OMB Control Number: 0648-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/2022
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0648-XXXX. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately two (2) hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to NMFS OLE, Cooperative Enforcement Program, Robyn Holloway, at Robin.Holloway@noaa.gov.
CEP/SURVEY OF THE NEEDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Trained Personnel—Shortages
Is this partner agency currently fully staffed with law enforcement officers (LEOs)? If No, please estimate the number of additional LEOs the agency requires to achieve full capacity.
Answer will be yes or no + a number or 0
Is this partner agency able to work at full capacity under the Cooperative Enforcement Program’s (CEP) Joint Enforcement Agreement (JEA)? If no, please explain the agency’s challenges.
Answer will be yes or no + free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
How can OLE assist a partner agency experiencing staffing shortages?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
Maintaining Maritime Domain Awareness
What enforcement activities does this partner agency currently perform to support the Maritime Domain Awareness Plan (MDA)?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?) OR see the following options (defined in the MDA itself)
Information gathering
Information sharing
Information development
Collaborating with other states/territories to make commercial and recreational registration data collected consistent
How does this partner agency envision supporting MDA?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
How can NOAA OLE assist with supporting more work under the MDA?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
FORMALIZED AGREEMENTS with Other Federal LE Agencies
Is this agency pursuing law enforcement agreements with other federal agencies outside of NOAA OLE? If yes, please identify those agencies and their specific offices or programs:
Answer will be yes or no and free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
Has the agency entered into law enforcement agreements with other federal agencies outside of NOAA OLE? If yes, please identify those agencies and their specific offices or programs:
Answer will be yes or no and free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
How can NOAA OLE assist with entering into law enforcement agreements with other federal agencies?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
ACCESS TO TOOLS—Advanced Technology
List the top five advanced technology equipment of interest to the agency:
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
List the top five high technology systems of interest to the agency:
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
What is the barrier or prohibition to acquiring that technology (access/cost)?
Answer options:
No nexus to Joint Enforcement Agreement (JEA) execution priorities
Prohibited equipment under the CEP Manual (NOAA OLE policy)
Cannot perform enough work under a priority to justify the expense
Statutory exclusions for use of equipment (think pole cameras, drones)
Too expensive; will exclude other equipment needed to support JEA
Other: (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
How can NOAA OLE assist with access to advanced technology?
Answer will be free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
OTHER ISSUES
Identify challenges to the partner agency’s capacity to perform work under its annual JEA that were not previously addressed. For the following categories, identify challenges, if any, the agency encounters with:
Answers will be in free text (QUESTION: Limit number of words?):
Funding
Capacity
Equipment
Knowledge or data sharing
Communications between federal agencies
How can NOAA OLE assist the agency with other issues? (QUESTION: Limit number of words?)
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CEP/SURVEY OF THE NEEDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
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| Author | Robyn Holloway |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2022-05-04 |