[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62570-62572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26357]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-0058]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed eCollection,
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection;
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
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 has submitted the
following information collection request to the
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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
80 FR 48567, on August 13, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days
for public comment until November 16, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated
public burden and associated response time, should be directed to Mr.
Samuel Berhanu, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal
Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, Module E-3, 1000 Custer
Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; facsimile (304) 625-3566.
Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office
of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or
sent to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: National Incident-Based
Reporting System
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1110-0058
Sponsor: 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: City, county, state, tribal, and
federal law enforcement agencies.
Abstract: Under U.S. Code, Title 28, Section 534, Acquisition,
Preservation, and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointment of
Officials, June 11, 1930; Public Law 109-177 (H.R. 3199), March 9,
2006, USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005; Public
Law 110-457, Title II, Section 237(a), (b), December 23, 2008, the
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008,
and Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, April 28, 2009, this
collection requests Incident data from city, county, state, tribal and
federal law enforcement agencies in order for the FBI UCR Program to
serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and
dissemination of crime data and to publish these statistics in Crime in
the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers
Killed and Assaulted. NIBRS is an incident-based reporting system in
which law enforcement collects data on each crime occurrence. Designed
to be generated as a byproduct of local, state, and federal automated
records systems, currently, the NIBRS collects data on each incident
and arrest within 23 crime categories made up of 49 specific crimes
called Group A offenses. For each of the offenses coming to the
attention of law enforcement, various facts about the crime are
collected. In addition to the Group A offenses, there are 10 Group B
offense categories for which only arrest data are reported. The most
significant difference between NIBRS and the traditional Summary
Reporting System (SRS) is the degree of detail in reporting. In
reporting data via the traditional SRS, law enforcement agencies tally
the occurrences of eight Part I crimes. NIBRS is capable of producing
more detailed, accurate, and meaningful data because data are collected
about when and where crime takes place, what form it takes, and the
characteristics of its victims and perpetrators. Although most of the
general concepts for collecting, scoring, and reporting UCR data in the
SRS apply in the NIBRS, such as jurisdictional rules, there are some
important differences in the two systems. The most notable differences
that give the NIBRS an advantage over the SRS are: No Hierarchy Rule,
in a multiple-offense incident NIBRS reports every offense occurring
during the incident where SRS would report just the most serious
offense and the lower-listed offense would not be reported; NIBRS
provides revised, expanded, and new offense definitions; NIBRS provides
more specificity in reporting offenses, using NIBRS offense and arrest
data for 23 Group A offense categories can be reported while in the SRS
eight Part I offenses can be reported; NIBRS can distinguish between
attempted and completed Group A crimes; NIBRS also provides crimes
against society while the SRS does not; the victim-to-offender data,
circumstance reporting, drug related offenses, offenders suspected use
of drugs, and computer crime is expanded in NIBRS; the NIBRS update
reports are directly tied to the original incident submitted. The Group
A offense categories include arson, assault offenses, bribery,
burglary/breaking and entering, counterfeiting/forgery, destruction/
damage/vandalism of property, drug/narcotic offenses, embezzlement,
extortion/blackmail, fraud offenses, gambling offenses, homicide
offenses, human trafficking, kidnapping/abduction, larceny/theft
offenses, motor vehicle theft, pornography/obscene material,
prostitution offenses, robbery, sex offenses, sex offenses/nonforcible,
stolen property offenses, and weapon law violations. The Group B
offense categories include bad checks, curfew/loitering/vagrancy
violations, disorderly conduct, DUI, drunkenness, family offenses/
nonviolent, liquor law violations, peeping tom, trespass of real
property, and all other offenses.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are
approximately 6,420 law enforcement agencies. The amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to respond is two hours monthly
which totals to an annual hour burden of 24 hours. The 2 hours to
respond is the time it takes for the agencies records management system
(RMS) to download the NIBRS and send to the FBI. By design, law
enforcement agencies generate NIBRS data as a by-product of their RMS.
Therefore, a law
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enforcement agency builds its system to suit its own individual needs,
including all of the information required for administration and
operation; then forwards only the data required by the NIBRS to
participate in the FBI UCR Program.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with this collection: There are approximately 154,080 hours, annual
burden, associated with this information collection. The total number
of respondents is 6,420 with a total annual hour burden of 24 hours,
(6,420 x 24 = 154,080 total annual hours).
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: October 13, 2015.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2015-26357 Filed 10-15-15; 8:45 am]
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