82_FR_17362 82 FR 17295 - Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection: Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA)

82 FR 17295 - Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection: Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 67 (April 10, 2017)

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FR Document2017-07077

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121--NEW]


 Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection 
Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection: 
Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA)

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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 
June 9, 2017.

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 
Steven W. Perry, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 
20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-0777).

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 Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 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: New collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Census of Tribal Law 
Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA).
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The applicable form number(s) 
for this collection is CTLEA-17 and CTLEA-17BIA. The applicable 
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: This information collection is a census of 
approximately 300 tribal law enforcement agencies and Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) police agencies operating in Indian country and serving 
tribal lands. The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA) directed BJS 
to improve its Indian country statistical data collections at the 
federal, state, local and tribal levels. This project helps fulfill 
this mandate and meet the agencies mission.
    Abstract: Tribal law enforcement agencies share concurrent 
jurisdiction for all criminal matters among tribal members occurring on 
tribal lands and, often, act as the first responders for serious felony 
crimes committed in Indian country, until the appropriate federal and 
state law enforcement official arrive upon the scene. Tribal law 
enforcement agencies are authorized and operated by tribes to enforce 
tribal laws, statutes and codes. BIA police agencies are operated by 
the Department of Interior, serving on specified reservation or 
enforcing laws for a group of smaller tribes in close proximity to one 
another. Currently there about 30 BIA police departments. Similar to 
many Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, tribal and BIA 
officers have to meet certain qualifications or complete required 
certification or training to be police officers. They are responsible 
for ensuring the public safety on reservations, trust land and tribal 
communities. They face the threats of danger responding to the public's 
call for help, often covering vast geographic regions with limited 
resources. However, although the combined number tribal and BIA law 
enforcement agencies has increased to about 300 in recent decades, 
unlike their Federal, State and local counterparts, there has been only 
limited studies on law enforcement in Indian country and no 
comprehensive regularly recurring statistical collection that focuses 
on all tribal and BIA law enforcement agencies operating in the U.S.
    The CTLEA will capture the administrative and operational 
characteristics of the law enforcement agencies. A goal of the CTLEA is 
to obtain national statistics on tribal and BIA law enforcement agency 
staffing and services; operating budgets and sources of funding; work 
activities including calls for service, arrests and citations issued; 
training, equipment and types of transportation; coordination and 
collaboration with Federal, State and local agencies; and technology 
use and access to regional and national criminal justice databases. In 
addition, this survey will collect data on matters related to human 
trafficking, domestic violence, and juvenile offending. These data will 
allow BJS to establish baselines for possible trend analyses and 
comparisons with future iteration of the CTLEA. The information 
gathered in the CTLEA-17 and CTLEA-17BIA will ask questions about 2017 
agency characteristics and 2016 crime statistics.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 
300 tribal law enforcement agencies--including tribal operated police 
departments (224), conservation/wildlife enforcement agencies (43), 
tribal university or college police (6) and BIA agencies (27)--that 
serve or work on tribal lands will take part in the CTLEA. Based on the 
pilot testing, an average of 45 minutes per respondent is needed to 
complete the CTLEA-17 form and 30 minutes per respondent is needed to 
complete the CTLEA-17BIA form. The following factors were considered 
when determining the final questionnaire content and the reasonably 
acceptable burden estimate for the first CTLEA: The total number of 
eligible tribal law enforcement agencies, the ability of offices to 
access or gather the requested data, and the capacity for their case 
management systems to generate the

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required information balanced against the current paucity of accurate 
and regularly available data about tribal law enforcement agencies 
operated by tribes or the BIA. BJS anticipates that nearly all of the 
approximately 300 respondents will fully complete the questionnaire.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total estimated public burden associated with 
this collection is 230 hours. It is estimated that respondents will 
take 30 to 45 minutes to complete a questionnaire depending on the 
version and an additional 15 minutes is needed for potential post data 
collection verification or validation of responses for about 15% of the 
respondents. The burden hours for CTLEA respondent data collection sum 
to 229 hours ((273 TLEA respondents x 45 min.) + (27 BIA respondents x 
30 min.) + (45 verification respondents x 15 min.))/60 min. = 230 
hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: April 5, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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                                                    Leslie D. Peritz                                         including the validity of the                        officers. They are responsible for
                                                    United States Department of Justice                      methodology and assumptions used;                    ensuring the public safety on
                                                    Antitrust Division, Litigation II Section               —Evaluate whether and if so how the                   reservations, trust land and tribal
                                                    450 Fifth Street, NW                                     quality, utility, and clarity of the                 communities. They face the threats of
                                                    Suite 8700                                               information to be collected can be                   danger responding to the public’s call
                                                    Washington, DC 20530                                     enhanced; and                                        for help, often covering vast geographic
                                                      Tel.: (202) 616–2313                                  —Minimize the burden of the collection                regions with limited resources.
                                                      Fax: (202) 514–9033                                    of information on those who are to                   However, although the combined
                                                      Email: leslie.peritz@usdoj.gov                         respond, including through the use of                number tribal and BIA law enforcement
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–07099 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]               appropriate automated, electronic,                   agencies has increased to about 300 in
                                                    BILLING CODE P                                           mechanical, or other technological                   recent decades, unlike their Federal,
                                                                                                             collection techniques or other forms                 State and local counterparts, there has
                                                                                                             of information technology, e.g.,                     been only limited studies on law
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                    permitting electronic submission of                  enforcement in Indian country and no
                                                    [OMB Number 1121—NEW]
                                                                                                             responses.                                           comprehensive regularly recurring
                                                                                                            Overview of This Information                          statistical collection that focuses on all
                                                    Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency                    Collection                                            tribal and BIA law enforcement agencies
                                                    Information Collection Activities;                                                                            operating in the U.S.
                                                    Proposed eCollection eComments                             (1) Type of Information Collection:                   The CTLEA will capture the
                                                    Requested; New Collection: Census of                    New collection.                                       administrative and operational
                                                                                                               (2) The Title of the Form/Collection:              characteristics of the law enforcement
                                                    Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
                                                                                                            Census of Tribal Law Enforcement                      agencies. A goal of the CTLEA is to
                                                    (CTLEA)
                                                                                                            Agencies (CTLEA).                                     obtain national statistics on tribal and
                                                    AGENCY:  Bureau of Justice Statistics,                     (3) The agency form number, if any,                BIA law enforcement agency staffing
                                                    Department of Justice.                                  and the applicable component of the                   and services; operating budgets and
                                                    ACTION: 60-Day notice.
                                                                                                            Department sponsoring the collection:                 sources of funding; work activities
                                                                                                            The applicable form number(s) for this                including calls for service, arrests and
                                                    SUMMARY:    The Department of Justice                   collection is CTLEA–17 and CTLEA–                     citations issued; training, equipment
                                                    (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,                      17BIA. The applicable component                       and types of transportation;
                                                    Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be                   within the Department of Justice is the               coordination and collaboration with
                                                    submitting the following information                    Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office           Federal, State and local agencies; and
                                                    collection request to the Office of                     of Justice Programs.                                  technology use and access to regional
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) for                            (4) Affected public who will be asked              and national criminal justice databases.
                                                    review and approval in accordance with                  or required to respond, as well as a brief            In addition, this survey will collect data
                                                    the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                    abstract: This information collection is              on matters related to human trafficking,
                                                    DATES: Comments are encouraged and                      a census of approximately 300 tribal law              domestic violence, and juvenile
                                                    will be accepted for 60 days until June                 enforcement agencies and Bureau of                    offending. These data will allow BJS to
                                                    9, 2017.                                                Indian Affairs (BIA) police agencies                  establish baselines for possible trend
                                                                                                            operating in Indian country and serving               analyses and comparisons with future
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
                                                                                                            tribal lands. The Tribal Law and Order                iteration of the CTLEA. The information
                                                    you have additional comments                            Act of 2010 (TLOA) directed BJS to
                                                    especially on the estimated public                                                                            gathered in the CTLEA–17 and CTLEA–
                                                                                                            improve its Indian country statistical                17BIA will ask questions about 2017
                                                    burden or associated response time,                     data collections at the federal, state,
                                                    suggestions, or need a copy of the                                                                            agency characteristics and 2016 crime
                                                                                                            local and tribal levels. This project                 statistics.
                                                    proposed information collection                         helps fulfill this mandate and meet the
                                                    instrument with instructions or                                                                                  (5) An estimate of the total number of
                                                                                                            agencies mission.                                     respondents and the amount of time
                                                    additional information, please contact                     Abstract: Tribal law enforcement
                                                    Steven W. Perry, Statistician,                                                                                estimated for an average respondent to
                                                                                                            agencies share concurrent jurisdiction                respond: An estimated 300 tribal law
                                                    Prosecution and Judicial Statistics,                    for all criminal matters among tribal                 enforcement agencies—including tribal
                                                    Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh               members occurring on tribal lands and,                operated police departments (224),
                                                    Street NW., Washington, DC 20531                        often, act as the first responders for                conservation/wildlife enforcement
                                                    (email: Steven.W.Perry@usdoj.gov;                       serious felony crimes committed in                    agencies (43), tribal university or college
                                                    telephone: 202–307–0777).                               Indian country, until the appropriate                 police (6) and BIA agencies (27)—that
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written                      federal and state law enforcement                     serve or work on tribal lands will take
                                                    comments and suggestions from the                       official arrive upon the scene. Tribal law            part in the CTLEA. Based on the pilot
                                                    public and affected agencies concerning                 enforcement agencies are authorized                   testing, an average of 45 minutes per
                                                    the proposed collection of information                  and operated by tribes to enforce tribal              respondent is needed to complete the
                                                    are encouraged. Your comments should                    laws, statutes and codes. BIA police                  CTLEA–17 form and 30 minutes per
                                                    address one or more of the following                    agencies are operated by the Department               respondent is needed to complete the
                                                    four points:                                            of Interior, serving on specified                     CTLEA–17BIA form. The following
                                                    —Evaluate whether the proposed                          reservation or enforcing laws for a group             factors were considered when
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                                                       collection of information is necessary               of smaller tribes in close proximity to               determining the final questionnaire
                                                       for the proper performance of the                    one another. Currently there about 30                 content and the reasonably acceptable
                                                       functions of the Bureau of Justice                   BIA police departments. Similar to                    burden estimate for the first CTLEA:
                                                       Statistics, including whether the                    many Federal, state and local law                     The total number of eligible tribal law
                                                       information will have practical utility;             enforcement agencies, tribal and BIA                  enforcement agencies, the ability of
                                                    —Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s                  officers have to meet certain                         offices to access or gather the requested
                                                       estimate of the burden of the                        qualifications or complete required                   data, and the capacity for their case
                                                       proposed collection of information,                  certification or training to be police                management systems to generate the


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                                                    required information balanced against                   the validity of the methodology and                   NSF and its customers and stakeholders.
                                                    the current paucity of accurate and                     assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance                 It will also allow feedback to contribute
                                                    regularly available data about tribal law               the quality, utility and clarity of the               directly to the improvement of program
                                                    enforcement agencies operated by tribes                 information to be collected; (d) ways to              management.
                                                    or the BIA. BJS anticipates that nearly                 minimize the burden of the collection of                 Feedback collected under this generic
                                                    all of the approximately 300                            information on those who are to
                                                                                                                                                                  clearance will provide useful
                                                    respondents will fully complete the                     respond, including through the use of
                                                                                                                                                                  information, but it will not yield data
                                                    questionnaire.                                          appropriate automated, electronic,
                                                       (6) An estimate of the total public                  mechanical, or other technological                    that can be generalized to the overall
                                                    burden (in hours) associated with the                   collection techniques or other forms of               population. This type of generic
                                                    collection: The total estimated public                  information technology.                               clearance for qualitative information
                                                    burden associated with this collection is                 For Additional Information or                       will not be used for quantitative
                                                    230 hours. It is estimated that                         Comments: Comments should be                          information collections that are
                                                    respondents will take 30 to 45 minutes                  addressed to: Office of Information and               designed to yield reliably actionable
                                                    to complete a questionnaire depending                   Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:                 results, such as monitoring trends over
                                                    on the version and an additional 15                     Desk Officer for National Science                     time or documenting program
                                                    minutes is needed for potential post                    Foundation, 725 17th Street NW., Room                 performance. Such data uses require
                                                    data collection verification or validation              10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to                   more rigorous designs that address: The
                                                    of responses for about 15% of the                       Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance                target population to which
                                                    respondents. The burden hours for                       Officer, National Science Foundation,                 generalizations will be made, the
                                                    CTLEA respondent data collection sum                    4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265,                    sampling frame, the sample design
                                                    to 229 hours ((273 TLEA respondents ×                   Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email               (including stratification and clustering),
                                                    45 min.) + (27 BIA respondents × 30                     to splimpto@nsf.gov. Copies of the                    the precision requirements or power
                                                    min.) + (45 verification respondents ×                  submission(s) may be obtained by                      calculations that justify the proposed
                                                    15 min.))/60 min. = 230 hours.                          calling 703–292–7556. Individuals who                 sample size, the expected response rate,
                                                       If additional information is required                use a telecommunications device for the               methods for assessing potential non-
                                                    contact: Melody Braswell, Department                    deaf (TDD) may call the Federal                       response bias, the protocols for data
                                                    Clearance Officer, United States                        Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–                collection, and any testing procedures
                                                    Department of Justice, Justice                          800–877–8339, which is accessible 24                  that were or will be undertaken prior
                                                    Management Division, Policy and                         hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a                fielding the study. Depending on the
                                                    Planning Staff, Two Constitution                        year (including federal holidays).                    degree of influence the results are likely
                                                    Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A,                        It is not permissible for NSF to
                                                                                                                                                                  to have, such collections may still be
                                                    Washington, DC 20530.                                   conduct or sponsor a collection of
                                                                                                                                                                  eligible for submission for other generic
                                                      Dated: April 5, 2017.                                 information unless the collection of
                                                                                                                                                                  mechanisms that are designed to yield
                                                    Melody Braswell,                                        information displays a currently valid
                                                                                                            OMB control number and the agency                     quantitative results.
                                                    Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
                                                                                                            informs potential persons who are to                     NSF received no comments in
                                                    Department of Justice.
                                                                                                            respond to the collection of information              response to the 60-day notice published
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–07077 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            that such persons are not required to                 in the Federal Register of October 10,
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                                                                                                            respond to the collection of information              2016 (81 FR 72619).
                                                                                                            unless it displays a currently valid OMB                 Below we provide the NSF’s projected
                                                                                                            control number.                                       average estimates for the next three
                                                    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            years:
                                                    Agency Information Collection                             Title: Generic Clearance for the
                                                                                                                                                                     Affected Public: Individuals and
                                                    Activities: Comment Request                             Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
                                                                                                            Agency Service Delivery.                              Households, Businesses and
                                                    AGENCY:National Science Foundation.                       Abstract: The information collection                Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
                                                          Submission for OMB review;
                                                    ACTION:                                                 activity will garner qualitative customer             Government.
                                                    comment request.                                        and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,                Average Expected Annual Number of
                                                                                                            timely manner, in accordance with the                 Activities: 30.
                                                    SUMMARY:   The National Science                         Administration’s commitment to                           Respondents: Up to 1,000 per activity.
                                                    Foundation (NSF) has submitted the                      improving service delivery. By
                                                    following information collection                        qualitative feedback we mean                             Annual Responses: 30,000.
                                                    requirements to OMB for review and                      information that provides useful                         Frequency of Response: Once per
                                                    clearance under the Paperwork                           insights on perceptions and opinions,                 request.
                                                    Reduction Act of 1995.                                  but are not statistical surveys that yield               Average Minutes per Response: 30.
                                                    DATES: Written comments on this notice                  quantitative results that can be
                                                    must be received by May 10, 2017 to be                  generalized to the population of study.                  Burden Hours: 20,000.
                                                    assured of consideration. Comments                      This feedback will provide insights into                Dated: April 5, 2017.
                                                    received after that date will be                        customer or stakeholder perceptions,
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                                                                                                                                                                  Suzanne H. Plimpton,
                                                    considered to the extent practicable.                   experiences and expectations, provide                 Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
                                                       Comments: Comments are invited on                    an early warning of issues with service,              Foundation.
                                                    (a) whether the collection of information               or focus attention on areas where
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–07093 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    is necessary for the proper performance                 communication, training or changes in
                                                                                                                                                                  BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
                                                    of the functions of the agency, including               operations might improve delivery of
                                                    whether the information will have                       products or services. These collections
                                                    practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the              will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
                                                    agency’s estimate of burden including                   actionable communications between


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action60-Day notice.
DatesComments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until June 9, 2017.
ContactIf 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 Steven W. Perry, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-307-0777).
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