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PLEASE NOTE: We have received notification from the General Services Administration (GSA) that the migration of the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to the System for Award Management (SAM) has been postponed until July 2012. New plans indicate that the CCR website, CCR.gov, will close in late July 2012, and the CCR system will move to SAM. During the transition in July, the CCR system will be unavailable for about one week, and no CCR registrations (new or renewal) may be begun or processed. Please start new CCR registrations or renewals by July 2012 to make sure you do not encounter any delays due to the transition. For more information about SAM, visit www.sam.gov Grants.gov will not be affected by this change.
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The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) requires that applications for funding be submitted through the OJP Grants Management System (GMS).
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Criminal justice statistics programs | Assistance to State, local and Tribal governments
Data collection and processing
BJS maintains nearly three dozen major statistical series designed to cover each stage of the criminal justice system. A description of the various BJS data series can be found under the topical references on the BJS home page. The U.S. Census Bureau carries out the majority of BJS's data collection activities. However, BJS conducts several statistical programs for which other non-profit organizations serve as BJS data collection agents. BJS periodically announces solicitations for these programs in the Federal Register and current solicitations are listed at the top of this page.
Statistical and methodological research
BJS conducts, supports, and implements methodological research and initiatives designed to improve the quality of justice statistics, records, and information systems.
BJS, in partnership with the American Statistical Association, sponsors research projects designed to foster improvements in the methods used to obtain, analyze, and report national-level data on crime and criminal justice. Each year new topics for methodological research are identified by BJS and ASA. Solicitations for new research projects are announced each year in February and October.
The BJS Visiting Fellows Program promotes criminal justice statistical research among the academic and professional justice community. Visiting Fellows participate in a specifically designed research project of particular operational relevance to the national or international justice system. The program offers criminal justice researchers an opportunity to have a significant impact on specific BJS projects as well as a chance to examine innovative approaches to the analysis and dissemination of BJS data.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) provides financial and technical support to States in improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history records and enhancing records of protective orders involving domestic violence and stalking, sex offender records, automated identification systems and other State systems supporting national records systems and their use for background checks.
State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical Analysis Centers offers technical and financial support to States to establish and maintain a State-level capacity to collect, analyze and report statistics on crime and justice in order to contribute to effective State policies and programs and to participate in national data series. Through the creation of Statistical Analysis Centers, or SAC's, BJS encourages analyses of evolving criminal justice topics of interest within the State using data gathered from State and local agencies and promotes statistical inquiries into improved measures of crime incidence and prevalence.
Award year | Solicitation title | Grant awardee | Award amount | Awardee application1 | ||||
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2010 | BJS FY 10 Survey of General Purpose Law Enforcement Agencies | The Urban Institute | $649,974.00 | 2010 application | ||||
2009 | BJS FY 09 National Criminal History Improvement Program | Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice |
$168,260.00 | 2009 application | ||||
BJS FY 09 Recovery Act- Tribal Crime Data Collection, Analysis and Estimation Project | WESTAT | $999,734.00 | 2009 application | |||||
1 If there are multiple awardees, BJS may post only one "model" application. |