It is essential
that the FBI comprehensively implement, assess and improve its
estimation and imputation routines for all of the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) components, including the ASR Arrest data, to
ensure conformance with modern statistical practice and to make
most effective use of partial-report data provided by participating
agencies. As it promotes participation in the National
Incident-Based Reporting System, the FBI must also more thoroughly
document existing nonresponse and partial response in UCR series
and examine barriers to fuller, voluntary response by law
enforcement agencies. As conditions of this clearance, the FBI
should (1) ensure that the Data Declarations and supporting text
for the arrest tables in Crime in the United States, particularly
the Table 29 national estimates, accurately describe which
agencies arrest data are used in calculating reported totals and
how data from partial-year respondents are handled; (2) include
tabulations of numbers of months that ASR arrest data are reported
by, at least, the city/county-population size groups currently
reported in Crime in the United States Table 31 in the Methodology
section of future Crime in the United States releases; and (3)
report to OMB by May 2013 plans for improving the estimation and
imputation procedures for the ASR arrest data collection and plans
for securing fuller participation by agencies that are chronic
nonreporters or partial reporters to the ASR arrest data
collection.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2012
434,592
0
425,712
97,783
0
95,785
0
0
0
Forms 1-708 and 1-708a are used to
collect age, sex, and race of persons arrested from law enforcement
agencies. Following auditing and processing, the data are published
annually in Crime in the United States and in the Age-Specific and
Race-Specific publication.
US Code:
28
USC 534 Name of Law: Acquistion, Preservation, and Exchange of
Identification Records; Appointment of Officials
The increase is due to the
increase in the number of participating law enforcement
agencies.
$461,060
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patricia Faulkner 304
625-2000
No
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.