Federal Register #2026-21500

FBI Seeks Extension of Lawful Access Data Collection

The FBI is seeking authorization to continue its Lawful Access Data Collection, an information-gathering effort rather than a procurement. - Government offices: The Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), through its Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, is asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and authorize an extension. - Purpose: The collection tracks law enforcement investigations negatively affected by device and software encryption and provides information to decision makers. - Respondents and burden: Federal, state, county, city, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies may participate voluntarily. The notice estimates 950,000 respondents, an average response time of 3 minutes and 12 seconds, and 50,667 hours of annual public burden. - Procurement scope: No products or services, manufacturers, vendors, quantities, or part numbers are identified.

Description

The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division is submitting the Lawful Access Data Collection (LADC) for Office of Management and Budget review as an extension of a previously approved collection. The collection tracks the volume of law enforcement investigations negatively affected by device and software encryption and provides data to decision makers. Respondents are federal, state, county, city, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies; participation is voluntary. The notice seeks public comments for 30 days, through November 20, 2026.

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