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FY 2023 NCHIP

15PBJS-23-GK-01432-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$2,578,290

FY 2023 NCHIP

15PBJS-23-GK-01446-NCHI
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2023
$2,879,533

FY 2023 NCHIP

15PBJS-23-GK-01437-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$2,580,000

FY 2023 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program, 2023–2026

Closing Date
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will administer the 2023-2026 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. The goal of fist is to provide national estimates on the total number of firearm purchase applications received and denied pursuant to the Brady Act and relevant state laws. FIST collects counts of firearm transfer applications and permit checks conducted by state and local checking agencies and combines them with...

FY 2023 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

Closing Date
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This program aims to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems.

FY 2023 National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding

Closing Date
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This program furthers the DOJ's mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) - Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub...