Solicitation for Award of Cooperative Agreement To Continue the Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Justice Information Policy Program

摘要

The purpose of this notice is to announce a public solicitation for the continuation of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Criminal Justice Information Policy program. The program, which has been in existence since 1978, serves as the primary liaison between BJS, the States, and other Federal agencies, on issues relating to the quality, content, management, use and exchange of criminal history record information (CHRI). Projects supported under the program include, but are not limited to, major national conferences on criminal justice data quality issues, comprehensive national surveys of State criminal history data quality, numerous workshops on emerging issues such as the uses of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) and forensic uses of DNA, National Task Forces composed of members representing all components of the Federal and State criminal justice systems, ongoing review of State legislative developments and preparation of a biannual Compendium of State legislation, and extensive preparation of materials and training in areas such as data quality auditing. A key element in all of these efforts is the extent to which the program provides for direct input by S