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