Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; New Collection: Criminal Cases in State Courts (CCSC), Previously Posted as Analysis of Publicly Available Court Data (APACD)
| Citation | 85 FR 8325 |
| Record Number | 2020-02842 |
| Published date | 13 February 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Justice Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8325-8326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02842]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection;
eComments Requested; New Collection: Criminal Cases in State Courts
(CCSC), Previously Posted as Analysis of Publicly Available Court Data
(APACD)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection was
previously published, allowing for a 60 day comment period. Seven
comments from the public were received during this period and are
thoroughly addressed in the supporting statement for this collection.
Three comments requested that information on interpreters be added. The
requesters sought data elements reflecting for whom the interpreter was
ordered (defendant, witness, victim), whether the interpreter was
present for all hearings, and the qualifications of the interpreter.
BJS added data elements asking courts to provide whether an interpreter
was ordered for the case and for which party(ies) to the case the
interpreter was ordered. BJS does not expect these changes to impact
the estimated respondent burden.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional
30 day until March 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Suzanne M. Strong, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810
Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:
[email protected]; telephone: 202-616-3666). Written comments
and/or suggestions can also be sent to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed 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
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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: Criminal Cases in State Courts
(CCSC), formerly titled Analysis of Publicly Available Court Data.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: The Data Extraction guide is
CCSC-001. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is
the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: BJS will request complete records from the
statewide and mostly-statewide systems, with separate requests to the
counties not included in the mostly statewide systems. BJS will also
sample counties from the states unable to provide statewide extracts.
The requests will sample with certainty any county with a total
resident population exceeding one million persons. A total of 150
jurisdictions (states or counties) will be included in this effort.
BJS is requesting that the data extracts provided by courts include
all felony and misdemeanor criminal cases disposed of between January 1
and December 31, 2019. BJS is also requesting that the extracts include
defendant demographics; information about charges, disposition, and
sentences. State and local courts can provide the data extract or
extracts in any format.
BJS plans to publish this information in reports and reference it
when responding to queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of
the President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international
organizations, researchers, students, the media, and others interested
in criminal justice statistics.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: BJS will
send a data extraction guide to 150 jurisdictions. The 150
jurisdictions include 36 states (including 10 counties that are not
included in the statewide case management systems) and the District of
Columbia, 23 counties with total populations exceeding 1,000,000
residents, and 79 sampled counties representing the 14 states and
Puerto Rico that cannot provide statewide data. The expected burden
placed on these jurisdictions is about 30 hours per jurisdiction, with
an additional 10 hours to explain any data inconsistencies or questions
of the data collection team.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 6,000 total burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, Suite 3E.405B, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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