OMB notes that the supporting statement explains that the agency intends to use a generic clearance request in 2018 to conduct a pilot test for the revised Probation and Parole surveys. OMB requests that the request for a pilot test be submitted as change request and not a generic.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2017
506
0
521
716
0
778
0
0
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks approval to continue its Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP) for the 2017-2019 data collection period. These establishment surveys provide BJS with the capacity to report annually on changes in the size and composition of the community corrections populations in the United States. The surveys also track key outcomes of offenders on probation or parole, such as completion of supervision terms and return to incarceration (or recidivism). Data are collected from the known universe of probation and parole supervising agencies, using central reporters wherever possible to minimize burden the public. The ASPP provides the only national level, regularly collected, data on the community corrections populations, and, as such, they inform this key stage of the criminal justice process.
PL:
Pub.L. 90 - 351 301
Name of Law: The Omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968
The estimated total burden for the 2017 ASPP is 716 hours. This is a decrease of 70 hours compared with the burden approved by OMB in 2014. The change is the result of two modifications.
1) A reduction of approximately 60 hours was achieved by the deletion of the three questions used in the 2014 and 2015 ASPP to assess coverage of the probation agency frame.
2) A net reduction of 10 hours of burden due to changes in the number of probation agencies asked to participate.
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 CJ-7 Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole
Attachments.pdf
ASPP2017 Supporting Statement Part B.docx
Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole