[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10746-10747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3939]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Justice Management Division; Office of Attorney Personnel 
Management; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 
Collection; Comments Requested

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Collection: Application Booklets--Attorney General's 
Honor Program and Summer Law Intern Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Office of 
Attorney Personal Management, has submitted the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review 
and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
This proposed information collection is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will 
be accepted until April 17, 2001.
    If you have comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Eleanor Barry, 202-514-8902, Office of 
Attorney Personnel Management, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530. Request written comments 
and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the 
proposed collection of information address one or more of the following 
four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the 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 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 this Information Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of currently approved 
information collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Application Booklets--
Attorney General's Honor Program and Summer Law Intern Program.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: None. Office of Attorney 
Personnel Management, Justice Management Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: Law students and Judicial Law Clerks: Pursuant 
to 28 CFR 0.15(b)(2), the Deputy Attorney General of the United States 
Department of Justice has the responsibility of administering the 
``Attorney General's recruitment program for honor law graduates and 
judicial law clerks.'' This includes the hiring of third-year law 
students and judicial law clerks for full-time employment following 
graduation or completion of a clerkship, and primarily second-year law 
students for summer employment. This program has been in existence for 
47 years, and is considered the Federal Government's premier legal 
recruitment program. The Department of Justice currently hires 
approximately 145 third-year law students/judicial law clerks and 130 
second-year law students each year under these programs. The Department 
of Justice is the largest legal employer in the country. Approximately 
4,500 applications are received for these positions annually. The 
responsibility for running these programs has been delegated by the 
Deputy Attorney General to the Director, Office of Attorney Personnel 
Management (OAPM) pursuant to 28 CFR 0.15(c). OAPM together with other 
Department of Justice representatives who make the ultimate hiring 
determinations have developed these application booklets to distribute 
information on the programs and in turn collect the information they 
consider essential to make an informed hiring decision on legal 
applicants.
    This data collection is the only vehicle for the Department of 
Justice (DOJ) to hire graduating law students. This application form is 
submitted voluntarily, submitted only once a year by students/judicial 
law clerks; and the information sought only relates to the hiring 
criteria established as an internal matter by DOJ personnel.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of responses and the amount of 
time estimated for an average response: 4500 respondents at 1 hour per 
response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 4500 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Robert B. Briggs, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States

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Department of Justice, Information Management and Security Staff, 
Justice Management Division, Suite 1220, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
National Place Building, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
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