BJS
encourages comments for 60 days through January 16, 2023, on the data
security requirements for accessing confidential data. Your comments on
BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published
in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:
- evaluate
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of BJS, including whether the
information will have practical utility
- evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information
- evaluate whether, and if so how, the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
- minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Once
an application for confidential data is approved through the Standard
Application Process (SAP) Portal, BJS will collect information to meet
its data security requirements when providing access to restricted use
(confidential) microdata for the purpose of evidence building. This
collection will occur outside of the SAP Portal. BJS’s data security
agreements and other paperwork along with the corresponding security
protocols allow the agency to maintain careful controls on
confidentiality and privacy, as required by law.
