DOJ has updated
the supporting statement to calculate the costs to the government
and to address inconsistencies between the ROCIS worksheet and the
supporting statement.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2010
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2007
5,000
0
6,500
10,000
0
6,000
0
0
0
The purpose of the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership (BVP) Program is to help protect the lives of law
enforcement officers by helping states and units of local and
tribal governments within their officers with armor vests. An
applicant may request funds to help purchase one vest per officer
per fiscal year. Federal payment covers up to 50 percent of each
jurdiction's local costs. This program is administered in
accordance with 12 USC 3976ii et.seq.
US Code:
42
USC 3976ii Name of Law: Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act
1998
This information collection was
previously approved incorrectly in 2003 for 6000 burden hours.
Based on the previously submitted supporting statement, the total
burden hours should have been 8,000 (based on the calculations
below): Respondents: 1500 new + 5000 existing = 6,500 Number of
applications per respondent: 1 Burden: 1500 new respondents x 2
hours per application = 3,000 hours 5000 existing respondents x 1
hour per application = 5,000 hours Total Burden hours: 8,000. Also,
the total number of respondents was over estimated in 2003. The
total number of respondents should be 5,000. It has been determined
that each respondent (new or existing) completes an application in
approximately 2 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.