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Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement of BJS Data Collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 16, 2021, on the reinstatement of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved BJS Data Collection: 2020 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 15, 2021, on the reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved data collection for which approval has expired: Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed New BJS Data Collection: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Coronavirus Pandemic Supplement

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until February 8, 2021, on the proposed new data collection: National Prisoner Statistics program: Coronavirus Pandemic Supplement (NPS-CPan). Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of...

FY2021 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies

Closing Date
Overview BJS has conducted four waves of data collection with law enforcement training academies and will update that collection with this solicitation. The Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA) will provide accurate and timely national statistics about their recruits, curricula, staff, and resources. This 36 month program includes (1) questionnaire development, (2) frame development, (3) fielding the CLETA in 2023 and (4) data cleaning...

Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP)

The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA) requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to submit to the U.S. Attorney General, information about the death of any person who is—

  • detained, under arrest, or in the process of being arrested by a federal law enforcement officer (or by a state or local law enforcement officer while participating in a federal law...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of BJS Data Collection: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until June 8, 2020, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J). Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of BJS Data Collection: 2020 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 12, 2020, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: 2020 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey. Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether...

Criminal Cases in State Courts (continuation award)

Closing Date
The Criminal Cases in State Courts (CCSC) was originally solicited as the Analysis of Publicly Available Data (APACD) in FY2018 to collect case level state court data using a variety of methods. During the project, BJS and the project team determined a larger sample size was necessary to generate nationally representative statistics. Additionally, BJS and the project team restricted the data collection methodology to include...