[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8993-8994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4048]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Justice Statistics

[OMB Number 1121-0269]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Reinstatement, With 
Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has 
Expired; Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: 2009 
Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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. The proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 
``sixty days'' until April 27, 2010. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have 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 Christine Eith, Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 810 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202-305-
4559).
    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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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: Reinstatement, with change, of 
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: 2009 Census of Publicly Funded 
Forensic Crime Laboratories.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is 
CFCL-09, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U. 
S. Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will represent Federal, State, 
and local governments. This information collection is a census of 
public crime laboratories that perform forensic analyses on criminal 
evidence.

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The information will provide statistics on laboratories' capacity to 
analyze forensic crime evidence, the number, types, and sources of 
evidence received per year, and the number, types, and cost of analyses 
completed.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated 
that 400 respondents will complete each form within approximately 3 
hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 1,200 total annual burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 23, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2010-4048 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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