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FBI and BJS Awarded $11.8 Million in FY 2017 to Boost Incident-Based Crime Reporting Funding was Provided Through the 2017 National Crime Statistics Exchange Initiative

U.S. law enforcement agencies recently received a total of $11.8 million in fiscal year 2017 grants through the National Crime Statistics Exchange initiative (NCS-X). NCS-X is administered by BJS in partnership with the FBI. Six states were awarded a total of $6.4 million to establish or enhance their National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a more detailed method of collecting and reporting crime statistics, and...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension and Update: 2017-19 Survey of Sexual Victimization

The Bureau of Justice Statistics encourages comments for 60 days until April 27, 2018, on the extension and update of a currently approved data collection: 2017-19 Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV). 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 data collection is necessary, including whether the information...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until January 16, 2018, on a data collection reinstatement and update: 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. 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 data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension: National Crime Victimization Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until February 2, 2018, on the extension of a currently approved data collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). 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 data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Reinstatement and Update: 2018 Police Public Contact Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until February 20, 2018, on a data collection reinstatement and update: 2018 Police Public Contact Survey. 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 data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of the agency's...