83 FR 38325 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection: Survey of State Attorneys General Offices (SSAGO): Human Trafficking

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 151 (August 6, 2018)

Page Range		38325-38326
FR Document		2018-16581

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

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38325-38326]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16581]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; New Collection: Survey of State Attorneys General 
Offices (SSAGO): Human Trafficking

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 (BJS), 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 
October 5, 2018.

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 
Suzanne Strong, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 
20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-616-3666).

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: Survey of State Attorneys 
General Offices (SSAGO)--Human Trafficking.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: SSAGO-2. The applicable 
component

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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: Respondents will be state attorneys general 
or deputy attorneys within the state and territory attorneys general 
offices who work on human trafficking matters. Abstract: Among other 
responsibilities, the Bureau of Justice Statistics is charged with 
collecting data regarding the prosecution of crimes by state and 
federal offices. This survey will be directed towards state and 
territory attorneys general offices regarding their jurisdiction over 
civil and criminal human trafficking matters. This is BJS's second 
survey of state attorney general offices, but the first survey from the 
Survey of State Attorneys General Offices (SSAGO) program. The survey 
collects data on the staffing of state attorneys general offices, 
including the total number of deputy attorneys general and access to 
support staff. The survey also collects information on the types and 
numbers of human trafficking matters referred to the state attorneys 
general offices, the sources of the referrals of human trafficking 
matters, the estimates of labor and sex trafficking cases, the types of 
victims in labor and sex trafficking cases, the types of offenders of 
labor and sex trafficking cases, the manner in which criminal and civil 
human trafficking cases were closed in court, and state attorneys 
general offices' participation in state and federal human trafficking 
task forces.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An agency-level 
survey will be sent to approximately 56 state and territory attorneys 
general offices. The expected burden placed on these respondents is 
about 25 minutes per respondent, with an additional 5 minutes to locate 
any additional persons within the office necessary to complete the 
survey.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total respondent burden is approximately 28 
burden hours for the 56 respondents.
    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: July 30, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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appropriate automated, electronic, data. Existing federal drug abuse SUMMARY: The Department of Justice
mechanical, or other forms of databases do not provide the type, (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
information technology, e.g., scope, timeliness, or quality of Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), will be
permitting electronic submission of information necessary to effectively submitting the following information
responses. estimate the actual or relative abuse collection request to the Office of
Overview of This Information potential of drugs as required under the Management and Budget (OMB) for
Collection Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. review and approval in accordance with
811(b)) and international treaties in a the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
1. Type of Information Collection: timely and efficient manner. For DATES: Comments are encouraged and
Revision of a currently approved example, much of the trafficking data will be accepted for 60 days until
collection. for federal drug scheduling actions is October 5, 2018.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: The presently obtained on a case-by-case
National Forensic Laboratory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
basis from state and local laboratories. you have additional comments
Information System Collection of Drug Occasionally scientific personnel from
Analysis Data. especially on the estimated public
the DEA’s Diversion Control Division, burden or associated response time,
3. The agency form number, if any,
Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, suggestions, or need a copy of the
and the applicable component of the
have contacted specific laboratories and proposed information collection
Department sponsoring the collection:
requested files. In addition, some DEA instrument with instructions or
Medical Examiner/Coroner Office
field offices routinely subpoena MEC additional information, please contact
Survey; National Forensic Laboratory
records for use in case work. The Suzanne Strong, Statistician,
Information System Drug Survey of
development of the National Forensic Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit,
Drug Laboratories; and Toxicology
Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh
Laboratory Survey for the component
greatly enhances the collection of such Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
within the Department of Justice is the
data. Submission of information for this (email: Suzanne.M.Strong@usdoj.gov;
Drug Enforcement Administration,
Diversion Control Division. collection is voluntary. DEA is not telephone: 202–616–3666).
4. Affected public who will be asked mandating this information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
or required to respond, as well as a brief 5. An estimate of the total number of
comments and suggestions from the
abstract: respondents and the amount of time
public and affected agencies concerning
Affected public (Primary): Forensic estimated for an average respondent to
the proposed collection of information
Science Laboratory Management. respond: The DEA estimates that 140
are encouraged. Your comments should
Abstract: The National Forensic persons annually for this collection at
address one or more of the following
Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 1.6 hour per respondent, for an annual
four points:
collections provide the DEA with burden of 218 hours.
6. An estimate of the total public —Evaluate whether the proposed
national databases on analyzed drug collection of information is necessary
samples from law enforcement burden (in hours) associated with the
proposed collection: The DEA estimates for the proper performance of the
activities, antemortem toxicology functions of the Bureau of Justice
samples (toxiciology laboratories), and that this collection takes 218 annual
burden hours. Statistics, including whether the
post-mortem toxicology samples information will have practical utility;
(medical examiner/coroner offices If additional information is required
please contact: Melody Braswell, —Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
(MECs) from federal, state, and local estimate of the burden of the
laboratories. Specifically, NFLIS-Drug Department Clearance Officer, United
States Department of Justice, Justice proposed collection of information,
data provide DEA current, precise, and including the validity of the
representative estimates of drugs seized Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution methodology and assumptions used;
by law enforcement and analyzed by —Evaluate whether and if so how the
forensic laboratories. Since 2001, DEA Square, 145 N Street NE, Suite 3E.405B,
quality, utility, and clarity of the
has had case and drug report estimates Washington, DC 20530.
information to be collected can be
for all drugs reported in NFLIS that are Dated: August 1, 2018. enhanced; and
statistically representative of the nation Melody Braswell, —Minimize the burden of the collection
and of census regions. The estimates, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. of information on those who are to
which are made possible by updating Department of Justice. respond, including through the use of
the laboratory profiles through the [FR Doc. 2018–16740 Filed 8–3–18; 8:45 am] appropriate automated, electronic,
survey effort (see draft survey in BILLING CODE 4410–09–P mechanical, or other technological
Appendix), have given DEA the ability collection techniques or other forms
to track national and regional drug of information technology, e.g.,
trends; a clearer national picture of DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE permitting electronic submission of
illicit or diverted drug availability; responses.
additional information about the [OMB Number 1121–NEW]
temporal changes in drug availability by Overview of This Information
geographic region; and the ability to Agency Information Collection Collection
detect new or emerging drugs. Activities; Proposed eCollection (1) Type of Information Collection:
Information from NFLIS is combined eComments Requested; New
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New collection.
with other existing databases to develop Collection: Survey of State Attorneys (2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
more accurate, up-to-date information General Offices (SSAGO): Human Survey of State Attorneys General
on abused drugs. This database Trafficking Offices (SSAGO)—Human Trafficking.
represents a voluntary, cooperative AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, (3) The agency form number, if any,
effort on the part of participating Department of Justice. and the applicable component of the
laboratories and MECs to provide a Department sponsoring the collection:
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
centralized source of analyzed drug SSAGO–2. The applicable component

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		60-Day notice.
Dates		Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until October 5, 2018.
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 Suzanne Strong, Statistician, Prosecution and Judicial Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-616-3666).
FR Citation		83 FR 38325