Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Number of Law Enforcement Employees as of October 31

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 agency, 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; ( print page 14161)

—Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and/or

—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.

Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB Control Number 1110-0004. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB.

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously approved collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection: Number of Law Enforcement Employees as of October 31.

3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is: 1-711. The applicable component within DOJ is the FBI CJIS Division.

4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: Federal, state, county, city, university/college, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies.

5. [Abstract: Under Title 34, United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 41303 and 28 U.S.C. 534, this collection requests demographics associated with the number of full and part-time law enforcement employees, both officers and civilians, from federal, state, county, city, university/college, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies in order for the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program to serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of police employee data and to publish these statistics in Crime in the Nation and on the Crime Data Explorer.

6. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.

7. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,080 respondents.

8. Estimated Time per Respondent: Eight minutes.

9. Frequency: annually.

10. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 2,311 hours.

11. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.