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National Institute of Justice

The National Institute of Justice researches crime control and criminal justice issues. In addition to sponsoring research and development and technology assistance, the program evaluates crime control programs, policies, and technologies.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • The program is generally well managed and its investments are peer-reviewed and coordinated with related agencies.
  • The program is limited in its ability to optimally allocate research funds because congressional earmarks interfere with peer-review and other efforts to steer limited resources to the highest needs.
  • Budget requests do not provide enough information about how the resources requested will help the program meet its goals.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Ensuring that future budget requests explicitly link to the long-term and annual goals for the program.
  • Planning for an independent evaluation of key aspects of the program.
  • Updating and refocusing the program's strategic plan to better communicate the program's investment priorities to the Congress and others.

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