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and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Currently, BJS anticipates the need to
conduct testing and development work
on at least ten (10) statistical projects,
including the collection of
administrative data from courts, law
enforcement agencies, state criminal
history repositories, social and victim
services agencies, and local jails, a selfreport survey of prison inmates, and
establishment surveys of law
enforcement agencies and corrections
departments.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection described above. If you have
comments—especially on the estimated
public burden—suggestions, or need
additional information about the
proposed information collection, please
contact Erica Smith, Statistician, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St.
NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are requested on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
• The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
• Overview of this information
collection:
(1) Type of information collection:
New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BJS
Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot,
and Field Test Studies.

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(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Office of Justice Programs, Department
of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract. Administrators or staff of state
and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals;
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: Specific estimates of the
number of respondents and the average
response time are not known for
development work covered under a
generic clearance. Estimates of overall
burden for the ten (10) identified
projects referenced above, as well as for
other data collection projects that may
benefit from development work under
this clearance, are included in item 6
below.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 12,340 hours.
If additional information is required,
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E–508,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies
for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data
Collection Activities
60-day notice of information
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The Department of Justice (DOJ),
Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau
of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
generic information collection clearance
that will allow BJS to conduct a variety
of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
BJS will submit the request for review
and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed notice of information
collection is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until
November 13, 2012. This process is in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Over the next three years, BJS
anticipates undertaking a variety of new
surveys and data collections, as well as
reassessing ongoing statistical projects,
across a number of areas of criminal
justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Currently, BJS anticipates the need to
conduct testing and development work
on at least ten (10) statistical projects,
including the collection of
administrative data from courts, law
enforcement agencies, state criminal
history repositories, social and victim
services agencies, and local jails, a selfreport survey of prison inmates, and
establishment surveys of law

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enforcement agencies and corrections
departments.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics is soliciting
public comment on the information
collection described above. If you have
comments—especially on the estimated
public burden— suggestions, or need
additional information about the
proposed information collection, please
contact Erica Smith, Statistician, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St.
NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information are requested on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
• The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g. permitting electronic submission of
responses.
• Overview of this information
collection:
(1) Type of information collection:
New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: BJS
Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot,
and Field Test Studies.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Office of Justice Programs, Department
of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Administrators or staff of state
and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals; and
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: Specific estimates of the
number of respondents and the average
response time are not known for

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development work covered under a
generic clearance. Estimates of overall
burden for the ten (10) identified
projects referenced above, as well as for
other data collection projects that may
benefit from development work under
this clearance, are included in item 6
below.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 12,340 hours.
If additional information is required,
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E–508,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012–22614 Filed 9–13–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
YouthBuild Impact Evaluation, Youth
Follow-Up Surveys
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)
sponsored information collection
request (ICR) proposal titled,
‘‘YouthBuild Impact Evaluation, Youth
Follow-Up Surveys,’’ to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval for use in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before
October 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, on the day
following publication of this notice or
by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not
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a toll-free number) or sending an email
to [email protected].
Submit comments about this request
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for DOL–ETA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503, Fax: 202–395–6881 (this is not a
toll-free number), email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free
number) or by email at
[email protected].
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

YouthBuild is a youth and community
development program addressing
several core issues facing low-income
communities: Available housing, youth
education, employment, and criminal
behavior. The program primarily serves
high school dropouts and focuses on
helping them attain a high school
diploma or general educational
development and teaching them
construction skills geared toward career
placement. The YouthBuild Impact
Evaluation will measure core program
outcomes including educational
attainment, postsecondary planning,
employment, earnings, delinquency and
involvement with the criminal justice
system, and social and emotional
development. The evaluation represents
an important opportunity for the DOL to
add to the growing body of knowledge
about the impacts of so-called second
chance programs for youth who have
dropped out of high school. Data for the
study is being collected from
YouthBuild grantees and from study
participants through several information
collections. In this ICR, the ETA seeks
OMB approval for three follow-up
surveys with youth who were randomly
assigned in the 83 sites to either a
treatment group or control group during
earlier aspects of this ongoing
experimental evaluation. The surveys
will be fielded 12, 30, and 48 months
after random assignment.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the
collection of information does not

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