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naturalization certificate, or U.S. or

foreign passport.

(4) 2,500 annual respondents at .25

hours per response.

(5) 625 annual burden hours.

(6) Not applicable under section

3504(h) of Public Law 96–511.

Public comment on this item is

encouraged.

Dated: May 8, 1995.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of

Justice.

[FR Doc. 95–11748 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Information Collections Under Review

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has been sent the following

collection(s) of information proposals

for review under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35) and the Paperwork

Reduction Reauthorization Act since the

last list was published. Entries are

grouped into submission categories,

with each entry containing the

following information:

(1) The title of the form/collection;

(2) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection.

(3) Who will be asked or required to

respond, as well as a brief abstract;

(4) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond;

(5) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection; and,

(6) An indication as to whether

section 3504(h) of Public Law 96–511

applies.

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

OMB reviewer, Mr. Jeff Hill on (202)

395–7340 and to the Department of

Justice’s Clearance Officer, Mr. Robert B.

Briggs, on (202) 514–4319. If you

anticipate commenting on a form/

collection, but find that time to prepare

such comments will prevent you from

prompt submission, you should notify

the OMB reviewer and the Department

of Justice Clearance Officer of your

intent as soon as possible. Written

comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of the

collection may be submitted to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503, and to Mr.

Robert B. Briggs, Department of Justice

Clearance Officer, Systems Policy Staff/

Information Resources Management/

Justice Management Division Suite 850,

WCTR, Washington, DC 20530.

New Collection

(1) OJP Budget Worksheet.

(2) Form 7150/1. Office of Justice

Programs, United States Department of

Justice.

(3) Primary: State, local or Tribal

Government, Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Others: None. Form 7150/1 request

significantly less information and

provides clearer guidance on the budget

information needed. This form will be

used in lieu of SF 424A and reduce the

burden on the public.

(4) 900 annual respondents at .75

hours per response.

(5) 675 annual burden hours.

(6) Not applicable under section

3504(h) of Public Law 96–511.

Public comment on this item is

encouraged.

Dated: May 8, 1995.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, Department of

Justice.

[FR Doc. 95–11749 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP(BJS) No. 1050]

RIN 1121–ZA13

Bureau of Justice Statistics; Survey of

Inmates in State Correctional Facilities

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs

(OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

ACTION: Solicitation for award of

cooperative agreement.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce a public solicitation for

services of sampling, data gathering, and

data processing for the Survey of

Inmates in State Correctional Facilities,

1996.

DATES: Proposals must be postmarked

on or before June 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be mailed

to: Application Coordinator, Bureau of

Justice Statistics, Room 1144, 633

Indiana Avenue NW, Washington, DC

20531, (202) 616–3500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caroline Wolf Harlow, Ph.D., Survey

Statistician, Corrections Statistics,

Bureau of Justice Statistics, (202) 307–

0757.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Survey of Inmates in State Correctional

Facilities was first conducted in 1974

and was followed by subsequent

surveys in 1979, 1986 and 1991. These

surveys have employed complex

multistage samples to obtain

comprehensive information on State

prison inmates.

Number

of facilities sampled

Number

of inmates

interviewed

1974 .......................... 190 8,869

1979 .......................... 215 11,397

1986 .......................... 275 13,711

1991 .......................... 275 13,986

Through personal interviews with a

nationally representative sample of

State prison inmates, data were

collected on individual characteristics

of prison inmates, current offenses and

sentences, characteristics of victims,

criminal histories, family background,

gun possession and use, prior drug and

alcohol use and treatment, educational

programs and other services provided

while in prison, and other personal

characteristics. These surveys have been

BJS’s primary source of detailed

information on characteristics of State

prison inmates. The data have been

collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3732.

Many major publications have been

written by BJS staff using the data from

these surveys, including Survey of State

Prison Inmates, 1991, NCJ–136949,

Profile of State Prison Inmates, 1986,

NCJ–109926, and Women in Prison,

NCJ–145321. These publications as well

as other reports from these surveys are

available from the National Criminal

Justice Research Service and can be

requested by using the NCJ number.

Objectives

The purpose of this award is to

continue this data series by procuring

data collection services for the fifth

Survey of Inmates in State Correctional

Facilities. It is anticipated that the

information collected will be essential

to anyone needing detailed,

authoritative information on

characteristics of State prison inmates,

particularly their offenses, criminal and

other histories, and current conditions.

Type of Assistance

Assistance will be made available

under a cooperative agreement.
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Statutory Authority

The cooperative agreement to be

awarded pursuant to this solicitation

will be funded by the Bureau of Justice

Statistics consistent with its mandate as

set forth in 42 USC 3732.

Eligibility Requirements

Both profit making and nonprofit

organizations may apply for funds.

Consistent with OJP fiscal requirements,

however, no fees may be charged against

the project by profit making

organizations.

Scope of Work

The objective of this solicitation is to

provide BJS with high quality data for

the fifth Survey of Inmates in State

Correctional Facilities. Specifically, the

recipient of funds will perform the

following tasks.

1. Develop a detailed timetable for the

completion of each task involved in the

project, with data collection taking

place from October through December

1996. In general, it is anticipated that

the timetable will be as follows:

September 1995 thru February 1996,

development of CAPI instrument, OMB

Clearance for pretest;

March 1996, pretest, including

training of interviewers;

April thru September 1996, revisions

to questionnaire, training of

interviewers, OMB Clearance for full

survey;

October 1996 thru January 1997, field

work for survey; and

February thru June 15, 1997, data

processing and weighting.

After BJS has agreed to the timetable,

all work must be completed as

scheduled.

2. Select a sample. Pursuant to BJS

specifications and standards, the

recipient will select two samples of

prisons, one representative sample for

prisons housing males and another for

prisons with females. A list of all

prisons and sampling specifications will

be provided by BJS. The recipient will

be expected to update the list. About

300 facilities will be selected from that

list. In each selected prison a systematic

sample of prison inmates will be

selected from a random start, using a list

of all inmates provided by the sampled

facility. A sampling questionnaire will

be used to determine the completeness

of the list and the eligibility of inmates.

Because of their small number in the

prison population, women will be

oversampled to decrease standard

errors. This sample should produce a

reliability of 5.0% coefficient of

variation for estimates of 10%

subpopulations of male inmates, and a

reliability of 7.4% coefficient of

variation for estimates of 10%

subpopulations of female inmates at the

national level.

3. Write edit specifications and

program the questionnaire for

Computer-Assisted Personal

Interviewing (CAPI) on laptop

computers. The questionnaire, which

will be provided by BJS, will be

between 45 and 60 minutes in duration.

It will be similar to the questionnaire

used in 1991, which is available from

BJS upon request. BJS will be allowed

to review and approve all edit

specifications developed by recipient. It

is expected that, in programming the

CAPI instrument, most editing for the

data would be programmed to take place

as the interview is conducted. The CAPI

instrument will be provided to BJS for

review before both the pretest and full

survey, either in a system compatible

with BJS computer capabilities or on a

laptop computer. For weighting the

sample, the recipient will also develop

an additional questionnaire using CAPI

which will be used to obtain data on

inmates who are not interviewed, based

on a questionnaire provided by BJS. In

addition, a sample listing sheet will be

needed to list all those selected for

interview.

4. Perform a pretest. All computer and

paper systems will be subjected to a

pretest conducted in 5 prison sites near

the Washington, DC metropolitan area

or in the general area of the recipient’s

operations. A draft request for OMB

Clearance pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act and 5 CFR 1320 for the

pretest will be provided by the recipient

to BJS for submission to OMB in

sufficient time to receive clearance.

Interviews will be conducted with

approximately 150 inmates. A data file

will be provided BJS from these

interviews and a debriefing will be held

with recipient staff, interviewers and

BJS staff to assess the effectiveness of

the questionnaire and the operations of

all computer and paper systems.

5. Make arrangements for conducting

the survey. Recipient will contact all

sampled prisons and arrange to

interview inmates. It is anticipated that

almost all sampled facilities will

cooperate and allow their inmates to be

interviewed. In the past, fewer than 5

selected facilities have not participated,

generally because changes in the nature

of an institution made it ineligible, for

example, a facility had housed women

but no longer did so or a facility was no

longer in operation. Recipient will also

develop an interviewer’s manual and

train their interviewers in gathering data

using the BJS questionnaire and CAPI

software. All training materials will be

submitted to BJS for their review and

input before being used. Recipient will

also draft a request for OMB clearance

for the full survey in sufficient time to

allow for BJS revision and OMB review.

Recipient may accompany BJS staff to

meetings to discuss the survey with

interested parties.

6. Gathering data. At the selected

facilities, recipient’s field staff will

select the sample of inmates to be

interviewed and will interview sampled

prisoners, using the CAPI questionnaire.

Response rates are expected to be in the

90 to 95% range. The response rate on

the 1991 Survey of Inmates in State

Correctional Facilities was 93.7%. For

those sampled inmates who are not

interviewed, a noninterview

questionnaire will be completed to

obtain information needed for weighting

sample estimates to the Nation.

7. Weight the sample according to BJS

specifications. The sample will be

adjusted for deviations from the

expected population size in the sampled

facility, nonresponse, and custody

population numbers at the time of the

survey as provided by BJS.

Documentation will be furnished to BJS.

8. Producing a data file. An edited

data file compatible with BJS computer

systems will be submitted to BJS at the

end of the project, together with

machine readable documentation. BJS

will provide standards for both the data

file and documentation, which will be

both electronic and on paper. Some

variables will need coding, namely all

offense categories, occupation, and any

specified response to a question which

the interviewers were unable to code

during the interview. Copies of these

literals, accompanied by identifiers, will

be submitted to BJS. All post-survey edit

specifications will be reviewed by BJS

before implementation. The data file

will be matched to the sampling file.

9. Provide BJS with all data files, both

computerized and on paper. Recipient

will not conduct any analyses of data

prior to release from BJS of a public use

tape. BJS will check the data files

thoroughly before turning them over to

the National Archive of Criminal Justice

Data for public dissemination.

Award Procedures

Proposals should describe in

appropriate detail the procedures to be

undertaken in furtherance of each of the

activities described under the Scope of

Work. Information on staffing levels and

qualifications should be included for

each task and descriptions of experience

relevant to the project should be

included. Resumes of the proposed

project director and key staff should be

enclosed with the proposal.
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Applications will be reviewed

competitively by a BJS selected panel

which will make recommendations to

the Director, BJS. Final authority to

enter into a cooperative agreement is

reserved for the Director, BJS, or his

designee, who may, at his/her

discretion, determine that none of the

applications shall be funded.

Applications will be evaluated on the

overall extent to which they respond to

criminal justice priorities, conform to

standards of high data collection

quality, and appear to be fiscally

feasible and efficient. In particular,

applicants will be evaluated on the basis

of:

1. Knowledge of criminal justice

issues, especially in the area of

corrections.

2. Survey research expertise and

experience in the areas of questionnaire

development, sampling, data gathering,

and production of data files.

3. Demonstrated ability to conduct

high quality survey research projects.

4. Demonstrated ability and

experience in safeguarding the privacy

of the collected data, pursuant to the

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and the

confidentiality provisions of 42 U.S.C.

3789(g).

5. Demonstrated ability and

experience in developing and utilizing a

CAPI questionnaire. In addition, it must

be demonstrated that the CAPI software

is able to perform complex skip

patterns, intricate inserts and fill-ins, a

variety of types of questions, and

complicated editing during the course of

the interview.

6. Availability of qualified

professional, field and support staff and

of suitable equipment for data gathering

and processing.

7. Demonstrated fiscal, management

and organizational capability and

experience suitable for providing sound

data within budget and time constraints.

8. Reasonableness of estimated costs

for the total project and for individual

cost categories.

Application and Awards Process

An original and five (5) copies of a

full proposal must be submitted with SF

424 (Rev. 1988), Application for Federal

Assistance, as the cover sheet. Proposals

must be accompanied by SF 424A,

Budget Information; OJP Form 4000/3

(Rev. 1–93), Program Narrative and

Assurances; OJP Form 4061/6,

Certifications Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements; and OJP Form

7120–1 (Rev. 1–93), Accounting System

and Financial Capability Questionnaire

(to be submitted by applicants who have

not previously received Federal funds

from the Office of Justice Programs). If

appropriate, applicants must complete

and submit Standard Form LLL,

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities. All

applicants must sign Certified

Assurances that they are in compliance

with the Federal laws and regulations

which prohibit discrimination in any

program or activity that receives Federal

funds.

The application should cover a 3-year

period with information provided for

completion of the entire project.

Proposals must include a program

narrative, detailed budget, and budget

narrative. The program narrative shall

describe activities as stated in the scope

of work and address the evaluation

criteria. Budget information should

provide details for the first-year

expenses and should contain data in

required categories for years two and

three. The detailed budget must provide

costs including salaries of staff involved

in the project and portion of those

salaries to be paid from the award;

fringe benefits paid to each staff person;

travel costs; and supplies required to

complete the project. The budget

narrative closely follows the content of

the detailed budget. The narrative

should relate the items budgeted to the

project activities and should provide a

justification and explanation for the

budgeted items including the criteria

and data used to arrive at the estimates

for each budget category. Please refer to

the aforementioned timetable when

developing the program narrative and

budget information. Contractual services

must be procured through competition

or the application must contain a sole

source justification for any

noncompetitive procurement in excess

of $100,000. This award will not be

used to procure equipment for the

conduct of this study.

Awards will be made for a period of

12 months with supplemental funding

for two additional continuation years

conditional upon the quality of initial

performance and products.

Jan M. Chaiken,

Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

[FR Doc. 95–11741 Filed 5–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting

Requirements Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)

May 9, 1995.

The Department of Labor has

submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance under

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35) of 1980, as amended (Pub.

L. 96–511). Copies may be obtained by

calling the Department of Labor

Departmental Clearance Officer,

Kenneth A. Mills (202) 219–5095).

Comments and questions about the ICRs

listed below should be directed to Mr.

Mills, Office of Information Resources

Management Policy, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Room N–1301, Washington, DC 20210.

Comments should also be sent to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for

(BLS/DM/ESA/ETA/OAW/MSHA/

OSHA/PWBA/VETS), Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10325,

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316).

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY/TDD) may call (202) 219–4720

between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern

time, Monday through Friday.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Notification of Legal Identity.

OMB Number: 1219–0008.

Agency Number: 2000–7.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 36,500.

Estimated Time Per Respondent:

.5115 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 3,725.

Description: Requires mine operators

to file with the Mine Safety and Health

Administration the name and address of

the mine and the name and address of

the persons who control and operate the

mine, and nay revisions of such names

and addresses. The information is used

to identify persons chargeable with

violations of safety and health

standards, in the assessment of civil

penalties, and in the service of legal

documents.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Training Plan regulations (30

CFR 48.3 and 48.23).