Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension and Update of BJS Data Collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 4, 2020, on the proposed extension and update of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

• whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
• the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of data, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
• whether and how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
• the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.