Request for 3 month Waiver of Expiration Date

u.s. Department

of Justice

Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Washington, D.C 20531
MEMORANDUM

TO:

Robert G. Sivinski

Office of Statistical and Science Policy
Office of Management and Budget
THROUGH: Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D.
Director

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Bureau of Justice Statistics
FROM:

Grace Kena
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Acting Chief, Victimiz~nit
Bureau of Justice Statistics

SUBJECT:

Request to temporarily waive requirement to print current OMB expiration date

DATE:

February 5, 2019

BJS respectfully requests a short-term, three-month waiver of the requirement to include the
OMB expiration date on the National Crime Victimization Survey (Survey) questionnaire and
pre-contact letter sent to sampled households. The waiver will enable the survey to remain in the

field without interruption while the survey's clearance submission is under review by OMB.
Survey materials for distribution in March, April, and May under the new expiration date must
be prepared and disseminated to the field offices in early February in order to ensure that there
will be no interruptions in survey operations. The new OMB expiration date will not be known at
that point.
If there are any questions concerning this request, please contact Grace Kena, Acting Chief,
Victimization Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at (202) 305-2549 or by email at
Grace.Kena@ojp.usdoj.gov.