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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Public comments requested on a proposed update to BJS?s Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)

The?Bureau of Justice Statistics 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 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.

BJS?s Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)?provides detailed information on the characteristics of persons who had contact with police during the year.

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For more information on BJS publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.


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