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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Mon, Dec 1 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The 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. The 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 January 30, 2009. 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 proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Katrina Baum, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531, or facsimile (202) 3071463.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and af

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Mon, Dec 1 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The 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. 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 73, Number 186, page 55134 on September 24, 2008, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until December 31, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attent

Office for Victims of Crime; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Thu, Nov 20 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 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. 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 73, Number 180, page 53444 on September 16, 2008, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until December 22, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Hearing of the Review Panel on Prison Rape

Mon, Nov 3 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel) will hold a hearing in Culpeper, Virginia on November 14, 2008. The hearing time and location are noted below.The purpose of the hearing is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of rape in county jails, and the characteristics of U.S. jails with the highest and lowest incidence of rape, based on an anonymous survey by BJS of inmates in a representative sample of jails. On June 25, 2008, BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007. The report provides a listing of local jails grouped according to the prevalence of reported sexual victimization, and it formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which facilities would be the subject of testimony.

Agency Information Collection Activities: New Information Collection, Comments Requested

Tue, Oct 14 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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. 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 73, Number 150, page 45245 on August 4, 2008, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until November 13, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

The proposed information collection is available online at http:// www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/niaa.htm.

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Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice

Mon, Oct 6 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is announcing the fall meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ), which will be held in San Diego, CA October 1921, 2008.

Dates and Locations: The meeting will be held at the Courtyard Marriot San DiegoOld Town, 2345 Jefferson Street, San Diego, CA 92110 at the following times: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 4 to 5:15 p.m,; Monday, October 20, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1:45 to 5:30 p.m; and Tuesday, October 20, 2008; 8 to 11 a.m.. The meeting is open to the public. On Sunday, October 19th, there will be a meeting of the FACJJ steering subcommittee from 5:30 to 8 p.m. that will be open to the public. However, the FACJJ subcommittee and work group meetings scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 2008 from 3 to 4 p.m. and on Monday, October 20, 2008 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m are closed to the public.

Meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board

Fri, Sep 26 2008 11:00:00 GMT

This is an announcement of a meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board to review applications for the 20072008 Medal of Valor Awards and to discuss upcoming activities. The meeting time and location are located below.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Wed, Sep 24 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics will be submtting 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. The 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 November 24, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and af

Hearing of the Review Panel on Prison Rape

Tue, Sep 23 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel), will hold hearings in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2008, and in Washington, DC, on September 30 and October 1, 2008. The hearing times and location are noted below. The purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of prison rape, and prison and prison systems with the highest and lowest incidence of prison rape. On June 25, 2008, BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007. The report provides a listing of local jails ranked according to the prevalence of sexual victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which facilities would be the subject of testimony.

Meeting of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Federal Advisory

Mon, Sep 22 2008 11:00:00 GMT

This is an announcement of a meeting of DOJ's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Federal Advisory Committee (GAC) to discuss the Global Initiative, as described at http:// www.it.ojp.gov/global.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Tue, Sep 16 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 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. The 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 November 17, 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 proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact DeLano Foster (202) 6163612, Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencie

Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comment Requested

Thu, Aug 28 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will be submitting the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 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 published in the Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122, page 3571235714 on June 24, 2008, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments until September 29, 2008. This process is in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, D

Hearing of the Review Panel on Prison Rape

Tue, Aug 19 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces that the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel), will hold hearings in Orlando, Florida on August 27, 2008, Washington, DC, on September 1011, 2008, Springfield, Massachusetts on September 2425, 2008 and again in Washington, DC, on September 30 and October 1, 2008. The hearing times and location are noted below. The purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of prison rape, and prison and prison systems with the highest and lowest incidence of prison rape. On June 25, 2008, BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in Local Jails Reported by Inmates, 2007. The report provides a listing of local jails ranked according to the prevalence of sexual victimization, and formed the basis of the Panel's decision about which facilities would be the subject of testimony.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Mon, Aug 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice, 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
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Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume, 73, Number 108, page 31883 on June 4, 2008, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment until September 10, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Proposed Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protective Ensemble Standards for Law Enforcement and

Mon, Aug 11 2008 11:00:00 GMT

In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice will make available to the general public two draft documents: (1) A draft standard entitled, ``CBRN Protective Ensemble Standard for Law Enforcement'' and (2) a draft companion document entitled, ``NIJ CBRN Protective Ensemble Certification Program Requirements''.

The opportunity to provide comments on these two documents is open to industry technical representatives, public safety agencies and organizations, research, development and scientific communities, and all other stakeholders and interested parties.

Those individuals wishing to provide comments on the draft documents under consideration are directed to the following Web site: http://www.justnet.org.

Criminal Intelligence Systems Operating Policies

Thu, Jul 31 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs is publishing this proposed rule to amend its regulations that govern the operating policies of criminal intelligence systems that receive federal funding under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (``Crime Control Act''). The regulations were issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3789(g), which requires that ``criminal intelligence systems'' receiving Crime Control Act support must collect, maintain, and disseminate criminal intelligence information ``in conformance with policy standards which are prescribed by the Office of Justice Programs.'' The statute specifies that the policy standards must be written to assure that the funding and operation of the systems further the purpose of the funding provisions and assure that such systems ``are not utilized in violation of the privacy and constitutional rights of individuals.'' The existing regulations were last revised in 1993 and the purpose of the revisions proposed in this document is to cl

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program

Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice proposes this rule to amend the regulation that implements the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act and associated or related statutes. Generally speaking, these laws provide financial support to certain public safety officers, or their survivors and families, when such officers die, or become permanently and totally disabled, as a result of lineofduty injuries, or when they die of heart attacks or strokes sustained within statutorilyspecified timeframes of engaging or participating in certain lineofduty activity. The proposed rule would amend the implementing regulation to reflect internal agency policy and practice, recent statutory enactments and court decisions, and to make certain technical changes, in order to keep the regulations comprehensive and current.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Tue, Jul 8 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. If granted, the emergency approval is only valid for 180 days. Comments should be directed to OMB, Office of Information and Regulation Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until September 8, 2008.

During the first 60 days of this same review period, a regular review of this information collection is also being undertaken. All comments and suggestions, or questions regarding additional information, to include obtaining a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, should be directed to

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Tue, Jun 24 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will be
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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. The 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 August 25, 2008. This process is 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 proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Lauren E. Glaze, Statistician (202) 305 9628, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Request written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the propo

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Wed, Jun 4 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The 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. The 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 August 4, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

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: Brian Reaves, (202) 6163287, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 or
Brian.Reaves@usdoj.gov.

Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Mon, Mar 24 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (Bureau of Justice Assistance) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval has been requested by September 2003.

The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected areas. Comments should be directed to OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer (202) 3956466, Washington, DC 20503.

All comments, and suggestions, or questions regarding additional information, to include obtaining a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, should be directed to M. Berry at (202) 3538643, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, 810 Seventh Street, Room 4223, Washington, DC 20531.

Written comments and suggestions f

Meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice

Wed, Mar 19 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is announcing the Spring meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ), which will be held in Washington, DC, April 6 to 8, 2008.

Dates and Locations: The meeting times and locations are as follows: 1. Sunday, April 6, 2008, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005.

2. Monday, April 7, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Office of Justice Programs, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

3. Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Office of Justice Programs, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Hearing of the Review Panel on Prison Rape

Tue, Feb 19 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announces the second and third hearings of the Review Panel on Prison Rape (Panel), which will be held in Washington, DC, on March 1114, 2008, and in Houston, Texas on March 2728, 2008. The hearing times and location are noted below. The purpose of the hearings is to assist the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in identifying common characteristics of victims and perpetrators of prison rape, and prison systems with the highest and lowest incidence of prison rape. On December 16, 2007, BJS issued the report Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007. The report presents data from the National Inmate Survey, 2007 conducted in 146 state and federal prisons. The report provides a listing of state and federal prisons ranked according to the incidence of prison rape as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Panel is required to conduct separate public hearings on the operations of the three prisons with the highe

Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comment Requested

Wed, Feb 13 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Prison Population Reports: Midyear Population Counts and Summary of Sentenced Population MovementNational Prisoner Statistics.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will be submitting the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 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 published in the Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234, page 6890068901 on December 6, 2007, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments until March 14, 2008. This process is in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to The Office of Ma

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Requested

Thu, Jan 31 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
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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 60day 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 Instit

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Fri, Jan 18 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 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. 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 210, pages 61680961681 on October 31, 2007, allowing for a 60day comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until February 19, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Meeting of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Federal Advisory

Fri, Jan 18 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Thu, Jan 17 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The 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. 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 208, pages 6118461185 on October 29, 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 19, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested

Thu, Jan 17 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Justice Assistance Application Form: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 March 17, 2008. If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact M. Berry at 202 3538643 or 18668592687, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information should address one or mo