NIBRS Memorandum

MEMORANDUM TO: Melody Braswell

Deputy Clearance Officer

United States Department of Justice

FROM: Kristi L. Donahue

Management and Program Analyst

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

SUBJECT: Revision of a currently approved collection

OMB Number: 1110-0058

Expiration Date: 6/30/17

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Attached is the Information Collection Request (ICR), NIBRS. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is requesting an approval of a new collection and submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The requirements of this collection are prescribed by U.S. Code, Title 28, Section 534, Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointment of Officials, June 11, 1930; Public Law 109-177 (H.R. 3199), March 9, 2006, USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005; and the PL 110-457, Title II, Section 237(a), (b), December 23, 2008, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Reauthorization Act of 2008, Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, April 28, 2009.

The NIBRS technical specifications are a means by which the UCR Program’s participating law enforcement agencies can generate an automated records system to collect data on each single crime occurrence. Following auditing, processing, and conversion, the data are published in the Preliminary Semiannual Report and the following annual publications: Crime in the United States; Hate Crime Statistics; Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted; and National Incident-Based Reporting System. These records are maintained within the FBI UCR Program database.

The following documents are contained in this ICR package:

1. OMB Form 83-I Paperwork Reduction Act Submission

2. Supporting Statement A and B

3. Certification Statement

4. Law or authority mandating the information collection

5. 60-day ICR notice that will be published in the Federal Register

6. 30-day ICR notice that will be published in the Federal Register

If there are any questions concerning this ICR, please contact Ms. Kristi L. Donahue, FBI, Crime Statistics Management Unit, Module E3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; telephone: (304) 625-2972, facsimile: (304) 625-3566, e-mail: <kristi.donahue@ic.fbi.gov>.

Thank you