COPS Office grantees that are selected for in-depth monitoring of their grant implementation and equipment grantees that report using COPS funds to implement a criminal intelligence system will be required to respond. The Monitoring Information Collections include one type of information collection: the Monitoring Request for Documentation.
Although the 28 C.F.R. Part 23 is no longer in use for the Monitoring Collection, the total burden hours has increased from 320 to 450 hours annually. This is due to the Monitoring Request for Documentation instrument being utilized much more frequently in its place (from 40 respondents to 150 annually, with 3 hours to complete each instrument). The Grants Monitoring Division (GMD) is mandated to provide grantee oversight each fiscal year, and this estimate of 150 grantees is a consistent number of respondents that are required to respond.
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.