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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. 

Abstract: Applicants seeking pardon 

by the President will be asked to 

respond to this collection. The principal 

purpose for collecting this information 

is to enable the Office of the Pardon 

Attorney to process applicants’ requests 

for pardon after completion of sentence. 

The information is necessary to obtain 

records relating to applicants’ 

backgrounds and criminal records and 

ensure proper notification to the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorneys’ 

Offices, U.S. Probation Offices, and 

federal courts in the event of grants of 

executive clemency. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Authorization for Release of 

Information. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There is no agency form number for this 

collection. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Office of the Pardon Attorney. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. The 

obligation to respond is voluntary. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Available information suggests 

that potentially 1,000 applicants will 

complete petitions annually. We 

estimate an average of five minutes for 

each applicant to respond to the 

collection. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: Considering the above 

projected figures, we estimate 83.3 

hours of annual burden hours. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $0. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Time per 

response 

Total annual burden 

(hours) 

Authorization for Release of Information.1,000 1/annually ......... 1,000 5 min .............. 5,000 min. or 83.33 hrs. 

Unduplicated Totals ................. 1,000 ........................... 1,000 ........................ 83.33 hrs. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21127 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1110–0057] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension of a 

Previously Approved Collection; 

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data 

Collection Instrument Pretesting and 

Burden Estimation Generic Clearance 

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Criminal Justice 

Information Services (CJIS) Division 

Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 

November 27, 2023. 

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 

Edward L. Abraham, Crime and Law 

Enforcement Statistics Unit Chief, FBI, 

CJIS Division, Module D–1, 1000 Custer 

Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 

26306; telephone number: 304–625– 

4830 and email: elabraham@fbi.gov. 

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. 

Abstract: This clearance provides the 

FBI’s UCR Program the ability to 

conduct pretests which evaluate the 

validity and reliability of information 

collection instruments and determine 

the level of burden state and local 

agencies have in reporting crime data to 

the FBI. The PRA only allows for ten or 

more respondents in the collection of 

information, such as pretesting 

activities. This clearance request 

expands the pretesting sample to 350 

people for each of the information 

collections administered by the UCR 


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Program. Further, the clearance will 

allow for a brief five-minute cost and 

burden assessment for the 18,000 law 

enforcement agencies participating in 

the UCR Program. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data 

Collection Instrument Pretesting and 

Burden Estimation Generic Clearance. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There is no form number. The 

applicable component within the DOJ is 

the CJIS Division, FBI. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

State, local and tribal governments, 

Federal Government. The obligation to 

respond is voluntary. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: UCR Participation Burden 

Estimation: There are approximately 

18,000 law enforcement respondents; 

calculated estimates indicate five 

minutes per submission. UCR Form 

Pretesting: There are approximately 350 

respondents; calculated estimates 

indicate one hour per pretest. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are approximately 

1,850 hours annual burden associated 

with this information collection. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $0. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

UCR Participation Burden Estimation .............................. 18,000 1/annually ......... 18,000 5 min .............. 1500 

UCR Form Pretesting ....................................................... 350 1/annually ......... 350 1 hr ................ 350 

Unduplicated Totals ................................................... 18,350 ........................... 18,350 ........................ 1,850 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: September 21, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21125 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1123–0NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; New 

Collection; Authorization for the 

Release of Medical Information— 

Mental Health 

AGENCY: Office of the Pardon Attorney, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Pardon 

Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ), 

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 

November 27, 2023. 

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 

Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney, 

Office of the Pardon Attorney, 950 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main 

Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC 

20530; kira.gillespie@usdoj.gov; (202) 

616–6073. 

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 the Pardon 

Attorney, 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. 

Abstract: Applicants seeking pardon 

by the President will be asked to 

respond to this collection. The principal 

purpose for collecting this information 

is to enable the Office of the Pardon 

Attorney to process applicants’ requests 

for pardon. The information is necessary 

to obtain records relating to applicants’ 

medical records to verify information 

provided to the Office in the course of 

the pardon background investigation 

and to ensure that the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation or its designees can 

properly obtain and investigate such 

information. Overview of this 

information collection: 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Authorization for the Release of Mental 

Health Information. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There is no agency form number for this 

collection. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Office of the Pardon Attorney. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 


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