The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement to continue the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP). This grant supports the FJSP as the national clearinghouse for federal criminal case processing data, providing a unique resource for analyzing defendants’ progression through the federal justice system. The recipient will be responsible for receiving, converting, standardizing, maintaining, analyzing, and archiving annual datasets from federal justice agencies. Key tasks include processing 2009 datasets, ensuring data quality and confidentiality, providing technical assistance for FJSP data use, preparing files for a web-based query system, assisting BJS with new statistical products, and preparing data for the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, while also exploring expanded holdings.
Opportunity ID: 52494
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 2010-BJS-2540 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | 2010 Continuation of the Federal Justice Statistics Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Information and Statistics |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 6 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.734 — Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 04, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 19, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | May 19, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants are limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faithbased and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortia with demonstrated organization and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including tribal for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. However, consistent with OJP fiscal requirements, for-profit organizations are not allowed to make a profit as a result of this award or to charge a management fee for the performance of this award. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the statistics agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). BJS is announcing a public solicitation for the continuation of the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) through a Cooperative Agreement. The FJSP serves as the national clearinghouse for federal criminal case processing data a unique data resource that permits analysis of defendants as they proceed through stages of the federal justice system. Under this program, data are provided by federal justice agencies and are standardized, maintained, analyzed, and archived by recipient. The clearinghouse contains annual data for the years 1994 to 2008. Tasks for the next budget period include receiving 2009 datasets from six federal agencies, converting these data to Standard Analysis File (SAF) format using FJSP processing criteria, and implementing guidelines to ensure data quality and confidentiality. Recipient will also provide technical assistance in using the FJSP data, prepare data and documentation files to support the webbased query system, assist BJS in the creation of new statistical products (e.g., web and/or paper formats), prepare data files with documentation for the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, and explore adding to the holdings of the clearinghouse. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Program Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Lisa Price-Grear
Program Analyst Phone 202-616-3561 Email:lisa.price-grear@usdoj.gov |
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