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OMB Control No: 1121-0269	ICR Reference No: 202501-1121-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202103-1121-002
Agency/Subagency: DOJ/OJP	Agency Tracking No: BJS
Title: 2024 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/19/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2025
Terms of Clearance: OMB requests that BJS continue to monitor the estimated burden hours of 90 minutes using paradata and other methods that would capture any records retrieval activities that would be done offline that potential impact burden. BJS shall summarize the additional monitoring activities in the next ICR renewal request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2028	36 Months From Approved
Responses	350	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	581	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	350	-150	500
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	581	-732	1,313
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The overall burden hours have decreased from 1,312 hours for the 2020 collection to 581 hours for the 2024 collection. More burden hours, including pre- and post-survey time, were estimated for the 2020 CPFFCL because, at that time, the plans were to have each lab in multi-lab systems complete the survey instead of the new approach for the 2024 CPFFCL to have the main lab complete it for the entire multi-lab system. There have also been adjustments to the instrument. The 2024 CPFFCL will allow for needed comparisons of the results and trends with the previous administrations of the CPFFCL, and the proposed instrument has been revised to include modifications to some previous items and new items stemming from expert and methodological reviews, as well as cognitive testing of the survey.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $366,344

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Matthew Durose 2023076119

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