Approval is
granted in concept for the information collection entitled,
"Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile
Offenders: Site Coordinator Telephone Interview," through December
2000 once the agency addresses the following issues: 1. The census
taken of the Site Coordinators cannot be guaranteed to yield a 100%
response rate, therefore statistical methods must be used to make
inferences to the entire population. As indicated in the
instructions, this survey must use estimation procedures to make
generalizations about the entire population. Please discuss the
procedure with which the agency plans to generalize the findings to
the population of interest. The agency must also fully describe the
respondent universe. 2. Methods to maximize response rates and deal
with issues of non-response must be described. It is recommended
that the agency revise its methods to maximize response rates to
include the use of individually addressed pre-notification letters
signed by a high-ranking Department of Justice official that
provides motivation to the respondents to return the survey,
follow-up card/letters, telephone follow-ups, and re-sending
surveys in order to increase the response rate to the required 80%
or higher. After revising these methods, the agency must then
re-calculate the expected response rate for the collection and
indicate the acceptable amount of sampling error. OMB requests that
the agency address these issues in a written response no later than
2 weeks before the anticipated data collection. OMB reserves the
right to request amendments and/or deletions based on the results
of the agency's response.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2000
10/31/2000
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This telephone interview will provide
information on the different processes by which communities have
adapted the Comprehensive Strategy initiative within their sate and
the challenges, critical success factors, key participants, and
training activities in each site.
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.