Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities

OMB 1121-0339

Request for a 3-year renewal to a generic clearance for the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) that will allow it to develop, test, and improve its survey and data collection instruments and methodologies. The procedures utilized to this effect include, but are not limited to, tests of various types of survey and data collection operations, focus groups, cognitive laboratory activities, pilot testing, field testing, exploratory interviews, experiments with questionnaire design, and usability testing of electronic data collection instruments.

The latest form for Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities expires 2022-04-30 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) R&D Form and Instruction
2024 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL) frame building Form and Instruction
Census of State Courts (CSC) Frame Building Form
Form CJ-LP Law Enforcement Agency Pulse (LEAP) survey Form and Instruction
Feasibility Study for the Correctional Officer Stressors and Suicide (COSS) Form and Instruction
Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) Cognitive Testing Form and Instruction
Form CJ-3 2024 Census of Jails (COJ) frame verification Form and Instruction
2024 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF) Frame Update Form
Form CMEC-1 Cognitive Interviews for 2023 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices Form and Instruction
Test the Ability of Law Enforcement Agencies to Report on Revised Race and Ethnicity Categories Form and Instruction
Cognitive testing for the 2023 Survey of Sexual Victimization Form and Instruction
National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP) Cognitive Test Form and Instruction
Pilot Study for the Local Jails Reporting Program Form and Instruction
Pretest Revised Survey of Inmates in Local Jails Form and Instruction
Survey of Public Defenders Pilot Testing Form and Instruction
Form CJ-52 Cognitive Interviewing for 2022 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies Form and Instruction
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4J) - Jails Outreach Form and Instruction
Cognitive interviewing for the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) supplement survey Form and Instruction
Gen IC Nonsubstantive Change to increase burden.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
Generic Clearance 30 Day Vol 87 p 10242 Feb 23 2022.pdf Supplementary Document
Generic Clearance 60 Day Notice Vol 86 p. 72630 12_22_21.pdf Supplementary Document
2022 Part_A_Generic_Clearance_final.docx Supporting Statement A
34 USC 10132 Bureau of Justice Statistics.htm Supplementary Document
2022 Part_B_Generic_Clearance_final.docx Supporting Statement B
Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) R&D Form and Instruction
2024 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories (CPFFCL) frame building Form and Instruction
Census of State Courts (CSC) Frame Building Form
Law Enforcement Agency Pulse (LEAP) survey Form and Instruction
Feasibility Study for the Correctional Officer Stressors and Suicide (COSS) Form and Instruction
Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) Cognitive Testing Form and Instruction
2024 Census of Jails (COJ) frame verification Form and Instruction
2024 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF) Frame Update Form
2024 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement (CTLEA) agencies and 2024 Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS) Instruction
Cognitive Interviews for 2023 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices Form and Instruction
Civil Justice Survey of State Courts Feasibility Test Other-Interview Script
Census of Public Defender Offices Frame-building Outreach Other-Data Elements for Frame Building
Unmoderated Cognitive Testing for the 2023 Survey of Sexual Victimization Incident Forms Other-Survey
Pilot Test of the New NCVS instrument Other-survey
Test the Ability of Law Enforcement Agencies to Report on Revised Race and Ethnicity Categories Form and Instruction
Cognitive testing for the 2023 Survey of Sexual Victimization Form and Instruction
National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP) Cognitive Test Form and Instruction
Pilot Study for the Local Jails Reporting Program Form and Instruction
Pretest Revised Survey of Inmates in Local Jails Form and Instruction
Survey of Public Defenders Pilot Testing Form and Instruction
Cognitive Interviewing for 2022 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies Form and Instruction
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4J) - Jails Outreach Form and Instruction
Cognitive interviewing for the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) supplement survey Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202409-1121-002 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2024-09-19
202202-1121-002 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-02-23
201902-1121-003 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2019-02-27
201512-1121-004 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2015-12-21
201503-1121-003 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2015-03-11
201503-1121-001 Withdrawn and continue	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2015-03-02
201211-1121-005 Approved with change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2012-11-20

OMB Details

NCVS Redesign and Testing Project Cognitive and Pilot Test

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Law Enforcement - Crime Prevention

Form N/A	NCVS - Control Version	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form N/A	NCSC PHP Redesign	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction

Review document collections for all forms, instructions, and supporting documents - including paper/printable forms.