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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

functions 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, 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.

Comments may also be submitted to

the Department of Justice, Justice

Management Division, Information

Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile on 202–514–1590.

Overview of This Collection

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Extension of Current Collection.

(2) The title of this form/collection:

Department of Justice Procurement

Blanket Clearance.

(3) The agency form number, if any,

and applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

Procurement Solicitation Documents,

Justice Management Division,

Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract. Primary: Commercial

organizations and individuals who

voluntarily submit offers and bids to

compete for contract awards to provide

supplies and services required by the

Government. All work statements and

pricing data are required to evaluate the

contractors bid or proposal.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time for

an average respondent to respond: 7,462

respondents, 20 hours average response

time.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with this

collection: 149,240 hours annually.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: January 9, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–1000 Filed 1–4–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ)–1147]

National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Building Safer Public

Housing Communities Through Locally

Initiated Research Partnerships

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

National Institute of Justice, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

SUMMARY: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice solicitation ‘‘Building Safer

Public Housing Communities Through

Locally Initiated Research Partnerships,

1998.’’

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals

is close of business March 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice,

810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the solicitation, please call

NCJRS at 1–800–851–3420. For general

information about application

procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center at 1–800–421–6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, §§ 201–03, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

is calling for proposals to implement

Locally Initiated Research Projects

(LIRP) in Public and Indian Housing

Authorities. These projects will assist

housing authorities in the evaluation of

efforts to control and prevent drug and

drug-related crime problems such as

those supported by the Public Housing

Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP).

Eight to 12 awards for a total

expenditure of up to $975,000 will be

awarded to proposals that include the

following areas of research:

Each LIRP must have as it’s purpose

one of two organizing principles: to

evaluate the effectiveness of an on-going

program; or to identify problems within

a Housing Authority (HA) development,

implement a program to solve those

problems, and evaluate the solutions

effectiveness.

Each LIRP must include, as a

minimum, officials and residents of an

HA, and a researcher. The roles of each

of these partners must be equivalent in

terms of decisionmaking. Each proposal

must also outline how these

partnerships will be continued once

Federal funding has concluded.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Building Safer Public

Housing Communities Through Locally

Initiated Research Partnerships, 1998’’

(refer to document No. SL000243). For

World Wide Web access, connect either

to either NIJ at http://

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or

the NCJRS Justice Information Center at

http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–1043 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

National Institute of Justice

[OJP(NIJ)–1148]

National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Evaluation of Victims of

Crime Act State Compensation and

Assistance Programs, 1998

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs,

National Institute of Justice, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation.

SUMMARY: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice ‘‘Evaluation of Victims of Crime

Act State Compensation and Assistance

Programs, 1998.’’

DATES: Due date for receipt of proposals

is close of business March 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice,

810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the solicitation, please call

NCJRS 1–800–851–3420. For general

information about application

procedures for solicitations, please call

the U.S. Department of Justice Response

Center 1–800–421–6770.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, §§ 201–03, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 3721–23 (1994).

Background

The National Institute of Justice is

calling for proposals for an evaluation of

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funded

compensation and assistance programs.

These programs have an overall goal of

providing a seamless web of services

and support to reduce the financial,

physical, psychological, and emotional

costs of victimization. One grant of

$750,000 for a 30-month period, will be

awarded to evaluate the effectiveness of

these programs in meeting their goals

and victim needs.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Evaluation of Victims

of Crime Act State Compensation and

Assistance Programs’’ (refer to

document no. SL000242). For World

Wide Web access, connect to either NIJ

at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice

Information Center at http://

www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–1042 Filed 1–14–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of The Secretary

Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed New

Routine Use To an Existing System of

Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S. C.

552a(e)(11)), the Department of Labor is

issuing notice of our intent to amend the

system of records entitled, DOL/OFO–1,

Attendance, Leave, and Payroll File, to

include a new routine use. The

disclosure is required by the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, Pub.L.

104–193). We invite public comment on

this publication.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on

the proposed routine use must do so by

February 17, 1998.

Effective date: The proposed routine

use will become effective as proposed

without further notice on February 17,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to Robert A. Shapiro, Associate

Solicitor, Division of Legislation and

Legal Counsel, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Room N–2428,

Washington, DC 20210. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Miriam McD. Miller, Co-Counsel for

Administrative Law, Office of the

Solicitor, Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N–

2428, Washington, DC 20210, telephone

(202) 219–8188, ext. 135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section three of the Privacy Act of

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)), hereinafter

referred to as the Act, the Department

hereby publishes notice of a proposed

new routine use for the Department’s

existing payroll system of records. This

document supplements this

Department’s last publication in full of

all of its Privacy Act systems of records.

On September 23, 1993, in Volume 58

at Page 49548 of the Federal Register,

we published a notice containing 138

systems of records which were

maintained under the Act. Subsequent

publications of new systems were made

on April 15, 1994 (59 FR 18156)(two

new systems); on May 10, 1995 (60 FR

24897)(one new system); and on June

15, 1995 (60 FR 31495)(one new

system); April 7, 1997 (62 FR

16610)(one new system); and on

October 14, 1997 (62 FR 53343) (one

new system).

The Department hereby proposes to

amend an existing system of records,

DOL/OCFO–1, Attendance, Leave and

Payroll File, so that a new Routine Use

can be established. Pursuant to Pub. L.

104–193, the Personal Responsibility

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

Act of 1996, this Department will

disclose data from this system to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement,

Admininstration for Children and

Families, U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services for use in the National

Database of New Hires, part of the

Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS)

and Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/

OCSE No. 09–90–0074. A description of

the Federal Parent Locator Service may

be found at 62 FR 51663 (October 2,

1997).

FPLS is a computerized network

through which States may request

location information from Federal and

State agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for

purposes of establishing paternity and

securing support. On October 1, 1997,

the FPLS was expanded to include the

National Directory of New Hires, a

database containing information on

employees recently hired, quarterly

wage data on private and public sector

employees, and information on

unemployment compensation benefits.

On October 1, 1998, the FPLS will be

expanded further to include a Federal

Case Registry. The Federal Case Registry

will contain abstracts on all participants

involved in child support enforcement

cases. When the Federal Case Registry is

instituted, its files will be matched on

an ongoing basis against the files in the

National Directory of New Hires to

determine if an employee is a

participant in a child support case

anywhere in the country. If the FPLS

identifies a person as being a participant

in a State child support case, that State

will be notified of the participant’s

current employer. State requests to the

FPLS for location information will also

continue to be processed after October

1, 1998.

When individuals are hired by the

Department of Labor, we may disclose

to the FPLS their names, social security

numbers, home addresses, dates of

birth, dates of hire, and information

identifying us as the employer. We also

may disclose to FPLS names, social

security numbers, and quarterly

earnings of each Department of Labor

employee, within one month of the end

of the quarterly reporting period.

Information submitted by the

Department of Labor to the FPLS will be

disclosed by the Office of Child Support

Enforcement to the Social Security

Administration for verification to ensure

that the social security number provided

is correct. The data disclosed by the

Department of Labor to the FPLS will

also be disclosed by the Office of Child

Support Enforcement to the Secretary of

the Treasury for use in verifying claims

for the advance payment of the earned

income tax credit or to verify a claim of

employment on a tax return.

We are also making various minor

grammatical corrections to this system.

The names of agencies within the

category for System Location are being

updated. In the Records Category, two

commas are being added, and two

grammatical corrections are being made.

Finally, two grammatical corrections are

being made in the category for Purpose.

Universal Routine Uses

In its September 23, 1993 publication,

the Department gave notice of eleven

paragraphs containing routine uses

which apply to all of its systems of

records, except for DOL/OASAM–5 and

DOL/OASAM–7. These eleven