National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

BJS FY 11 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

Closing Date

January 24, 2011

The FIST program collects counts of firearm transfers and permit checks conducted by state and local agencies and combines this information with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data. Under FIST, additional information is collected on reasons for denials, appeals of denials, and law enforcement actions the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives...

2010 National Criminal History Improvement Program

2010-RU-BX-K018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$327,435

West Virginia Criminal History Improvement Program - 2010

2010-RU-BX-K039

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$535,058

National Criminal History Improvement Program - 2010

2010-MU-BX-K032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$240,427

Civil Commitment Interface to New Jersey State Police for Data Collection and Record Improvement

2010-NS-BX-K060

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$860,331

NICS Record Reconciliation & NIAA Relief Hearings

2010-NS-BX-K063

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$2,000,000

NICS Compliance Improvement Project

2010-NS-BX-K051

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$1,949,578

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT	Bureau of Justice Statistics
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010	Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
https://www.bjs.gov/	After hours: (202) 598-0556

JUSTICE AWARDS NEARLY $17 MILLION TO EIGHT STATES UNDER NICS IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS ACT

WASHINGTON – Nearly $17 million was awarded to eight state agencies to improve the quality, completeness, and accessibility of records available under the National Instant Criminal Background...

Florida's FY 2010 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)

2010-NS-BX-K068

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$3,159,228

FY 2010 State of Wisconsin NICS Act Record Improvement Program

2010-NS-BX-K052

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$981,372

Louisiana NCHIP 2010

2010-RU-BX-K025

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$171,108

Texas NICS Record Improvement Program

2010-NS-BX-K078

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$751,537

New York State NICS Act Record Improvement Program

2010-NS-BX-K059

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$5,994,588

State Police File Review and Human Services Clinical FOID Systems Enhancement Project

2010-NS-BX-K061

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$1,209,500

Delaware Criminal History Improvement Program

2010-RU-BX-K035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$135,405

BJS FY 2010 Connecticut Criminal History Improvement Program

2010-MU-BX-K028

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$565,437

Virginia Criminal History Records Improvement Program

2010-MU-BX-K011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$349,039

Improving Criminal Arrest Records

2010-RU-BX-K010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2010

$379,164

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2009 - Statistical Tables

Date Published

October 2010

Series

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers

Publication Type

Data Table

Agencies

BJS

NICS State Records Estimaes Development and Validation Project

2009-NS-BX-K050

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$399,694

New York State NICS Act Record Improvement Program

2009-NS-BX-K053

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$937,411

NICS Improvement for State History Repository and Courts

2009-NS-BX-K060

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$798,471

Oregon NICS Act Record Improvement Program

2009-NS-BX-K047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$770,849

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2008 - Statistical Tables

Date Published

August 2009

Series

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers

Publication Type

Data Table

Agencies

BJS

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

An automated system operated by the FBI established in accordance with the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to check the eligibility of prospective gun purchasers.

Automated Tags

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)