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Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension and Update of BJS Data Collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 4, 2020, on the proposed extension and update of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of BJS Data Collection: Annual Survey of Jails

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 27, 2020, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: Annual Survey of Jails. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of BJS Data Collection: National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until January 31, 2020, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P). Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension and Update of the Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement - National Prisoner Statistics

BJS encourages comments for 30 days until October 16, 2019, on a proposed update to a currently approved data collection: 2020 Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS). Your comments to BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy...

Public Comments Requested on a Proposed Update to the 2020 Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until October 18, 2019, on the proposed extension and update of a currently approved data collection: Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement - National Prisoner Statistics. Your comments to BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including...