OMB looks forward to receiving a report in one year from BJS regarding its progress in addressing differences in the collection of race and ethnicity data across corrections collections, as discussed in the "Q&A" document included herein. We understand that the rate of progress is dependent on funding in FY 2010, but request a one year report nonetheless.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2009
51
0
42
2,254
0
2,298
0
0
0
The National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) is the only national data collection furnishing annual individual-level information for State prisoners admitted or released during the year, those in custody at year-end, and persons discharged from parole supervision. The NCRP collects data on sentencing, time served in prison and on parole, offense, admission/release type and demographic information. BJS, the Congress, researchers and criminal justice practitioners use these data to describe annual movements of adult offenders through State correctional system. Providers of the data are personnel in State Departments of
US Code:
42 USC 3711
Name of Law: Omnibus Crime Control & Safe Streets Act of 1968
The previous estimate of respondent burden (2,298 hours) was partly based on the expected participation and receipt of manually-completed forms from 2 states for report year 2006. Both states have been converted to ADP respondents, leaving no manually reporting respondents for year 2009, and contributing to a net decrease in burden hours for report year 2009. All responses for 2009 and beyond are expected to be ADP submissions.
The estimate of burden hours for report year 2009 was also affected by the recognition that prison admission (NCRP-1A) and prison release data (NCRP-1B) generally reside in the same database, but parole release data (NCRP-1C) require running a separate computer extraction program. Further, not every state that provides NCRP-1A and NCRP-1B data has been providing data for NCRP-1C. (Previous burden estimates have always included separate burden hour estimates for yearend prison population data, NCRP-1D, to reflect that these data reside in a separate database.) Accurate accounting of the time required to provide prisoner admission and release records, separate from parole release records, coupled with the recognition that previous burden estimates included time for writing computer programs to extract data, when in fact, current respondents were writing programs once and re-running them in subsequent years, further contributed to a net decrease in estimated burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form NCRP-1A National Corrections Reporting Program
NCRPQuestions and Answers.docx
NCRP_2009_OMB_Supporting_Statement_7-22-09[1].doc
National Corrections Reporting Program