80 FR 48567 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 156 (August 13, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-19939

The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division has submitted 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1110-0058]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, 
Comments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; 
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-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 Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
established review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: The proposed information collection is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged 
and will be accepted until October 13, 2015.

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. 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, 
or facsimile to (304) 625-3566.

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;

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    (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; PL 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 incident 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/non-
forcible, 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 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.

Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, United States Department of 
Justice.
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Department of Justice of information on those who are to Department of Justice.
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mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE of information technology, e.g., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
permitting electronic submission of [OMB Number 1110–0058]
[OMB Number 1121–0325]
responses.
Agency Information Collection
Agency Information Collection Overview of This Information Activities: Proposed Collection,
Activities; Proposed eCollection Collection Comments Requested; Revision of a
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection;
Currently Approved Collection; (1) Type of Information Collection:
National Incident-Based Reporting
Comments Requested Research To Extension of a currently approved System (NIBRS)
Support the National Crime collection.
Victimization Survey (NCVS) (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: AGENCY: Federal Bureau of
Methodological research to support the Investigation, Department of Justice.
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics,
redesign of the National Crime ACTION: 60-Day notice.
Department of Justice.
Victimization Survey (NCVS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Justice,
(3) The agency form number, if any, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice and the applicable component of the Criminal Justice Information Services
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Department sponsoring the collection: Division has submitted the following
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be Form numbers not available for generic information collection request to the
submitting the following information clearance. The applicable component Office of Management and Budget
collection request to the Office of within the Department of Justice is the (OMB) for review and clearance in
Management and Budget (OMB) for Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office accordance with established review
review and approval in accordance with of Justice Programs. procedures of the Paperwork Reduction
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Act of 1995.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
DATES: Comments are encouraged and or required to respond, as well as a brief DATES: The proposed information
will be accepted for 60 days until abstract: Persons 12 years or older living collection is published to obtain
November 12, 2015. in sampled households located comments from the public and affected
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If throughout the United States. The agencies. Comments are encouraged and
you have additional comments National Crime Victimization Survey will be accepted until October 13, 2015.
especially on the estimated public (NCVS) collects, analyzes, publishes, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All
burden or associated response time, and disseminates statistics on the comments, suggestions, or questions
suggestions, or need a copy of the criminal victimization in the U.S. regarding additional information, to
proposed information collection include obtaining a copy of the
(5) An estimate of the total number of
instrument with instructions or proposed information collection
respondents and the amount of time
additional information, please contact instrument with instructions, should be
estimated for an average respondent to
Jennifer Truman, Statistician, Bureau of directed to Mr. Samuel Berhanu, Unit
respond: An estimate of the total
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: number of respondents is 20,000. The
average length of interview will vary by Criminal Justice Information Services
Jennifer.Truman@usdoj.gov; telephone: (CJIS) Division, Module E–3, 1000
202–307–0765). the type of interview conducted.
Completing the crime screener and Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written Virginia 26306, or facsimile to (304)
incident report is estimated to take the
comments and suggestions from the average interviewed respondent 15–30 625–3566.
public and affected agencies concerning minutes to respond, while a cognitive SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
the proposed collection of information interview for testing alternative methods comments and suggestions from the
are encouraged. Your comments should for measuring victimization may take 1– public and affected agencies concerning
address one or more of the following 2 hours. the proposed collection of information
four points: are encouraged. Comments should
—Evaluate whether the proposed (6) An estimate of the total public
address one or more of the following
collection of information is necessary burden (in hours) associated with the
four points:
for the proper performance of the collection: There are an estimated (1) Evaluate whether the proposed
functions of the Bureau of Justice 12,075 total burden hours associated collection of information is necessary
Statistics, including whether the with this collection. for the proper performance of the
information will have practical utility; If additional information is required functions of the agency, including
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—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s contact: Jerri Murray, Department whether the information will have
estimate of the burden of the Clearance Officer, United States practical utility;
proposed collection of information, Department of Justice, Justice (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
including the validity of the Management Division, Policy and agency’s estimate of the burden of the
methodology and assumptions used; Planning Staff, Two Constitution proposed collection of information,
—Evaluate whether and if so how the Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, including the validity of the
quality, utility, and clarity of the Washington, DC 20530. methodology and assumptions used;

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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and offense categories for which only arrest respond: There are approximately 6,420
clarity of the information to be data are reported. The most significant law enforcement agencies. The amount
collected; and difference between NIBRS and the of time estimated for an average
(4) Minimize the burden of the traditional Summary Reporting System respondent to respond is two hours
collection of information on those who (SRS) is the degree of detail in reporting. monthly which totals to an annual hour
are to respond, including through the In reporting data via the traditional SRS, burden of 24 hours. The 2 hours to
use of appropriate automated, law enforcement agencies tally the respond is the time it takes for the
electronic, mechanical, or other occurrences of eight Part I crimes. agencies records management system
technological collection techniques of NIBRS is capable of producing more (RMS) to download the NIBRS and send
other forms of information technology, detailed, accurate, and meaningful data to the FBI. By design, law enforcement
e.g., permitting electronic submission of because data are collected about when agencies generate NIBRS data as a by-
responses. and where crime takes place, what form product of their RMS. Therefore, a law
Overview of This Information it takes, and the characteristics of its enforcement agency builds its system to
Collection victims and perpetrators. Although most suit its own individual needs, including
of the general concepts for collecting, all of the information required for
(1) Type of information collection: scoring, and reporting UCR data in the administration and operation; then
Revision of a currently approved SRS apply in the NIBRS, such as forwards only the data required by the
collection. jurisdictional rules, there are some NIBRS to participate in the FBI UCR
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
important differences in the two Program.
National Incident-Based Reporting
systems. The most notable differences (6) An estimate of the total public
System.
(3) The agency form number, if any, that give the NIBRS an advantage over burden (in hours) associated with this
and the applicable component of the the SRS are: No Hierarchy Rule, in a collection: There are approximately
department sponsoring the collection: multiple-offense incident NIBRS reports 154,080 hours, annual burden,
Form Number: 1110–0058. Sponsor: every offense occurring during the associated with this information
Criminal Justice Information Services incident where SRS would report just collection. The total number of
Division, Federal Bureau of the most serious offense and the lower- respondents is 6,420 with a total annual
Investigation, Department of Justice. listed offense would not be reported; hour burden of 24 hours, (6,420 × 24 =
(4) Affected public who will be asked NIBRS provides revised, expanded, and 154,080 total annual hours).
or required to respond, as well as a brief new offense definitions; NIBRS provides If additional information is required
abstract: more specificity in reporting offenses, contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Primary: City, county, state, tribal, using NIBRS offense and arrest data for Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
and federal law enforcement agencies. 23 Group A offense categories can be Staff, Justice Management Division,
Abstract: Under U.S. Code, Title 28, reported while in the SRS eight Part I United States Department of Justice,
Section 534, Acquisition, Preservation, offenses can be reported; NIBRS can Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
and Exchange of Identification Records; distinguish between attempted and NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC
Appointment of Officials, June 11, 1930; completed Group A crimes; NIBRS also 20530.
Public Law 109–177 (H.R. 3199), March provides crimes against society while
9, 2006, USA Patriot Improvement and the SRS does not; the victim-to-offender Jerri Murray,
Reauthorization Act of 2005; PL 110– data, circumstance reporting, drug Department Clearance Officer for PRA,
457, Title II, Section 237(a), (b), related offenses, offenders suspected use United States Department of Justice.
December 23, 2008, the William of drugs, and computer crime is [FR Doc. 2015–19939 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am]
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims expanded in NIBRS; the NIBRS update BILLING CODE 4410–02–P
Reauthorization Act of 2008, and reports are directly tied to the original
Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes incident submitted. The Group A
Prevention Act, April 28, 2009, this offense categories include arson, assault DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
collection requests Incident data from offenses, bribery, burglary/breaking and
city, county, state, tribal and federal law entering, counterfeiting/forgery, [OMB Number 1121–0317]
enforcement agencies in order for the destruction/damage/vandalism of
FBI UCR Program to serve as the property, drug/narcotic offenses, Agency Information Collection
national clearinghouse for the collection embezzlement, extortion/blackmail, Activities; Proposed eCollection
and dissemination of incident data and fraud offenses, gambling offenses, eComments Requested; 2016/2018
to publish these statistics in Crime in homicide offenses, human trafficking, Identity Theft Supplement (ITS)
the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, kidnapping/abduction, larceny/theft
and Law Enforcement Officers Killed offenses, motor vehicle theft, AGENCY:Bureau of Justice Statistics,
and Assaulted. NIBRS is an incident- pornography/obscene material, Department of Justice.
based reporting system in which law prostitution offenses, robbery, sex ACTION: 30-Day notice; Reinstatement,
enforcement collects data on each crime offenses, sex offenses/non-forcible, with change, of a previously approved
occurrence. Designed to be generated as stolen property offenses, and weapon collection for which approval has
a byproduct of local, state, and federal law violations. The Group B offense expired.
automated records systems, currently, categories include bad checks, curfew/
the NIBRS collects data on each loitering/vagrancy violations, disorderly SUMMARY: The Department of Justice
conduct, DUI, drunkenness, family
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incident and arrest within 23 crime (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
categories made up of 49 specific crimes offenses/nonviolent, liquor law Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be
called Group A offenses. For each of the violations, peeping tom, trespass of real submitting the following information
offenses coming to the attention of law property, and all other offenses. collection request to the Office of
enforcement, various facts about the (5) An estimate of the total number of Management and Budget (OMB) for
crime are collected. In addition to the respondents and the amount of time review and approval in accordance with
Group A offenses, there are 10 Group B estimated for an average respondent to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		60-Day notice.
Dates		The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 13, 2015.
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. 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, or facsimile to (304) 625-3566.
FR Citation		80 FR 48567