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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/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 1110–0057. 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: UCR 

Instrument Pretesting and Burden 

Estimation Generic Clearance. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: The form number is 1110– 

0057. The applicable component within 

DOJ is the CJIS Division, FBI. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 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 

nine or fewer 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 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. 

5. Obligation to Respond: the 

obligation to respond is voluntary. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 18,000 law enforcement 

respondents. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 

five minutes per submission. 

8. Frequency: 1/annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 1,850 hours annual burden. 

10. 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. 

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Justice 

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1819] 

Publication of NIJ Standard 0101.07, 

Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, 

and NIJ Standard 0123.00, 

Specification for NIJ Ballistic 

Protection Levels and Associated Test 

Threats, and Information About the NIJ 

Compliance Testing Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, 

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Justice (NIJ) announces publication of 

NIJ Standard 0101.07, Ballistic 

Resistance of Body Armor and NIJ 

Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ 

Ballistic Protection Levels and 

Associated Test Threats. The NIJ 

Compliance Testing Program (CTP) will 

be transitioning program operations to 

focus on implementing NIJ Standard 

0101.07 as described below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Greene, Office Director, Office of 

Technology and Standards, National 

Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531, by telephone at 

(202) 598–9481 [Note: this is not a tollfree telephone number], or by email at 

mark.greene2@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 

announces publication of NIJ Standard 

0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body 

Armor. The document can be found 

here: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/ 

307346.pdf. It specifies minimum 

performance requirements and test 

methods for the ballistic resistance of 

body armor used by U.S. law 

enforcement that is intended to protect 

the torso against handgun and rifle 

ammunition. This revised standard 

supersedes NIJ Standard 0101.06, 

Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, 

effective immediately. The primary 

purpose of this standard will be for use 

by the NIJ Compliance Testing Program 

(CTP) for testing, evaluation, and 

certification of ballistic-resistant body 

armor. It will also be used by NIJapproved ballistic testing laboratories 

and body armor suppliers participating 

in the NIJ CTP. More information on 

this standard can be found here: https:// 

nij.ojp.gov/standard-0101-07. 

NIJ also announces publication of NIJ 

Standard 0123.00, Specification for NIJ 

Ballistic Protection Levels and 

Associated Test Threats. The document 

can be found here: https://www.ojp.gov/ 

pdffiles1/nij/307347.pdf. It specifies the 

NIJ ballistic protection levels and 

associated test threats identified by U.S. 

law enforcement as representative of 

current prevalent threats in the United 

States. This standard should be used in 

conjunction with other standards to test 

and evaluate specific ballistic-resistant 

equipment, such as ballistic-resistant 

body armor, against contemporary 

ballistic threats that pose a lifethreatening safety hazard to U.S. law 

enforcement officers. The NIJ CTP will 

use this standard for testing, evaluation, 

and certification of ballistic-resistant 

body armor using NIJ Standard 0101.07 

and other types of ballistic-resistant 

equipment that may be added to the 


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scope of the NIJ CTP’s conformity 

assessment activities in the future. More 

information on this standard can be 

found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/standard0123-00. 

The NIJ CTP is a body armor 

certification program that provides 

personnel working in U.S. law 

enforcement and correctional agencies 

confidence that the body armor they 

purchase and use performs according to 

minimum performance requirements to 

protect against common handgun and 

rifle threats as well as stab threats. The 

NIJ CTP produces a Compliant Products 

List (CPL) of armor models that meet 

program requirements, which includes 

compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.06. 

Currently, there are over 400 models of 

ballistic-resistant body armor listed on 

NIJ’s CPL for armor compliant with NIJ 

Standard 0101.06 (‘‘06’’ CPL). The CPL 

for ballistic-resistant body armor can be 

found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/ 

equipment-and-technology/body-armor/ 

ballistic-resistant-armor. 

With the publication of NIJ Standard 

0101.07, the NIJ CTP will begin an 

orderly transition from testing new body 

armor models for compliance with NIJ 

Standard 0101.06 to testing for 

compliance with NIJ Standard 0101.07. 

Given the large number of fielded 

ballistic-resistant armor models 

currently worn by law enforcement 

officers, the NIJ CTP anticipates 

maintaining the ‘‘06’’ CPL through at 

least the end of calendar year 2027. The 

NIJ CTP may opt to continue support of 

the ‘‘06’’ CPL for longer should the need 

arise. 

The NIJ CTP will stop accepting 

applications for new body armor models 

for testing for compliance with NIJ 

Standard 0101.06 on January 5, 2024, at 

5:00 p.m. Eastern time. New body armor 

models submitted on or before this date 

that meet program requirements will be 

added to the ‘‘06’’ CPL, however, no 

new models of armor will be added to 

the ‘‘06’’ CPL after the last models 

submitted are adjudicated through the 

NIJ CTP process. Furthermore, any 

actively listed armor models that are 

removed or withdrawn from the ‘‘06’’ 

CPL will not be reinstated to active 

status, effective immediately. All armor 

models listed on the ‘‘06’’ CPL will be 

subject to Follow-up Inspection Testing 

(FIT) for as long as the ‘‘06’’ CPL is 

published. 

The NIJ CTP will begin accepting 

applications for new body armor models 

for testing for compliance with NIJ 

Standard 0101.07 in 2024. Commercial 

entities interested in participating in the 

NIJ CTP must first register in the Testing 

Information Management System 

(TIMS) and complete an Applicant 

Agreement. TIMS can be accessed 

through the following web page: https:// 

cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/ 

testing-information-managementsystem/. 

The NIJ CTP will host an 

informational online webinar that will 

offer a guided tour of TIMS prior to 

opening the system for registration. The 

date and time of the webinar, as well as 

instructions on how to attend, will be 

published on the TIMS web page above. 

Commercial entities interested in 

participating in the NIJ CTP are strongly 

encouraged to attend the webinar. NIJ 

anticipates that commercial entities may 

begin registering in TIMS after the 

webinar is held. The exact date that 

commercial entities can register in 

TIMS, as well as instructions on how to 

use TIMS, will be displayed on the 

TIMS web page above. 

The NIJ CTP anticipates allowing 

commercial entities that have registered 

in TIMS and completed an Applicant 

Agreement to submit new body armor 

models for testing for compliance with 

NIJ Standard 0101.07 in the middle of 

April 2024. The exact date that new 

armor models can be submitted will be 

displayed on the TIMS homepage on 

April 1, 2024. The NIJ CTP anticipates 

that it will take several months for the 

first wave of body armor models to be 

certified to the new program 

requirements, with a new CPL for armor 

models compliant with NIJ Standard 

0101.07 (‘‘07’’ CPL) subsequently 

published. 

Ballistics laboratories interested in 

participating in the NIJ CTP to test 

armor in accordance with NIJ Standard 

0101.07 must communicate their 

interest by email to the contact listed 

above as soon as possible so that 

appropriate program requirements can 

be met in a timely manner. Information 

on program requirements for laboratory 

participation in the NIJ CTP can be 

found here: https://cjtec.org/ 

compliance-testing-program/nijapproved-test-laboratories/. NIJ 

encourages ballistics laboratories to 

check the above web page regularly for 

updates. 

NIJ plans to hold an in-person 

workshop for body armor manufacturers 

to discuss implementation of NIJ 

Standard 0101.07 and NIJ Standard 

0123.00 through the NIJ CTP. 

Information about this workshop will be 

published separately in the Federal 

Register. 

More information about standards and 

conformity assessment at NIJ can be 

found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/ 

equipment-standards-and-conformityassessment. More information on the 

NIJ CTP can be found here: https://

cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/. 

NIJ publishes this notice pursuant to 

its authority at 34 U.S.C. 10122(c) and 

6 U.S.C. 161–165. 

Nancy La Vigne, 

Director, National Institute of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Justice 

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1818] 

Body Armor Manufacturer In-Person 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, 

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Justice (NIJ) will hold an in-person 

workshop for body armor manufacturers 

to provide an overview of NIJ Standard 

0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body 

Armor, and NIJ Standard 0123.00, 

Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection 

Levels and Associated Test Threats. The 

NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) 

will outline how it will begin to phase 

out use of NIJ Standard 0101.06 and 

phase in the use of NIJ Standard 0101.07 

in the administration of the program 

over the next year. The impact of the 

transition to NIJ Standard 0101.07 on 

the Compliant Products List (CPL) and 

Follow-up Inspection Testing (FIT) of 

currently listed body armor models 

compliant with NIJ Standard 0101.06 

will also be discussed. 

DATES: The in-person workshop will be 

held on Thursday, February 15, 2024, 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The in-person workshop 

will be held at RTI International’s 

William M. Moore, Jr. Collaboration 

Center, located in the Holden Building 

on RTI’s main campus at 3040 E 

Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Greene, Office Director, Office of 

Technology and Standards, National 

Institute of Justice, 810 7th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531 by telephone at 

(202) 598–9481 [Note: this is not a tollfree telephone number], or by email at 

mark.greene2@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inperson workshop will be an open forum 

and there will opportunities for 

attendees to ask questions. Space is 

limited at this workshop, and as a 

result, NIJ requests that each 


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