Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 194 / Thursday, October 5, 2000 / Notices 59467

Overview of This Information

(1) Type of information collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

(2) Title of the form/collection: Grants

Management System Online

Application.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

None. Office of Justice Programs, United

States Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be as or

required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract:

Primary: State Government.

Other: None.

The Grants Management System

Online Application will be used by

respondents from State and Local

Government offices to request grants

from Offices and Bureaus within the

Office of Justice Programs. This

information, once collected from

grantees, will be used to approve

applications for funding, that grantees

have requested, for grantee use within

State and Local Government offices.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond/reply: The time burden of the

3,000 respondents to complete the

surveys is 4 hours per application.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: The total annual hour burden

to complete applications for the Grants

Management System Online

Application is 12,000 annual burden

hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, Deputy

Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice, Information

Management and Security Staff, Justice

Management Division, Suite 1220,

National Place, 1331 Pennsylvania

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer,

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 00–25520 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection

under review; extension of a currently

approved collection; crime mapping

survey.

The Department of Justice, National

Institute of Justice, has submitted the

following information collection request

for review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. Office of Management and Budget

approval is being sought for the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on March 28, 2000 (Volume 65,

page 16419), allowing for a 60-day

public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow

an additional 30 days for public

comment until November 6, 2000. This

process is conducted in accordance with

5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice

Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530.

Additionally, comments may be

submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)

395–7285. Comments may also be

submitted to the Department of Justice

(DOJ), Justice Management Division,

Information Management and Security

Staff, Attention: Department Deputy

Clearance Officer, Suite 1220, 1331

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20530.

Written comments and/or suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed collection of

information should address one or more

of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) 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;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) 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 the Collection

(1) Type of information collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

(2) The title of the form/collection:

Crime Mapping Survey.

(3) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

Form: None. Office of Research and

Evaluation, National Institute of Justice,

Office of Justice Programs, United States

Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Law enforcement

agencies. Other: None. This national

survey is designated to determine the

extent to which police departments,

specifically crime analysts, are using

computerized crime mapping. Surveys

will be mailed to a randomly selected

sample of police departments. The

questionnaire will determine the level

of crime mapping within departments,

both in terms of hardware and software

resources, as well as the types of maps

that are produced and how they are

used. The information collected from

this survey will be used to advise the

activities of the Crime Mapping

Research Center.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for the average respondent to

respond/reply: 2,798 respondents for an

average of 33 minutes per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: The total burden to complete

the nomination is 562.

If additional information is required

contact: Ms. Brenda E. Dyer, Deputy

Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice, Information

Management and Security Staff, Justice

Management Division, Suite 1220,

National Place, 1331 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer,

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 00–25519 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ)–1301]

Announcement of the Availability of

the ‘‘NIJ Science and Technology

Solicitation’’

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

National Institute of Justice, Justice.