PRA_Request_OLE_11.25.2009_Signed

Supporting Statement

Part A. Justification

1. Necessity of Information Collection

28 C.F.R. § O.22(c) states that the Executive Office for United States Attorneys
shall" Supervise the operation of the Office of Legal Education (OLE) the
Attorney General's Advocacy Institute and the Legal Education Institute, which
shall develop, conduct and authorize the training of all Federal legal personnel."

While OLE's training was initially provided only to Federal personnel, increased
cooperation and collaboration with state, local, and tribal governments created the
need to include members of these groups in some training sessions, creating a
requirement for OMB approval for this information collection.

Forms in this collection include the:

1) Office of Legal Education Nomination Form and
2) Office of Legal Education Confirmation Form (Form OLE-O1)

2. Needs and Uses

The information collected from the Office of Legal Education Nomination/Confirmation Forms will be used to make lodging and travel arrangements for the participant, and obtain emergency contact information.

3. Efforts to Minimize Burden

This information collection is currently disseminated via email and returned to the Office of Legal Education via FAX. Plans are underway to make this information collection available on the Internet, thus reducing the burden on respondents.

4. Efforts to Identify Duplication

This information collection is the only means by which to register for training provided by the Office of Legal Education, as established by 28 C.F.R. § O.22(c).

5. Efforts to Minimize Burden on Small Business

The Office of Legal Education Nomination/Confirmation Forms will have no

impact on small businesses. The services provided are only available to Federal, state, local, and tribal government employees

6. Consequences of Less Frequent Collection OLE's Nomination/Confirmation Forms are used only once per training session to collect information in order to make lodging and travel arrangements for the participant, and to have emergency contact information available.

7. Special Circumstances Influencing Collection

• OLE's Nomination and Confirmation Forms are used only once per training
  session.

• OLE's Policy and Procedures Manual requires that it notify students that have
  been accepted to a course 8 weeks before the course begins, and that those students
  selected must submit their confirmation form) within 4 weeks after the acceptance
  has been sent. There are courses for which OLE can't provide 4 weeks between the
  acceptance and confirmation forms. Those are courses that OLE has to implement
  quickly because of changing priorities that are especially urgent.

• Participants are not required to submit more than one copy of any document.

• Participants are not required to retain records for more than three years.

• There is no information collection in connection with a statistical survey.

• The form does not require the use of any statistical collection.

• The Office of Legal Education Nomination Form does not include a pledge of
  confidentiality. However, all information on the form is collected in accordance
  with the Privacy Act. Any release of information will conform to the stipulations
  of the Privacy Act Authorization for Release of Information.

• The Office of Legal Education Nomination Form does not require the participants
  to submit proprietary trade secrets.

8. Reasons for Inconsistencies with the 5 CFR 1320.6 There are no inconsistencies with this regulation. Public notices have been published in the Federal Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirement. No comments were received.

9. Payment or Gift to Participants No payment or gift will be provided to participants for completing this form.

10. Assurance of Confidentiality All information on this form is collected in accordance with the Privacy Act. Any release of information will conform to the stipulations of the Privacy Act Authorization for Release of Information. Only those who are required to review and process the form will have access to the form.

11. Justification for Sensitive Questions

The Office of Legal Education Nomination/Confirmation Forms do not include any questions of a sensitive nature.

12. Estimate of Hour Burden

OLE estimates that no more than 1,500 non-federal trainees will complete the nomination form each year at an hour burden of.05 hours (3 minutes) per respondent. This form is completed one time for each training session that the respondent would like to attend.

1,500 respondents * .05 hours per respondent = 75 burden hours.

This estimate is based on our history of collecting this information from Federal employees and a brief survey of staff members.

OLE estimates that no more than 1,500 non-federal trainees will complete the confirmation form each year at an hour burden of.05 hours (3 minutes) per respondent. This form is completed one time for each training session that the respondent would like to attend.

1,500 respondents * .05 hours per respondent = 75 burden hours.

This estimate is based on our history of collecting this information from Federal employees and a brief survey of staff members.

13. Estimate of Cost Burden

OLE estimates the cost burden to respondents to be $0 per response. The amount of personal time required to compete these forms is negligible.

14. Estimated Annualized Cost to Federal Government

OLE estimates the annualized cost to the government to be $60,000. This cost estimate is based on the cost of support staff to provide administrative processing of the training requests.

15. Reasons for Program Changes

OLE's training mission has expanded to include non-Federal participants from

State, local, and tribal governments.

16. Plans for Publication

The information collected on these forms will not be published.

17. Expiration Date Approval

Not applicable.

18. Exceptions to Certification Statement

There are no exceptions to Item 19 of OMB Form 83-1.

Part B. Statistical Methods

We will not employ statistical methods in this information collection

PAPERWORK CERTIFICATION

In submitting this request for OMB approval, I certify that the requirements of the Privacy Act and OMB directives have been compiled with including paperwork regulations, statistical standards for directives, and any other information policy directives promulgated under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Paul W. Suddes Executive Officer Office of Legal Education Executive Office for United States Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice Date: November 25, 2009