[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45569-45570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21631]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1241]
RIN 1121-ZB75
Deadline Extension for the National Institute of Justice
Solicitation for Forensic DNA Research and Development
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of deadline extension.
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the extension of the deadline for the National
Institute of Justice Solicitation for Forensic DNA Research and
Development.
DATES: The revised due date for receipt of proposals is 4 p.m. (EST),
September 15, 1999. (The previous deadline was August 30, 1999 as noted
in the Federal Register announcement at 64 FR 41138.) NIJ has extended
the deadline to allow additional time for proposals to be developed.
ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the solicitation, please
call NCJRS 1-800-851-3420. For general information about application
procedures for solicitations, please call the U.S. Department of
Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, sections 201-203, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23
(1994).
Background
The intent of this solicitation is to stimulate all areas of
research or development that can enhance or increase the capacity,
capability, applicability, and/or reliability of DNA for forensic uses.
Proposals that build or improve upon existing technologies, methods, or
approaches as well as proposals based on new or novel technologies,
methods, or approaches are encouraged to meet the goal of maximizing
the value of DNA evidence to the criminal justice system.
In order to most effectively and efficiently use DNA to its maximum
value for the criminal justice system, the forensic DNA community, now
comprised of more than 150 public and private crime laboratories, will
need faster, less costly, and fundamentally reliable technical tools
and innovations that can be appropriately validated, quality-
controlled, and quality-assured for forensic use. Research
demonstrating the reliability of existing or future methods is also
encouraged. Emphasis is placed on developing methods or technologies
that address the needs of databasing for CODIS application and/or
methods that can be used for the analysis of crime scene samples, which
are often limited in quality and quantity.
Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of the
Solicitation for Forensic DNA Research & Development
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(refer to document no. SL000369). For World Wide Web access, connect to
either NIJ at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or the Justice
Information Center at http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.
Dated: August 16, 1999.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-21631 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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