Under the Violent Crime and Control
Act of 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office requires
programmatic progress reports from active COPS grantees in order to
monitor each program, project or activity funded by the COPS
Office.
This change in burden is a
result of combining the following two collections: COPS Non-Hiring
Progress Report (1103-0102) and COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP)
Progress Report (1103-0106). In addition, the COPS Office
established an office-wide initiative in FY11 to enhance the
integration of the community policing principles into its grant
programs. One of these enhancements includes requiring hiring grant
applicants to complete a more comprehensive community policing plan
that incorporates a problem-solving component asking applicants to
specify crime issues that they will target with hiring funding.
Once the awards have been made, grantees are held accountable for
the community policing plans identified in their applications.
Therefore, additional questions have been added to the Progress
Reports FY11 Hiring grantees as a result of this office-wide
initiative. Because the FY11 grantees represent such a small
portion of the total number of respondents, the total burden was
not impacted significantly. Therefore, this collection now reflects
the burden of Progress Reports for both hiring and non-hiring
grants.
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.