[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61096-61098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24132]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-0053]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: FBI eFOIA Form
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 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
December 8, 2014.
[[Page 61097]]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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
David Sobonya, FOIA Public Information Officer, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, 170 Marcel Drive, Winchester, VA 22602.
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 Federal Bureau of
Investigation, 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.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement of the FBI eFOIA
form with changes, a previously approved collection for which approval
has expired.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: FBI eFOIA form.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
The general public who wish to make online FOIA request will be the
most affected group. This information collection is to allow the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to accept and responded to FOIA
requester as defined in 28 CFR 16.3.
(a) How made and addressed. You may make a request for records of
the Department of Justice by writing directly to the Department
component that maintains those records. You may find the Department's
``Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide''--which is available
electronically at the Department's World Wide Web site, and is
available in paper form as well--helpful in making your request.
For additional information about the FOIA, you may refer directly
to the statute. If you are making a request for records about yourself,
see Sec. 16.41(d) for additional requirements. If you are making a
request for records about another individual, either a written
authorization signed by that individual permitting disclosure of those
records to you or proof that that individual is deceased (for example,
a copy of a death certificate or an obituary) will help the processing
of your request. Your request should be sent to the component's FOIA
office at the address listed in appendix I to part 16. In most cases,
your FOIA request should be sent to a component's central FOIA office.
For records held by a field office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) or the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS), however, you must write directly to that FBI or INS field office
address, which can be found in most telephone books or by calling the
component's central FOIA office. (The functions of each component are
summarized in part 0 of this title and in the description of the
Department and its components in the ``United States Government
Manual,'' which is issued annually and is available in most libraries,
as well as for sale from the Government Printing Office's
Superintendent of Documents. This manual also can be accessed
electronically at the Government Printing Office's World Wide Web site
(which can be found at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs).) If you
cannot determine where within the Department to send your request, you
may send it to the FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit, Justice Management
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20530-0001. That office will forward your request to the
component(s) it believes most likely to have the records that you want.
Your request will be considered received as of the date it is received
by the proper component's FOIA office. For the quickest possible
handling, you should mark both your request letter and the envelope
``Freedom of Information Act Request.''
(b) Description of records sought. You must describe the records
that you seek in enough detail to enable Department personnel to locate
them with a reasonable amount of effort. Whenever possible, your
request should include specific information about each record sought,
such as the date, title or name, author, recipient, and subject matter
of the record. In addition, if you want records about a court case, you
should provide the title of the case, the court in which the case was
filed, and the nature of the case. If known, you should include any
file designations or descriptions for the records that you want. As a
general rule, the more specific you are about the records or type of
records that you want, the more likely the Department will be able to
locate those records in response to your request. If a component
determines that your request does not reasonably describe records, it
shall tell you either what additional information is needed or why your
request is otherwise insufficient. The component also shall give you an
opportunity to discuss your request so that you may modify it to meet
the requirements of this section. If your request does not reasonably
describe the records you seek, the agency's response to your request
may be delayed.
(c) Agreement to pay fees. If you make a FOIA request, it shall be
considered an agreement by you to pay all applicable fees charged under
Sec. 16.11, up to $25.00, unless you seek a waiver of fees. The
component responsible for responding to your request ordinarily will
confirm this agreement in an acknowledgement letter. When making a
request, you may specify a willingness to pay a greater or lesser
amount.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
11,000 FOIA request are completed annually. These requests can be
submitted via free-form letter, email or the eFOIA form. In FY 2014
approximately 200 online eFOIA forms were submitted. An average of 8
minutes per respondent is needed to complete form the eFOIA form. The
estimated range of burden for respondents is expected to be between 4
minutes to 12 minutes for completion.
6 An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: The estimated public burden associated with this
collection is .5 hours. It is estimated that respondents will take .5
hour to complete a questionnaire. The burden hours for collecting
respondent data sum to 250 hours 500 respondents x .5 hours = 250
hours).
If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray,
Department
[[Page 61098]]
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: October 6, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-24132 Filed 10-8-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-02-P