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review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register Volume 72, Number 226, page 

65985 on November 26, 2007, allowing 

for a 60-day comment period. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days for public comment 

until February 25, 2008. This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

If you have comments especially on 

the estimated public burden or 

associated response time, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact John Paul Jones, Department of 

Justice, National Institute of Justice, 

Office of Science and Technology, 

Investigative and Forensic Sciences 

Division, Phone: 202–307–5715 Fax: 

202–307–9907, E-mail: 

john.paul.jones@usdoj.gov. 

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 agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

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 

—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: 

New collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Survey of Law Enforcement’s Forensic 

Backlogs. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None; U.S. Department of Justice Office 

of Justice Programs, National Institute of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: State and local law 

enforcement officials. 

Abstract: The National Institute of 

Justice will use this survey to determine 

the size and nature of forensic evidence 

backlogs in state and local law 

enforcement agencies. For the purposes 

of this survey, these forensic backlogs 

are defined as the number of homicide, 

rape, and property crime cases that 

contain forensic evidence but that have 

not been submitted to forensic crime 

laboratories for analysis. The 2005 

Census of Crime Laboratories conducted 

by the Bureau of Justice Statistics details 

the size of forensic evidence backlogs in 

the nation’s crime laboratory system. In 

order to develop a complete picture of 

forensic backlogs across the criminal 

justice system, the Survey of Law 

Enforcement’s Forensic Backlogs will 

provide much needed information on 

forensic evidence backlogs in state and 

local law enforcement agencies. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

needed for an average respondent to 

respond is broken down as follows: An 

estimated 2,975 respondents with an 

average burden time of 30 minutes—

1,488 hours total. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total public 

burden associated with this collection is 

1,488 hours. 

If additional information is required, 

contact Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

Department of Justice, Patrick Henry 

Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Solicitation for a Cooperative 

Agreement: Strategic Planning 

Coordinator, Kansas Evidence Based 

Practices Implementation Effort 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Corrections, DOJ. 

ACTION: Solicitation for Cooperative 

Agreement Applications. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Corrections (NIC) solicits proposals 

from organizations or individuals for a 

12-month cooperative agreement to 

provide coaching on executive 

leadership and complex project 

management to achieve the 

implementation of evidence based 

practices (EBP) on offender risk 

reduction in the Kansas Department of 

Corrections (KDOC) Community 

Corrections Act oversight unit and a 

limited number of local community 

corrections agencies. The project is 

jointly supported by NIC and the JEHT 

Foundation. 

This Request for Proposals seeks a 

successful applicant to facilitate the 

strategic change process at both the 

KDOC oversight and selected local 

community corrections agencies levels. 

The coaching will include evidence 

based policy and practice related to 

decision making by criminal justice 

officials and stakeholders; 

organizational development knowledge 

and strategies; and assessment, case 

management and behavioral 

interventions for the State’s adult felony 

probation population. The selected 

applicant will need to be available for 

on site facilitation and off site coaching 

beginning early April, 2008, and 

continuing for twelve months thereafter. 

An initial site visit including NIC and 

JEHT representation will be scheduled 

upon award of the cooperative 

agreement. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by 4 p.m. EST on Friday, February 22, 

2008. Selection of the successful 

applicant; and notification of review 

results to all applicants: March 31, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Mailed applications must be 

sent to: Director, National Institute of 

Corrections, 320 First Street, NW., Room 

5007, Washington, DC 20534. 

Applicants are encouraged to use 

Federal Express, UPS, or similar service 

to ensure delivery by the due date. Hand 

delivered applications should be 

brought to 500 First Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20534. At the front 

desk, call (202) 307–3106, extension 0 

for pickup. 

Faxed applications will not be 

accepted. The only electronic 

applications (preferred) that will be 

accepted must be submitted through 

http://www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this announcement and the 

required application forms can be 

downloaded from the NIC Web site at 

http://www.nicic.org. Hard copies of the 

announcement can be obtained by 

calling Pam Davison at 1–800–995–6423 


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x 3–0484 or E-mail pdavison@bop.gov. 

mailto:jevens@bop.gov. 

Questions regarding the solicitation 

should be directed to Mr. Keiser at 

gkeiser@bop.gov. Questions regarding 

the Kansas Community Corrections Act 

authorization, the history and current 

status of EBP implementation in 

community corrections act agencies or 

other relevant Kansas legislative 

requirements should be directed to 

Kathleen Graves, Director, Community 

Corrections, KDOC, at 

Kathleeng@kdoc.dc.state.ks.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The KDOC has initiated a 

broad effort to implement evidence 

based policies and practices regarding 

offender risk reduction throughout the 

State’s corrections system. The KDOC 

Parole and Institutions staff already are 

making good progress in implementing 

evidence based principles in their 

functional units. The focus of this effort 

will be the implementation of EBP in 

the State’s community corrections 

system of locally governed community 

corrections agencies and the KDOC 

oversight unit, authority for each 

established by Community Corrections 

Act legislation in the early 1980s. In a 

related effort, Evidence Based Policy 

and Practice Awareness Development 

Training Sessions were provided to 

Community Corrections Act Executive 

Directors and some key stakeholders at 

the end of calendar year 2007. The 

Awareness Development Sessions will 

be expanded and offered to all Kansas 

community corrections staff during the 

first quarter of calendar year 2008. 

These sessions are funded by the JEHT 

Foundation and conducted by the 

Center for Effective Public Policy. The 

work of the successful applicant must 

be cognizant of and consistent with this 

awareness development training. 

Goals of the Strategic Planning and 

Coaching Cooperative Agreement: The 

first goal is to build the capacity of the 

KDOC to provide effective oversight and 

technical guidance to the local based 

community corrections agencies in 

order to expand the implementation of 

EBP in local jurisdictions. The areas of 

capacity building may include, but are 

not limited to, total operational 

management, substantive expertise and 

coaching (on the content and 

organizational development principles 

of EBP), program and financial audits 

and quality assurance. 

The second goal is to facilitate the 

development/improvement of the 

operational infrastructure in a limited 

number of local community corrections 

agencies so that these agencies may 

more effectively implement and sustain 

EBP risk reduction strategies. The term, 

operational infrastructure, refers to the 

business practices required to align and 

manage operational procedures and 

resources; and the tracking of critical 

outputs and outcomes with the 

substantive EBP approaches. These 

agencies will be learning laboratories for 

further statewide implementation. The 

local community corrections agencies 

will be selected by the KDOC based on 

clear selection criteria and in close 

consultation with applicant local 

agencies. The successful applicant is 

expected to assist KDOC with the 

development of selection criteria, 

analysis of applications and sustained 

implementation in the local agencies. 

Proposal Preparation: Persons 

interested in providing these facilitation 

and coaching services should prepare a 

proposal that outlines a strategic 

planning approach, including the 

straightforward delineation of 

measurable goals and objectives, 

intermediate benchmarks, assigned 

action steps, and feedback loops. The 

plan should be developed for two levels: 

(1) KDOC oversight; and (2) selected 

local community corrections agencies 

and jurisdictions. It should contain subsections addressing the need for 

management information and other data 

collection systems, multi-level 

communication, quality assurance, and 

program evaluation. It should include 

an approach to project coordination 

among the KDOC, local community 

corrections agencies and funders/ 

sponsors. 

The successful applicant must 

demonstrate a logic model for building 

initially and sustaining over time and 

the competencies and capacity required 

by both the state oversight and the local 

program delivery functions. The 

applicant should identify the likely 

measurable outputs that would indicate 

successful progress toward the changes 

in EBP implementation infrastructure 

and process at both State and local 

governance levels. 

Required Expertise: It is highly 

desirable for the successful applicant to 

demonstrate experience in managing a 

statewide or large jurisdiction change 

effort centered on evidence based 

practice for offender risk reduction, as 

well as in coaching executives on 

successful change leadership. It also 

will be helpful if the successful 

applicant’s experience includes the 

phased implementation of other 

criminal justice system change efforts, 

training of judges and other 

stakeholders, and the development of 

risk assessment and case management 

procedures. Basic practical knowledge 

of probation and risk reduction research 

are critical. 

Application Requirements: The 

application should be concisely written, 

typed double spaced and reference the 

‘‘NIC Application Number’’ and Title 

provided in this announcement. The 

application package must include: OMB 

Standard Form 424, Application for 

Federal Assistance, a cover letter that 

identifies the audit agency responsible 

for the applicant’s financial accounts as 

well as the audit period or fiscal year 

that the applicant operates under (e.g., 

July 1 through June 30), a program 

narrative responding to the 

requirements in this announcement, a 

description of the qualifications of the 

applicant(s), an outline of projected 

costs, and the following forms: OMB 

Standard Form 424A, Budget 

Information-Non Construction 

Programs, OMB Standard Form 424B, 

Assurances-Non Construction Programs, 

DOJ/NIC Certification Regarding 

Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and 

Other Responsibility Matters; and DrugFree Workplace Requirements. These 

forms are available from http:// 

www.nicic.org, under the ‘‘About Us’’

bar, ‘‘Cooperative Agreements.’’

Submit an original and three copies of 

your full proposal (program and budget 

narrative, application forms and 

assurances) and limit the program 

narrative text to 10 double spaced pages, 

exclusive of resumes and summaries of 

experience. Please do not submit full 

curriculum vitae. The original should 

have the applicant’s signature in blue 

ink. 

A telephonic conference will be 

conducted for persons receiving this 

solicitation and having a serious intent 

to respond on Tuesday, February 5, 

2008, at 3 p.m. EST. In the conference, 

representatives of KDOC, NIC, and the 

JEHT Foundation will respond to 

questions regarding the solicitation, the 

expectations of work to be performed, 

and the current status of EBP work and 

development efforts in the State. Please 

notify Mr. Keiser electronically by close 

of business on February 1, 2008, 

regarding your interest in participating 

in the conference, and you will be 

provided the call-in number and 

instructions. 

Additional Resources: Twelve 

reference documents for additional 

information can be found on NIC’s Web 

site. Go to http://nicic.org. click on 

‘‘Community,’’ then scroll to ‘‘Shared 

Files,’’ and finally click on ‘‘Tools for 

Evidence Based Implementation.’’

Authority: Pub. L. 93–415. 

Funds Available: NIC is seeking the 

applicant’s best ideas regarding delivery 


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approaches and their related costs for 

achieving the goals of the solicitation 

through on-site and off-site assistance. 

The final budget and award amount will 

be negotiated between the funders and 

the successful applicant. Funds may 

only be used for the activities that are 

linked to the desired outcome of the 

project. No funds are transferred to state 

or local governments. 

Eligibility of Applicants: An eligible 

applicant is any public or private 

agency, educational institution, 

organization, individual or team with 

expertise in the described areas. 

Review Considerations: Applications 

received under this announcement will 

be subjected to a 3 to 5 person NIC and 

joint funding agency Review Process. 

Number of Awards: One. 

NIC Application Number: 08C75. This 

number should appear as a reference 

line in the cover letter, in box 4a of 

Standard Form 424, and outside of the 

envelope in which the application is 

sent. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 16,603. 

E.O. 12372: This program is subject to 

the provisions of Executive Order 

12372. 

E.O. 12372 allows states the option of 

setting up a system for reviewing 

applications from within their states for 

assistance under certain Federal 

programs. Applicants (other than 

Federally-recognized Indian tribal 

governments) should contact their State 

Single Point of Contact (SPOC), a list of 

which can be found at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

Dated: January 23, 2008. 

Morris Thigpen, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request of the ETA–9016, on Alien 

Claims Activity Report; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden 

conducts a preclearance 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 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to 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. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the ADDRESSES section of this notice or 

by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/

ombcn/ombcontrolnumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

March 31, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nancy 

Dean, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S–

4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3215 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

dean.nancy@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The ETA–9016 Report is used by the 

Department of Labor to assess whether 

(and the extent to which) the 

requirements of the Immigration and 

Naturalization Service (INS), Systematic 

Alien Verification for Entitlement 

(SAVE) system are cost-effective and 

otherwise appropriate for the 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. 

In addition, data from the Alien Claims 

Activity Report is being used to assist 

the Secretary of Labor in determining 

whether a State Workforce Agency’s 

(SWA) administrative costs associated 

with the verification program are 

reasonable and reimbursable. There is 

no other report or system available for 

collecting this required information. 

The report allows the Department of 

Labor to determine the number of aliens 

filing for UI, the number of benefit 

issues detected, the denials of benefits 

to aliens, the extent to which State 

Agencies use the system, and the overall 

effectiveness and cost efficiency of the 

verification system. If SWAs are not 

required to submit the information on 

the Alien Claims Activity Report, the 

Department of Labor would not be able 

to fulfill its responsibilities to assess the 

SAVE system. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration, Office of 

Workforce Security is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the collection for the ETA 

9016 Report on Alien Claims Activity. 

Comments are requested to: 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Continued collection of the ETA–9016 

data will provide for a comprehensive 

evaluation of the UI Alien Claims 

Activities. The data are collected 

quarterly, and an analysis of the data 

received is formulated into a report 

summarizing the Alien Claims Activity 

by the 53 SWAs. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA). 

Title: ETA 9016, Alien Claims 

Activity Report. 

OMB Number: 1205–0268. 

Agency Number: ETA 9016. 

Affected Public: 53 State 

governments. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Responses: 53 States. 

Total Average Time per Response: 1 

hour. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 212 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

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