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The?Bureau of Justice Statistics 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 whether the information will have practical utility
- the accuracy of the agency?s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of data, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
- whether and how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
- the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.
The?National Prisoner Statistics Program?produces data on the number and characteristics of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities.
For more information on BJS publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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