83 FR 55913 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection; Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-4)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 217 (November 8, 2018)
Office of Justice Programs
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 217 (November 8, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-24398 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 217 (Thursday, November 8, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 55913-55914] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-24398] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of Justice Programs [OMB Number 1121-NEW] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; New Collection; Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-4) AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. ACTION: 60-Day notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 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 January 7, 2019. 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 Benjamin Adams, Social Science Analyst, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-616-3687). 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 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, including whether the information shall have practical utility; --Evaluate whether the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden on the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions that were used; --Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected can be enhanced; and --Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 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: Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART- 4). 3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Not applicable (new collection). 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: State, county, and local law enforcement agencies (LEAs), state Missing Child Clearinghouses (MCCs), and the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Abstract: The Fourth National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART-4) will include three pilot studies and one national data collection. The three pilot studies will test methodologies for collecting information from law enforcement agencies on child victims of stranger abductions, parental abductions, and other types of missing children, respectively. The pilot test data will be used solely to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed survey methodologies. The national study will collect data on the number and characteristics of children abducted by strangers (i.e., ``stereotypical kidnappings''). OJJDP will use the information gathered in the national study in published reports and statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners, researchers, students, the media, others interested in missing children statistics, and the general public via the OJJDP website. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Burden Hours for Law Enforcement Survey--Stereotypical Kidnappings (LES-SK) Pilot: OJJDP expects 20 law enforcement investigators to spend an average of 40 minutes completing an online case detail survey and 20 minutes completing the telephone debriefing about the online survey (20 x 60 minutes = 20 hours). In addition, OJJDP expects the NCMEC database administrator to spend 5 hours pulling 20 stereotypical kidnappings cases from the NCMEC database for use in testing the online survey (1 x 5 hours = 5 hours). The total amount of time for the LES-SK pilot is 25 hours. Burden Hours for Law Enforcement Survey--Family Abductions (LES-FA) Pilot: The sample size for Components 1 and 2 of the pilot is 30 law enforcement investigators who will be asked to search their database for cases of family abductions occurring in a 1-year period. OJJDP estimates the search will take an average of 3 hours and that 28 will comply (28 x 3 hours = 84 hours), 2 will decline (2 x 3 minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP estimates that database administrators for NCMEC and the MCCs associated with states in the sample will all agree to conduct [[Page 55914]] database searches for the agencies in Component 1 and Component 2 and that these searches will take an average of 3 hours (31 x 4 hours = 124 hours). OJJDP estimates that all 5 agencies selected for telephone debriefing in Component 1 will participate and the interviews will take an average of 20 minutes to complete (5 x 20 minutes = 1.67 hours). OJJDP expects that all 10 of the law enforcement investigators selected to complete the Component 3 case detail telephone survey will participate and that the interview will take 30 minutes (10 x 30 minutes = 5 hours). OJJDP estimates that 18 of the 20 investigators selected to complete the Component 3 case detail online survey will comply and that the instrument will take an average of 15 minutes (18 x 15 minutes = 4.5 hours), 2 will decline (2 x 3 minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP expects that all 18 investigators who complete the online survey will agree to participate in the 20 minute debriefing telephone interview (18 x 20 minutes = 6 hours). The total amount of time for the LES-FA pilot is 225.4 hours. Burden Hours for Law Enforcement Survey--Missing Children (LES-MC) Pilot: The sample size for Components 1 and 2 of the pilot is 30 law enforcement investigators who will be asked to search for case of missing children occurring in a 1-month period. OJJDP estimates the search will take an average of 3 hours and that 28 will comply (28 x 3 hours = 84 hours), 2 will decline (2 x 3 minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP estimates that database administrators for NCMEC and the MCCs associated with states in the sample will all agree to conduct database searches and that these searches will take an average of 4 hours (31 x 4 hours = 124 hours). OJJDP estimates that all five agencies selected for telephone debriefing in Component 1 will participate and the interviews will take an average of 20 minutes to complete (5 x 20 minutes = 1.67 hours). OJJDP expects that all 10 of the law enforcement investigators selected to complete the Component 3 case detail telephone survey will participate and that the interview will take 30 minutes (10 x 30 minutes = 5 hours). OJJDP estimates that 18 of the 20 investigators selected to complete the Component 3 case detail online survey will comply and that the instrument will take an average of 15 minutes (18 x 15 minutes = 4.5 hours), 2 will decline (2 x 3 minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP expects that all 18 investigators who complete the online survey will agree to participate in the 20 minute debriefing telephone interview (18 x 20 minutes = 6 hours). The total amount of time for the LES-MC pilot is 225.4 hours. Burden Hours for National Law Enforcement Survey--Stereotypical Kidnappings (LES-SK): A total of 4,727 law enforcement agencies are included in the national stratified cluster sample of 400 PSUs (Primary Sampling Units). All of these agencies will receive the mail screener. OJJDP estimates that 2,836 (60 percent) of the law enforcement agencies will complete the screener by mail, based on the response rate for the mail screener obtained for NISMART-3. The great majority of these will have no stereotypical kidnapping cases during the 1-year timeframe of the survey and OJJDP estimates the average time to complete the mail screener to be 15 minutes (2,836 x 15 minutes = 709.05 hours), 1,891 will not respond by mail (1,891 x 3 minutes = 94.54 hours). OJJDP estimates that 1,229 (26 percent) of the law enforcement agencies will complete the mail screener by telephone, based on the percentage of mail screeners completed by telephone in NIMSART-3. OJJDP estimates that the time to complete the screener by telephone will be 4 minutes (1,229 x 4 minutes = 81.9 hours), and 662 will not respond (662 x 3 minutes = 33.1 hours). OJJDP estimates that 204 cases will be identified that appear to meet the definition of a qualifying stereotypical kidnapping case. The estimate is based on the number of cases identified in NISMART-3 for telephone followup from the mail screener and searches of other databases. Investigators of these cases will be asked to complete the online survey about case details. OJJDP estimates that 161 (79 percent) of the law enforcement officers will complete the case detail online instrument (estimate again based on the percentage of investigators who completed this component for NISMART-3) with 145 (90 percent) completing online. OJJDP estimates that the instrument will take an average of 40 minutes to complete (145 x 40 minutes = 96.6 hours), 59 will not respond online (59 x 3 minutes = 2.95 hours). OJJDP estimates that 16 (10 percent) of the 161 law enforcement officers who complete the detailed case survey will do it via telephone interview and that the interview will take 60 minutes (16 x 60 minutes = 16 hours), and that 43 will not respond (43 x 3 minutes = 2.15 hours). OJJDP estimates the time for NCMEC and state MCCs database administrators to conduct a database search of any stereotypical kidnapping cases in their states to be 4 hours and expect that all NCMEC and the state MCCs in the 49 states where the sampled PSUs are located will participate (50 x 4 hour = 200 hours). The total amount of time for the National LES-SK study is 1,236.5 hours. 6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 1,712 total burden hours (1,259 hours for law enforcement investigators and 453 hours for NCMEC and MCC database administrators) associated with the three pilot studies and the national LES-SK study. 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: November 2, 2018. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2018-24398 Filed 11-7-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-18-P
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information is to be redacted. Privacy following information collection request 4. Affected public who will be asked
Act Statement: Comments are being to the Office of Management and Budget or required to respond, as well as a brief
collected pursuant to the FACA. Any (OMB) for review and approval in abstract: Primary: State, county, and
personally identifiable information accordance with the Paperwork local law enforcement agencies (LEAs),
included voluntarily within comments, Reduction Act of 1995. state Missing Child Clearinghouses
without a request for redaction, will be DATES: Comments are encouraged and (MCCs), and the National Center on
used for the limited purpose of making will be accepted for 60 days until Missing and Exploited Children
all documents available to the public January 7, 2019. (NCMEC). Abstract: The Fourth
pursuant to FACA requirements. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
National Incidence Studies of Missing,
Registration: Individuals and entities Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway
you have additional comments
who wish to attend the public meeting Children (NISMART–4) will include
especially on the estimated public
are required to pre-register for the three pilot studies and one national data
burden or associated response time,
meeting on-line by clicking the collection. The three pilot studies will
suggestions, or need a copy of the
registration link found at: http://ndcac- test methodologies for collecting
proposed information collection
eab.eventbee.com. Registrations will be information from law enforcement
instrument with instructions or
accepted on a space available basis. agencies on child victims of stranger
additional information, please contact
Attendees must bring registration abductions, parental abductions, and
Benjamin Adams, Social Science
confirmation (i.e., email confirmation) other types of missing children,
Analyst, Office of Juvenile Justice and
to be admitted to the meeting. Privacy respectively. The pilot test data will be
Act Statement: The information Delinquency Prevention, 810 Seventh
used solely to evaluate the effectiveness
requested on the registration form and Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
of the proposed survey methodologies.
required at the meeting is being (email: benjamin.adams@usdoj.gov;
The national study will collect data on
collected and used pursuant to the telephone: 202–616–3687).
the number and characteristics of
FACA for the limited purpose of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written children abducted by strangers (i.e.,
ensuring accurate records of all persons comments and suggestions from the ‘‘stereotypical kidnappings’’). OJJDP
present at the meeting, which records public and affected agencies concerning will use the information gathered in the
may be made publicly available. the proposed collection of information national study in published reports and
Providing information for registration are encouraged. Your comments should statistics. The reports will be made
purposes is voluntary; however, failure address one or more of the following available to the U.S. Congress, Executive
to provide the required information for four points: Office of the President, practitioners,
registration purposes will prevent you —Evaluate whether the proposed researchers, students, the media, others
from attending the meeting. collection of information is necessary interested in missing children statistics,
Online registration for the meeting for the proper performance of the and the general public via the OJJDP
must be completed on or before 5:00 functions of the Office of Juvenile website.
p.m. (EST) November 20, 2018. Anyone Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 5. An estimate of the total number of
requiring special accommodations including whether the information respondents and the amount of time
should notify Ms. Bardney-Boose at shall have practical utility; estimated for an average respondent to
least seven (7) days in advance of the —Evaluate whether the accuracy of the respond:
meeting or indicate your requirements agency’s estimate of the burden on the Burden Hours for Law Enforcement
on the online registration form. proposed collection of information, Survey—Stereotypical Kidnappings
including the validity of the (LES–SK) Pilot: OJJDP expects 20 law
Alice Bardney-Boose, enforcement investigators to spend an
methodology and assumptions that
Designated Federal Officer, National average of 40 minutes completing an
were used;
Domestic Communication Assistance Center, online case detail survey and 20
Executive Advisory Board.
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the minutes completing the telephone
[FR Doc. 2018–24455 Filed 11–7–18; 8:45 am]
information collected can be debriefing about the online survey (20 ×
BILLING CODE 4410–02–P 60 minutes = 20 hours). In addition,
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection OJJDP expects the NCMEC database
of information on those who are to administrator to spend 5 hours pulling
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 20 stereotypical kidnappings cases from
respond, including use of appropriate
Office of Justice Programs automated, electronic, mechanical, or the NCMEC database for use in testing
other technological collection the online survey (1 × 5 hours = 5
[OMB Number 1121–NEW] techniques or other forms of hours). The total amount of time for the
information technology, e.g., LES–SK pilot is 25 hours.
Agency Information Collection Burden Hours for Law Enforcement
permitting electronic submission of
Activities; Proposed eCollection Survey—Family Abductions (LES–FA)
responses.
eComments Requested; New Pilot: The sample size for Components
Collection; Fourth National Incidence Overview of This Information 1 and 2 of the pilot is 30 law
Studies of Missing, Abducted, Collection enforcement investigators who will be
Runaway and Thrownaway Children 1. Type of Information Collection: asked to search their database for cases
(NISMART–4) New collection. of family abductions occurring in a 1-
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, 2. The Title of the Form/Collection: year period. OJJDP estimates the search
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Department of Justice. Fourth National Incidence Studies of will take an average of 3 hours and that
ACTION: 60-Day notice. Missing, Abducted, Runaway and 28 will comply (28 × 3 hours = 84
Thrownaway Children (NISMART–4). hours), 2 will decline (2 × 3 minutes =
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 3. The agency form number, if any, 6 minutes). OJJDP estimates that
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Office and the applicable component of the database administrators for NCMEC and
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Department sponsoring the collection: the MCCs associated with states in the
Prevention, will be submitting the Not applicable (new collection). sample will all agree to conduct
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database searches for the agencies in 6 hours). The total amount of time for located will participate (50 × 4 hour =
Component 1 and Component 2 and that the LES–MC pilot is 225.4 hours. 200 hours). The total amount of time for
these searches will take an average of 3 Burden Hours for National Law the National LES–SK study is 1,236.5
hours (31 × 4 hours = 124 hours). OJJDP Enforcement Survey—Stereotypical hours.
estimates that all 5 agencies selected for Kidnappings (LES–SK): A total of 4,727 6. An estimate of the total public
telephone debriefing in Component 1 law enforcement agencies are included burden (in hours) associated with the
will participate and the interviews will in the national stratified cluster sample collection: There are an estimated 1,712
take an average of 20 minutes to of 400 PSUs (Primary Sampling Units). total burden hours (1,259 hours for law
complete (5 × 20 minutes = 1.67 hours). All of these agencies will receive the enforcement investigators and 453 hours
OJJDP expects that all 10 of the law mail screener. OJJDP estimates that for NCMEC and MCC database
enforcement investigators selected to 2,836 (60 percent) of the law administrators) associated with the
complete the Component 3 case detail enforcement agencies will complete the three pilot studies and the national
telephone survey will participate and screener by mail, based on the response LES–SK study.
that the interview will take 30 minutes rate for the mail screener obtained for If additional information is required
(10 × 30 minutes = 5 hours). OJJDP NISMART–3. The great majority of these contact: Melody Braswell, Department
estimates that 18 of the 20 investigators will have no stereotypical kidnapping Clearance Officer, United States
selected to complete the Component 3 cases during the 1-year timeframe of the Department of Justice, Justice
case detail online survey will comply survey and OJJDP estimates the average Management Division, Policy and
and that the instrument will take an time to complete the mail screener to be Planning Staff, Two Constitution
average of 15 minutes (18 × 15 minutes 15 minutes (2,836 × 15 minutes = 709.05 Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
= 4.5 hours), 2 will decline (2 × 3 hours), 1,891 will not respond by mail Washington, DC 20530.
minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP expects (1,891 × 3 minutes = 94.54 hours). Dated: November 2, 2018.
that all 18 investigators who complete OJJDP estimates that 1,229 (26 percent) Melody Braswell,
the online survey will agree to of the law enforcement agencies will Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
participate in the 20 minute debriefing complete the mail screener by Department of Justice.
telephone interview (18 × 20 minutes = telephone, based on the percentage of [FR Doc. 2018–24398 Filed 11–7–18; 8:45 am]
6 hours). The total amount of time for mail screeners completed by telephone BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
the LES–FA pilot is 225.4 hours. in NIMSART–3. OJJDP estimates that
Burden Hours for Law Enforcement the time to complete the screener by
Survey—Missing Children (LES–MC) telephone will be 4 minutes (1,229 × 4
Pilot: The sample size for Components minutes = 81.9 hours), and 662 will not NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
1 and 2 of the pilot is 30 law respond (662 × 3 minutes = 33.1 hours). Sunshine Act Meeting; National
enforcement investigators who will be OJJDP estimates that 204 cases will be Science Board
asked to search for case of missing identified that appear to meet the
children occurring in a 1-month period. definition of a qualifying stereotypical The National Science Board’s
OJJDP estimates the search will take an kidnapping case. The estimate is based Committee on Strategy (CS), pursuant to
average of 3 hours and that 28 will on the number of cases identified in NSF regulations (45 CFR part 614), the
comply (28 × 3 hours = 84 hours), 2 will NISMART–3 for telephone followup National Science Foundation Act, as
decline (2 × 3 minutes = 6 minutes). from the mail screener and searches of amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the
OJJDP estimates that database other databases. Investigators of these Government in the Sunshine Act (5
administrators for NCMEC and the cases will be asked to complete the U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice of the
MCCs associated with states in the online survey about case details. OJJDP scheduling of a teleconference for the
sample will all agree to conduct estimates that 161 (79 percent) of the transaction of National Science Board
database searches and that these law enforcement officers will complete business, as follows:
searches will take an average of 4 hours the case detail online instrument TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, November 13,
(31 × 4 hours = 124 hours). OJJDP (estimate again based on the percentage 2018, from noon–1:00 p.m. EST.
estimates that all five agencies selected of investigators who completed this PLACE: This meeting will be held by
for telephone debriefing in Component component for NISMART–3) with 145 teleconference at the National Science
1 will participate and the interviews (90 percent) completing online. OJJDP Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
will take an average of 20 minutes to estimates that the instrument will take Alexandria, VA 22314. An audio link
complete (5 × 20 minutes = 1.67 hours). an average of 40 minutes to complete will be available for the public.
OJJDP expects that all 10 of the law (145 × 40 minutes = 96.6 hours), 59 will Members of the public must contact the
enforcement investigators selected to not respond online (59 × 3 minutes = Board Office to request the public audio
complete the Component 3 case detail 2.95 hours). OJJDP estimates that 16 (10 link by sending an email to
telephone survey will participate and percent) of the 161 law enforcement nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov at least 24
that the interview will take 30 minutes officers who complete the detailed case hours prior to the teleconference.
(10 × 30 minutes = 5 hours). OJJDP survey will do it via telephone
STATUS: Open.
estimates that 18 of the 20 investigators interview and that the interview will
selected to complete the Component 3 take 60 minutes (16 × 60 minutes = 16 MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Chair’s
case detail online survey will comply hours), and that 43 will not respond (43 opening remarks; discussion of
and that the instrument will take an × 3 minutes = 2.15 hours). OJJDP proposed NSB Vision project.
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average of 15 minutes (18 × 15 minutes estimates the time for NCMEC and state CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
= 4.5 hours), 2 will decline (2 × 3 MCCs database administrators to Point of contact for this meeting is:
minutes = 6 minutes). OJJDP expects conduct a database search of any Kathy Jacquart, 703/292–7000, kjaquar@
that all 18 investigators who complete stereotypical kidnapping cases in their nsf.gov, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
the online survey will agree to states to be 4 hours and expect that all Alexandria, VA 22314. Meeting
participate in the 20 minute debriefing NCMEC and the state MCCs in the 49 information and updates may be found
telephone interview (18 × 20 minutes = states where the sampled PSUs are at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/notices/
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