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2009-BJS-2049
This program announcement describes the guidelines and requirements of the FY 2009
State
Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs). Since 1972,
the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its predecessor agency, the National
Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service, have provided partial support to
state and territorial governments for the establishment and operation of Statistical
Analysis Centers to collect, analyze, and report statistics on crime and justice to
Federal, state, and local levels of government, and to share state-level information
nationally. The information produced by SACs and their involvement in criminal justice
projects has been and will continue to be critical to Federal, state, and local
criminal justice agencies and community organizations as they develop programs and
policies related to crime, illegal drugs, services to victims, and the administration
of justice.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Eligibility: Applicants are limited to Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) established by state
legislation or executive order.
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this program announcement, contact Devon B.
Adams at 202-307-0765 or via email at Devon.Adams@usdoj.gov. Please include "SJSSAC09"
in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2227
It is important to note that states must satisfy two requirements to be eligible for a
grant. First, states must have a program in place to allow persons restricted from
obtaining firearms due to the presence of a federal mental health prohibitor to apply
for relief from that restriction. Second, states must provide the Attorney General
with
reasonable estimates of certain categories of available records in the state. In
addition to being one of two prerequisites for grant eligibility, the record estimate
serves another important purpose. The Act allows for a potential reward to be granted
to states that have reported records at a certain level of completeness and for a
potential penalty to be imposed on states that fail to report records at a certain
minimum level of completeness. The reward consists of a waiver of NCHIP matching grant
funds and may be granted on a basis outlined in the Act. The penalty consists of the
withholding of a percentage of formula grant funds under the Byrne Justice Assistance
Grant program and may be imposed, as early as 2011, on a basis outlined in the Act.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time, on June 19, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funding may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit
organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Gerard Ramker,
Associate Director, at 202-307-0765.
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2009-BJS-2027
BJS is publishing this notice to announce the continuation of the National Criminal
History Improvement Program (NCHIP) in Fiscal Year 2009, to identify the program
priorities, and provide information on application requirements.
Deadline: All NCHIP applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, February 26, 2009.
Eligibility: The NCHIP application must be submitted by the agency designated by the Governor to
administer the NCHIP program. States may choose to submit applications as part of a
multi-state consortium or other entity. In such cases, please contact your BJS program
manager for further information.
Contact Information: This application must be submitted through the OJP Grants Management System (GMS).
For
assistance with the requirements of this program announcement, contact Devon B. Adams
at 202-307-0765 or e-mail askbjs@usdoj.gov. Include "2009NCHIP" in the subject line.
The Grants Management System Support Hotline is 1-888-549-9901, option 3. Note: The
GMS
Support Hotline hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
eastern time.
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2009-BJS-2263
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) was instituted in 1972 to produce
national estimates of the levels and rates of crimes of violence and theft, including
crime not reported to police departments. Along with the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting
Program, the NCVS constitutes a key component of our Nation's system to measure the
extent and nature of crime in the United States.
The NCVS is conducted for the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) by the U.S. Census
Bureau at a sample of housing units and group quarters in the United States and the
District of Columbia selected using a stratified, multi-stage cluster design. In 2007,
the NCVS sample was comprised of about 83,000 sample housing units with interviews
completed in about 75,000 of these households. The sample excludes persons who are
crews of vessels, in institutions, members of the armed forces living in military
barracks, and the homeless.
Deadline: All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. eastern time, on July 14, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial) and non-profit
organizations
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Michael Rand, Chief
of Victimization Statistics, at (202) 307-0765 or via e-mail askbjs@usdoj.gov . Include
"ncvsscreen09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2181
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-180 ("the NICS Improvement
Act"), was signed into law on January 8, 2008. The NICS Improvement Act amends the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 ("the Brady Act") (Pub. L. 103-159),
under which the Attorney General established NICS. The Brady Act requires Federal
Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to contact the NICS before transferring a firearm to an
unlicensed person for information on whether the proposed transferee is prohibited
from receiving or possessing a firearm under state or federal law.
The NICS Improvement Act was enacted in the wake of the April 2007 shooting tragedy at
Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech shooter was able to purchase firearms from an FFL
because information about his prohibiting mental health history was not available to
the NICS and the system was therefore unable to deny the transfer of the firearms used
in the shootings. The NICS Improvement Act seeks to address the gap in information
available to NICS about such prohibiting mental health adjudications and commitments
and other prohibiting factors. Filling these information gaps will better enable the
system to operate as intended to keep guns out of the hands of persons prohibited by
federal or state law from receiving or possessing firearms. The automation of records
will also reduce delays for law-abiding gun purchasers.
The Act authorized a grant program to assist states in providing certain information
to the NICS, and prescribes grant penalties for non-compliance with the Acts record
completeness goals. Additionally, pursuant to the Act, there are certain conditions,
described below, that a state must satisfy in advance of receiving grants under the
Act. In FY 2009, $10 million has been appropriated for this program.
Deadline: All NARIP applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on Friday, May 22, 2009.
Eligibility: NARIP applications must be submitted by: (a) the agency designated by the Governor to
administer the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP); (b) the state or
territory central administrative office or similar entity designated by statute or
regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the jurisdiction's court
system; or (c) separately for both eligible entities.
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this program announcement, contact Devon B.
Adams at 202-307-0765 or via email at askbjs@usdoj.gov. Include "NARIP" in the subject
line.
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2009-BJS-2077
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals to administer the State
Court Processing Statistics Project (SCPS) project. SCPS is a recurring data collection
involving the compilation of felony cases processed in a sample of state courts in the
nation's 75 most populous counties. Historically, the data collected have included
current
arrest charges, demographic characteristics, prior arrests and convictions, criminal
justice status at arrest, type of pretrial release or detention, bail amount, court
appearance record, adjudication outcome, and sentence received if convicted.
In fiscal year 2008, BJS awarded funds to redesign and re-conceptualize the SCPS
project. The redesign examines the utility and feasibility of several proposed changes
to
the data collection instrument and the sampling framework, and will result in a number
of
recommendations to enhance the existing collection. The redesign work is expected to
be completed by July 2009.
The current solicitation will provide an opportunity to begin initiating certain
aspects of
the SCPS redesign. The recipient of this award will administer the data collection for
felony cases processed in the nation's 75 most populous counties, and collaborate with
BJS to finalize and implement additional enhancements to the collection as
recommended by the redesign work. Applicants are encouraged to review previous BJS
reports using SCPS data available on the BJS website at . BJS
anticipates making one award for a 24-month period under this solicitation, with an
award date on or after September 30, 2009. BJS is authorized to issue this solicitation
under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968, Section 302, as
amended.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5.00 p.m. eastern time on April 8, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit
organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the programmatic requirements of this solicitation, contact Thomas
H. Cohen, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at 202-307-0765 or
askbjs@usdoj.gov. Please include "scps09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2074
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks a data collection agent for the State
prison and local jail portions of the Death in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) for
2009 through 2011.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) was directed by the Attorney General to
implement the data collection requirements of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of
2000 (DICRA), Public Law 106-297. Under this legislation, BJS was required to
establish a quarterly collection of individual records of every death that takes place
in State prisons and local jails nationwide. The legislation also required similar
collections of death records from juvenile correctional facilities and State and local
law enforcement agencies, but these portions of the DCRP are not covered by this
solicitation. While PL 106-297 has since expired, BJS has established the DCRP as an
ongoing statistical series.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5.00 p.m. eastern time on April 1, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial)
and nonprofit organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the programmatic requirements of this solicitation, contact
Margaret
Noonan, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at 202-307-0765 or via e-mail at
askbjs@usdoj.gov. Please include "dcrp09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2128
The purpose of this solicitation is to seek a data collection agent to administer the
Court Statistics Project (CSP). The CSP was initiated in 1975 by the National Center
for Courts (NCSC) with BJS support commencing in the early 1980s. The Court Statistics
Project (CSP) provides a systematic means to develop a valid, uniform, and complete
statistical database that details the operation of state court systems nationwide. The
CSP collects and aggregates data from the trial and appellate courts of all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These data focus on state court caseloads
for a particular year and multiyear trends in the work of state courts. All state
trial and appellate court data collected through the CSP will be accurate as of
December 2008. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review previous CSP reports that
are available on NCSC's
webpage at http://www.ncsconline.org/D_Research/csp/CSP_Main_Page.html. BJS
anticipates making one award for a 12-month period under this solicitation, with an
option for two additional continuation years conditional upon availability of funds
and the
quality of the initial performance and products. BJS is authorized to issue this
solicitation under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968, Section 302,
as amended (42 USC Section 3732).
Deadline: All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on May 11, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit
organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the programmatic requirements of this solicitation, contact Duren
Banks, Unit Chief, Prosecution and Adjudication, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at (202)
307-0765 or via e-mail at askbjs@usdoj.gov. Include "csp09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2189
The purpose of this award is to provide funding for a collection agent to design and
field test a
survey for administration to inmates in a national sample of prison and jail
facilities, hereafter
known as the Survey of Inmates in Prisons and Local Jails (SIPLJ), and to prepare a
national
implementation plan to field the SIPLJ in 2012.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the statistical agency of the U.S. Department
of Justice,
has periodically collected information through personal interviews with inmates in
jails and
prisons since the 1970s (see Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional
Facilities and
Survey of Inmates in Local Jails at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm#Programs). BJS
seeks to create a single instrument that is adaptable to inmates housed in prison and
jail
settings and administered using an Audio Computer-Assisted Self Interview (ACASI)
mode. It is
anticipated that ACASI will enhance the precision of its estimates; increase sample
size where
feasible through group administration; minimize collection costs; and minimize the
disruption to
prison and jail facilities during the survey. The instrument will be modular based
with separate
substantive domains delivered to inmates in a manner to maximize the content covered
by the
surveys while minimizing the costs of administration. The recipient will also design
and test an
alternative mode of administration for use in facilities where ACASI is not feasible.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on May 29, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for profit and nonprofit organizations.
Contact Information: r assistance with the requirements of this announcement, contact Lauren Glaze,
Statistician or Laura Maruschak, Statistician at 202-307-0765 or email
askbjs@usdoj.gov.
Include "siplj09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2186
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks a data processing agent through a
cooperative agreement to convert criminal history records into research databases to
support recidivism studies.
This program furthers the Department's mission by enhancing BJS's capability to conduct
recidivism studies more efficiently and, therefore, more frequently. For years, BJS
recidivism research has utilized data reported manually to BJS by individual state
criminal
history
repositories. This project aims to convert the information recorded on national
criminal history
records (i.e., "rap sheets" derived from information housed in individual state
repositories) into a
database supportive of ongoing recidivism research. In addition, as a pilot test of
the data
conversion process, this project will produce a research database for use in a study
of the
recidivism of persons released from prison in 2005.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5.00 p.m. eastern time on May 29, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial)
and nonprofit organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Matthew Durose,
Statistician,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, at 202-307-0765 or via e-mail at askbjs@usdoj.gov.
Please include
"Conversion of CHR" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2127
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking a data collection agent to administer
the 2009 State Court Organization (SCO). SCO is a data collection that focuses on the
overall structure and framework of the nation's trial and appellate courts. Prior
iterations
of SCO were conducted in 1980, 1987, 1993, 1998, and 2004. Similar to previous
surveys, 2009 SCO will focus on various issues related to court administrative and
organizational structure including sentencing, the use of juries, the governance of the
judicial branch, appellate court structure and processes, and the overall structure of
the
nation's state trial and appellate courts. All data collected will be accurate as of
December 2009. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review previous BJS reports
focusing on state court organization data available on the BJS website at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs. BJS anticipates making one award for a 30-month period under
this solicitation, with an award date on or after September 30, 2009. BJS is
authorized to
issue this solicitation under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968,
Section 302, as amended.
Deadline: All applications are due by 5.00 p.m. Eastern time on May 6, 2009.
Eligibility: Applications for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial)
and nonprofit organizations.
Contact Information: For assistance with the programmatic requirements of this solicitation, contact Thomas
H. Cohen, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at 202-307-0765 or email
askbjs@usdoj.gov. Include "sco09" in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2172
The purpose of this award is to provide funding to research, develop, design, and draft
three plan options for the implementation the 2009 National Private Security Survey
(NPSS). The primary objective of the award is to produce project specifications for
this
multi-survey data collection on private security officers, which will ultimately serve
as the
counterpart to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Law Enforcement Management and
Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) collection. The NPSS will provide data on the
demographic characteristics, workload, clients, selection, training, and expenditures
of a
national sample of contract security companies and a stratified national sample of
employers of proprietary security officers and investigators across various industries.
Under this solicitation, awardees, in cooperation with BJS and experts in the field,
will
design data collection instruments for both the contract and proprietary sides of the
NPSS and will produce three plans for the implementation of the NPSS based on
sampling methodologies with ascending levels of sample scope, estimation specificity,
and budget. An additional objective of the project is to produce an extensive
literature
review and secondary analysis of existing sources of data on the private security
field in
general. BJS anticipates making an initial award for an 8-month period under this
solicitation. BJS is authorized to issue this solicitation under the Omnibus Crime
Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Section 302, as amended (42 USC Section 3732).
Deadline: All applications are due by 5:00 p.m. eastern time, on May 14, 2009.
Eligibility: Applicants for funds may be submitted by both for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit
organizations
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Lynn Langton,
Statistician, at 202-307-0765 or via email at askbjs@usdoj.gov. Please include "npss09"
in the subject line.
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2009-BJS-2188
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals for an agent to develop,
design, and
field the 2009 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories. The goal of this
project
is to generate accurate and reliable national statistics about the approximately 400
publicly
funded forensic crime labs serving federal, state, and local jurisdictions. The census
will be
conducted in 2010 and collect information on the 2009 workload and operations of crime
labs,
including the types of analyses performed, staff levels, budget expenditures, and
backlogs for
forensic services. Under this solicitation, the selected applicant, in cooperation
with BJS and
experts in the field, will design, test, and administer the collection instrument. The
selected
applicant will be required to deliver a final data file to BJS by January 31, 2011.
Applicants are
encouraged to review previous BJS studies on forensic crime laboratories at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs. BJS will provide the selected applicant with a preliminary
roster of labs.
BJS anticipates making one award for a 16-month period under this solicitation, with
an award
date on or after October 1, 2009. BJS is authorized to issue this solicitation under
42 U.S.C. ยง
3732(c).
Deadline: Applicants must register with GMS prior to applying. The deadline to register is 5:00 p.m.
Eligibility: Applicants are limited to for-profit (commercial)
organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations,
institutions of
higher learning, and consortiums with demonstrated organization and community based
experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including
tribal forprofit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and
universities, and tribal consortiums.
Contact Information: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Matthew Durose,
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, at 202-307-0765 or via e-mail at
askbjs@usdoj.gov. Include cpffcl09 in the subject line.
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