Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of BJS Data Collection: Annual Survey of Jails

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 27, 2020, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: Annual Survey of Jails. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, 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.