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Public comments requested on the revision of a currently approved collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 11, 2023, on the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:

  • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of BJS, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • Evaluate 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
  • Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
  • 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.

Through the NCVS, BJS will collect data on the level and change of criminal victimization both reported and not reported to police in the United States from an estimated 354,831 interviews with respondents age 12 or older living in sampled households.

Date Published: July 13, 2023