OMB looks forward to learning the results of BJS's efforts to collaborate with the Census Bureau to compare the coverage and quality of their respective lists of prison facilities and how future collaboration may benefit both agencies.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2015
36 Months From Approved
2,200
0
0
550
0
0
0
0
0
The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3732), authorizes BJS to compile data on the operation of correctional facilities at the state and federal levels. This is the 2012 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CSFACF) data collection, fielded every 5-7 years, and will be the eighth in a series. The CSFACF provides information about the characteristics of individual state- and federal-level correctional facilities.
The considerable decrease in burden from 5,100 hours in 2005 (the last time the CSFACF was fielded) to 550 burden hours is attributable to the changes in the proposed data collection. BJS has split the collection into two parts. The CJ-43B requests 10 data elements which were identified by staff at the departments of corrections as requiring little time to report. The 2005 CSFACF requested that respondents report 43 separate data elements, many of which required more time to research and record.
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.