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Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension of BJS Data Collection: Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until August 3, 2020, on the proposed extension of a currently approved data collection: Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole 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 the information will have...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement and Update of the Identity Theft Supplement (2020/2022) to the National Crime Victimization Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 20, 2019, on the reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: Identity Theft Supplement (2020/2022) to the National Crime Victimization Survey. 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...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2019 Census of Jails

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until April 16, 2019, on the proposed reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: 2019 Census of Jails. 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...

National Inmate Survey (NIS-4 Prisons) 2018-19

Closing Date
On September 4, 2003, President George W. Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108 79). The act requires BJS to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape. The act further instructs BJS to collect survey data: the Bureau shall use surveys and other statistical studies of current...

Public Comments Requested on a Proposed Data Collection Update and Two New Data Collections

BJS encourages comments for 30 days until March 25, 2019, on the proposed reinstatement and update of the 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC). BJS also encourages comments for 60 days until April 22, 2019, on two proposed new data collections, the Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS) and Methodological Research to Support the National Crime Victimization Survey Redesign...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement: 2019 Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until April 8, 2019, on the proposed reinstatement of a previously approved data collection: 2019 Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). 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...

Survey of Public Defenders (SPD)

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications for the testing and fielding of a data collection program that surveys public defenders. This study will continue BJS’s efforts to collect data on indigent defense in the United States. It will extend the efforts of the Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO) and National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS) to enhance our understanding of...

BJS Proposes Reinstatement and Update of Two Data Collections: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities and 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

BJS encourages public comments for 60 days until February 11, 2019, on the reinstatement and update of two previously approved data collections: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities and 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Revision: 2018-2020 Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems (SSCHIS)

BJS proposes data collection revision: 2018-2020 Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems (SSCHIS) BJS encourages comments for 60 days until December 31, 2018, on the revision a previously approved data collection: 2018-2020 Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems (SSCHIS). Your comments to BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether...

Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI)

The Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) is a periodic, cross-sectional survey of the state and sentenced federal prison populations. Its primary objective is to produce national estimates on the state and sentenced federal prison populations across a variety of domains, including but not limited to demographic characteristics, current offense and sentence, incident characteristics, firearm possession and sources, criminal history, socioeconomic characteristics, family background, drug and...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension: Mortality in Correctional Institutions (State Prisons)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until November 13, 2018, on the extension of a currently approved data collection: Mortality in Correctional Institutions (State Prisons). 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...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2018 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until September 21, 2018, on the reinstatement and update of a previously approved data collection: 2018 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies. 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...

BJS proposes Data Collection Revision to NCVS School Crime Supplement

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until September 28, 2018, on the revision of a currently approved data collection: 2019 School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). 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...