2010 Continuation of the Federal Justice Statistics Program

Post Date

March 4th 2010

Application Due Date

April 19th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

2010-BJS-2540

CFDA Number(s)

16.734

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Information and Statistics

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Other

Applicants are limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faithbased and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortia with demonstrated organization and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including tribal for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. However, consistent with OJP fiscal requirements, for-profit organizations are not allowed to make a profit as a result of this award or to charge a management fee for the performance of this award.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the statistics agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). BJS is announcing a public solicitation for the continuation of the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) through a Cooperative Agreement. The FJSP serves as the national clearinghouse for federal criminal case processing data – a unique data resource that permits analysis of defendants as they proceed through stages of the federal justice system. Under this program, data are provided by federal justice agencies and are standardized, maintained, analyzed, and archived by recipient. The clearinghouse contains annual data for the years 1994 to 2008. Tasks for the next budget period include receiving 2009 datasets from six federal agencies, converting these data to Standard Analysis File (SAF) format using FJSP processing criteria, and implementing guidelines to ensure data quality and confidentiality. Recipient will also provide technical assistance in using the FJSP data, prepare data and documentation files to support the webbased query system, assist BJS in the creation of new statistical products (e.g., web and/or paper formats), prepare data files with documentation for the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, and explore adding to the holdings of the clearinghouse.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  Lisa Price-Grear
  Program Analyst
  Phone 202-616-3561

• Agency Mailing Address:

  General Information

• Agency Email Address:

  lisa.price-grear@usdoj.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Justice Statistics

• More Information:

  Program Announcement