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individual practitioners and 

recordkeeping requirements of 

collectors. 

8. Frequency: 1 per year. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 36,167 hours. 

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: February 21, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03805 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1121–0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Reinstatement 

of a Previously Approved Collection 

Census of Jails 2024–26 

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice 

Statistics (BJS), 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. The proposed 

information was published in the 

Federal Register on December 11, 2023, 

allowing a 60-day comment period. 

Following publication of the 60-day 

notice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

received three comments. Responses to 

these comments will be included in the 

final clearance package submitted to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until April 

26, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Zhen Zeng, Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531, (email: 

Zhen.Zeng@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202– 

598–9955). 

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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Reinstatement of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Census of Jails (COJ). 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

The COJ contains one form—CJ–3: 

Census of Jails. The applicable 

component within the Department of 

Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

(BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: The affected 

public that will be asked to respond to 

the COJ includes jail administrators and 

staff from approximately 2,900 city, 

county, regional, and private jails. The 

obligation to respond is voluntary. 

Abstract: Since 1970, BJS has 

conducted the Census of Jails (COJ, 

OMB Control No. 1121–0010) every 5– 

6 years to gather data on jail facilities 

and inmate populations. The most 

recent COJ was conducted in 2019 and 

collected data from around 2,900 U.S. 

local jail respondents, representing 

approximately 3,100 jail facilities. The 

COJ is BJS’s most comprehensive 

collection of jail data and serves as the 

sampling frame for BJS’s other jail 

surveys. In the years when the COJ is 

not fielded, BJS administers the Annual 

Survey of Jails (ASJ, OMB Control No. 

1121–0094) to one third of the local jails 

nationwide. However, the ASJ’s sample 

size is not sufficient to produce statelevel estimates. To address this gap, BJS 

proposes to replace the ASJ with an 

annual census starting in 2025. The 

change will ensure that policymakers, 

correctional administrators, and 

government officials have timely and 

relevant data for policy development, 

budget planning, and oversight. The 

2025 and 2026 COJ forms will be 

shorter, resembling the ASJ form in 

scope, with 16 items related to jail 

populations and facility characteristics. 

In 2024, the COJ will collect 

comprehensive data on jail population 

size and characteristics, such as one-day 

counts, demographics, conviction 

status, holds for federal and state prison 

authorities. It will also cover facility 

characteristics and jail programs. 

Notably, the 2024 COJ includes a special 

module on opioids use disorder 

screening and treatment which updates 

data first collected in 2019. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The total estimated number of 

respondents is 2,900 for each year of 

collection. 

It takes 150 minutes to complete the 

2024 COJ form. About 70% of the 

respondents (2,030) will be contacted 

for data quality follow-up and each 

follow-up will take 10 minutes. The 

total burden for the 2024 COJ is 7,588 

hours. The 2025 and 2026 COJ forms are 

shorter than the 2024 form and take 80 

minutes per response. The estimated 

time and number of respondents for 

data quality follow-up remain the same. 

In addition, it takes 5 minutes to verify 

jail status and point-of-contact per jail 

for the 2025 and 2026 COJ. The burden 

for the 2025 and 2026 COJ is 4,447 

hours for each collection. Jail 

verification takes 10 minutes per jail for 

the 2024 COJ. This burden is covered by 

BJS’s generic clearance agreement (OMB 

Control Number 1121–0339) and 

excluded from the current OMB 

application. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The average annual burden is 

5,494 hours, or 16,482 hours for three 

years of data collection. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: The estimated cost is 

$534,016.80. 


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TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Average 

reporting 

time 

(min) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

2024 COJ 

Data collection ............................................................................. 2,900 Annual ........ 2,900 150 7,250

Data quality follow-up .................................................................. 2,030 Annual ........ 2,030 10 338 

Unduplicated Totals .............................................................. 2,900 .................... ........................ .................... 7,588 

2025 COJ 

Data collection ............................................................................. 2,900 Annual ........ 2,900 80 3,867 

Data quality follow-up .................................................................. 2,030 Annual ........ 2,030 10 338 

Jail status and point-of-contact verification ................................. 2,900 Annual ........ 2,900 5 242 

Unduplicated Totals .............................................................. 2,900 .................... ........................ .................... 4,447 

2026 COJ 

Data collection ............................................................................. 2,900 Annual ........ 2,900 80 3,867 

Data quality follow-up .................................................................. 2,030 Annual ........ 2,030 10 338 

Jail status and point-of-contact verification ................................. 2,900 Annual ........ 2,900 5 242 

Unduplicated Totals .............................................................. 2,900 .................... ........................ .................... 4,447 

Unduplicated Totals for 2024, 2025, and 2026 COJ ........... 2,900 .................... ........................ .................... 16,482 

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: February 20, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03768 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

Proposed Renewal of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a pre-clearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

program helps ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Office of Federal 

Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) 

is soliciting comments concerning its 

proposal to obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for renewal of the information 

collection for its construction program 

which includes the recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements associated with 

the program. This request includes two 

information collection instruments: the 

construction compliance review 

scheduling letter and itemized listing 

(collectively referred to as the 

‘‘construction scheduling letter’’) and 

the Construction Contract Award 

Notification Requirement Form (CC– 

314). OFCCP proposes changes to the 

currently authorized construction 

scheduling letter and CC–314. The 

current OMB approval for the 

construction scheduling letter and CC– 

314 expires on July 31, 2024. A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice or by accessing it at 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

April 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Comments: The Federal 

eRulemaking portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions found on that website for 

submitting comments. 

Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: 

Addressed to Tina T. Williams, Acting 

Deputy Director of OFCCP and Director 

of Policy & Program Development, 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Room C–3325, Washington, DC 20210. 

Instructions: Please submit one copy 

of your comments by only one method. 

For faster submission, we encourage 

commenters to transmit their comment 

electronically via the 

www.regulations.gov website. 

Comments that are mailed to the 

address provided above must be 

postmarked before the close of the 

comment period. All submissions must 

include OFCCP’s name for 

identification. Comments submitted in 

response to the notice, including any 

personal information provided, become 

a matter of public record and will be 

posted on www.regulations.gov. 

Comments will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina 

T. Williams, Acting Deputy Director of 

OFCCP and Director of Policy & 

Program Development, Office of Federal 


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