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clearance in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This

proposed information is published to

obtain comments from the public and

affected agencies. Comments are

encouraged and will be accepted until

April 23, 2001.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions or

additional information, please contact

Mr. Frank L. Sapienza, Chief, Drug and

Chemical Evaluation Section, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, U.S. Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20537,

telephone (202) 307–7183.

Written comments and 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 This Information

1. Type of information collection:

Extension of a currently approved

collection.

2. The title of the form/collection:

Application for Procurement for

Controlled Substances.

3. The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

Form number: DEA Form 250.

Applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection:

Office of Diversion Control, Drug

Enforcement Administration, U.S.

Department of Justice.

4. Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: None.

Abstract: Title 21, CFR 1303.12(b),

requires that U.S. companies who desire

to use any basic class of controlled

substances listed in Schedule I or II for

purposes of manufacturing during the

next calendar year, shall apply on DEA

Form 250 for a procurement quota for

such class.

5. An estimate of the total number of

respondents, responses and the amount

of time estimated for an average

respondent to respond/reply: 243

respondents, 807 responses, one hour

per response. A respondent may submit

multiple responses. A respondent will

take an estimate of one hour to complete

each form.

6. An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 807 annual burden hours.

Public comments on this proposed

information collection are strongly

encouraged.

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, National Place Building, 1331

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1220,

Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

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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: Reinstatement, without

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Census of Juveniles in Residential

Placement

The Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice

Assistance, has submitted the following

information collection request 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 for ‘‘sixty days’’ until

April 23, 2001.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions or

additional information, please contact

Ellen Wesley, 202–616–3558, Office of

Budget and Management Services,

Office of Justice Programs, U.S.

Department of Justice, 810 7th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Request written comments and

suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information. Your

comments 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 or the

agency 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.

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

Joseph Moone, Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention 810

Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC

20531. If you have additional

comments, suggestions, or need a copy

of the proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Joseph Moone, 202–6161–3643, Office

of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, Office of Justice Programs,

U.S. Department of Justice, 810 Seventh

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Overview of This Information

Collection

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Reinstatement, without change, of a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Census of Juveniles in Residential

Placement.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form: CJ–14 Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

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(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract; primary: Public and private

juvenile detention, correctional, shelter,

facilities. Other: None.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: The total number of

respondents is 3,500 at an average of 4

hours to respond.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: The estimated total burden

hours is 11,142.

If additional information is required

contact; Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, Deputy

Clearance Office, 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: February 13, 2001.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United

States Department of Justice.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Corrections

Solicitation for a Cooperative

Agreement—improving Community

Responses to Women Offenders;

Training and Technical Assistance to

Three Local Jurisdictions

AGENCY: National Institute of

Corrections, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Solicitation for a cooperative

agreement.

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice

(DOJ), National Institute of Corrections

(NIC), announces the availability of

funds in FY 2001 for a cooperative

agreement to fund the Project

‘‘Improving Community Responses to

Women Offenders; Training and

Technical Assistance to Three Local

Jurisdictions.’’ NIC will award one

cooperative agreement to provide

intensive assistance (site coordination,

training and technical assistance) to

three local jurisdictions interested in

developing policies and practices that

increase the rates of successful

completion of community supervision

for women who are pretrial defendants

or sentenced offenders. NIC commits to

providing assistance for two full years to

each of the three jurisdictions selected

in the current fiscal year (FY 2001). Up

to $200,000 is available for the first

twelve months of the two-year project.

Based on successful provision of

services in the first project period, a

continuation award will be made to the

successful applicant for this solicitation

for the second year. Two hundred

thousand is budgeted in FY 2002 for the

second twelve-month phase of the

project.

This solicitation is for the

organization that will work with NIC to

deliver services to three jurisdictions.

There will be a separate program

announcement to which local

jurisdictions will respond and apply for

participation in the two-year project.

A cooperative agreement is a form of

assistance relationship through which

the National Institute of Corrections is

substantially involved during the

performance of the award. An award is

made to an organization that will, in

concert with the Institute, meet the

objectives of the solicitation. No funds

are transferred to state or local

governments.

NIC Experience: For ten years the NIC

Community Corrections Division has

worked with jurisdictions to increase

the success of women offenders

supervised in the community through

the Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders (ISWO) Project. The thirteen

jurisdictions that have participated in

the ISWO include counties and states,

both urban and rural, ranging in

population from under 200,000 to over

five million. The goals of these projects

were to work collaboratively with sites

to (1) develop sound information on

current sentencing practices and the

risk, needs and life circumstances of the

women offenders; and (2) use the

information and experience of policy

team member to develop policies and

concrete action steps for

implementation of desired changes in

the ranges of intermediate sanctions

targeted for women offenders in the

thirteen jurisdictions.

NIC worked with jurisdictions to

accomplish these goals through a

systems planning process with two

critical characteristics: it was

undertaken by a team of policy officials

from the criminal justice system, human

services, and the community; and it was

supported by analysis of information

about women offenders and the criminal

justice practices and programs, from

arrest through sentencing and

disposition, which affect them. As

jurisdictions engaged the work, it

became clear that few had any

significant data on women offenders in

the community, and most jurisdictions

were making decisions about them

based on untested assumptions and

anecdotal evidence. While the sites

varied in their ability and willingness to

fully engage in policy development in a

systems context, they all reaped benefits

from their work (e.g., increased the

number and type of intermediate

sanctions for women offenders,

improved the gender-responsiveness of

existing options, provided extensive

training on women offenders, and

greatly increased the system’s

understanding of the needs of women

offenders).

In the last four years of the ISWO

project, NIC focused on local

jurisdictions with populations of over

500,000. The intent was to test whether

NIC assistance could improve

sanctioning responses for significant

numbers of women. As a result of this

last cycle, NIC also chose to focus more

attention on early (pre-trial) decisions

regarding women defendants and on the

roles of jails, courts, pretrial services,

probation and human/community

services in providing better information

and more effective options at the front

end of the system. The last three

jurisdictions were Cook County, IL;

Hampden County, MA; and Hamilton

County,OH. A draft report titled,

Intermediate Sanctions for Women

Offenders; Project Overview and

Analysis 1991–1999, provides a more

complete history of the project. It is

available in draft form from the NIC

Information Center, telephone: 1–800–

877–1461. Request Accession #15530.

Project Premises: The current

solicitation is based on (1) NIC’s

experience with the ISWO and its

evolution to a local system project

focused on both early decision points

and development of more purposeful

pretrial and sentencing options; and (2)

the following premises regarding the

need for assistance to improve

community responses to women in the

criminal justice system:

• Women commit largely non-violent,

property and drug offenses and are good

candidates for managing their risk to

public safety in the community. They

are at high risk of reoffending for ‘‘low

stakes’’ crimes. They receive little

effective treatment during early

experiences of involvement with the

criminal justice system.

• It is reasonable to expect that the

design of criminal justice system

responses for women will continue to

hold them accountable for their offenses

while improving their chances of

success under community supervision.

• Mandatory sentencing for nonviolent, drug offenses has resulted in

large numbers of women serving longer

periods of time in correctional facilities.