Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11948-11949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5857]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency 
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; problem solving 
partnerships: Analysis and assessment surveys.

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    The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will 
be accepted until May 10, 1999. Written comments and suggestions from 
the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of 
information are requested. Comments should address one or more of the 
following of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology,

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e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the COPS Office, PPSE Division, 
1100 Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20530-0001. Comments also may be 
submitted to the COPS Office via facsimile to 202-633-1386. In 
addition, comments may be submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ), 
Justice Management Division, Information Management and Security Staff, 
Attention: Department Clearance Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW, 
Washington, DC, 20530. Comments may be submitted to DOJ via facsimile 
to 202-514-1534.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Problem Solving Partnerships: 
Analysis and Assessment Surveys.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form: COPS 29/01. 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of 
Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Local law enforcement agencies that received 
grant funding for the Problem Solving Partnerships (PSP) grant from the 
COPS Office will be surveyed regarding the activities and outcomes of 
the analysis and assessment phases of their grant project.
    The agencies implementing the problem-solving process through their 
PSP grants vary significantly in terms of population size, primary 
problems, location, partners, evaluators, and demographics. The 
agencies and their partners are working together to target either 
specific property crimes, violent crimes, problems associated with 
drugs and/or alcohol, or crimes related to public disorder.
    The COPS Office is looking to provide documentation that may 
stimulate the promotion of problem solving as a way of addressing 
crime/disorder problems for both current and future grantees looking to 
implement the problem-solving approach. Copies of the survey 
instruments to be used by the contractor to obtain information from the 
PSP grantees are attached. The Analysis Survey will be distributed to 
grantees once OMB approval is obtained. The Assessment Survey will be 
distributed to grantees at a later date, once agencies have completed 
evaluating the impact of their tailor-made responses. Information 
obtained from these surveys will be disseminated to other departments 
to promote the adoption of problem-solving approaches.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Each survey, 
the Analysis Survey and the Assessment Survey, will be administered one 
time: Approximately 470 respondents per survey administration, at 55 
minutes per respondent per survey (including record-keeping).
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: Approximately 861.6 hours.

IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED CONTACT: Ms. Brenda E. Dyer, 
Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 850, Washington, Center, 1001 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: March 4, 1999.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-5857 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]
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