the
local law enforcement personnel from two different districts will
require up to four hours travel time (two hours each way) to the
interview location, thus four hours burden for eight people.
It is anticipated that ten additional interviews will be conducted
that do not fall within the CSO location. These interviewees will
consist of the
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manager, two computer engineers and ten additional personnel.
The estimate of the respondent's burden for this data collection is
as follows:
Number of N3G respondents: 880.
Frequency of responses: One session (4 hours each) for Local Law
Enforcement Personnel. Two sessions (4 hours each) for CSO and two
Computer Engineers except when interviewing at a CSA.
Total annual responses: Once for Local Law Enforcement personnel
and twice for CSOs and Computer Engineers.
Hours per response: 4 hours.
Hours for Travel for 8 Local LE personnel per location: 4 hours.
Annual Hour Burden: 5,720 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with this collection: There are approximately 5,720 hours, annual
burden, associated with this information collection.
If additional information is required contact Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: April 14, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, United States Department of
Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-08790 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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