[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45570-45571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21633]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
[OJP (NIJ)-1245]
RIN 1121-ZB79
Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of
Justice ``NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation''
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of
Justice ``NIJ Science and Technology Solicitation.''
DATES: Proposals must be received by 4:00 p.m. EST on October 7, 1999.
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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
For fiscal year 2000, NIJ will accept proposals for technology-
related awards under this solicitation, and several months later it
will accept behavioral and social science-related awards under a
separate solicitation. Therefore, it is important that you should
determine whether your proposals should be reviewed by a peer review
panel composed of technologists and criminal justice practitioners
under this solicitation or by a peer review panel composed of social
scientists and criminal justice practitioners under the social science
open solicitation.
This solicitation is open to a wide variety of proposals in order
to achieve a balanced portfolio of product development, implementation,
and evaluation projects. This solicitation focuses on near-term (one to
three years) development and implementation projects.
To assist in obtaining information that may be helpful in
submitting a proposal, you are encouraged to use the resources and
expertise of the NIJ National Law Enforcement and Corrections
Technology Center (NLECTC) located in Rockville, Maryland; and the
regional NLECTCs located in Rome, New York; Charleston, South Carolina;
Denver, Colorado; El Segundo, California; and the Border Research and
Technology Center (BRTC) located in San Diego, California. More
information about the NLECTC system is available on the Internet at
http://www.nlectc.org>.
Keep in mind that cost considerations of resulting technology
development products are a major concern. Most law enforcement and
corrections agencies have limited financial resources to apply to the
evaluation, development, implementation, or purchase of technology.
This is especially true for State and local agencies. These and related
factors all influence the timeliness and the degree to which new
technologies are accepted by administrators. Please consider the
questions below when determining the usefulness of your proposal. In
your proposal, you should incorporate information that addresses the
general themes posed by these questions; however, it is not necessary
to answer explicitly each question. How important is the new technology
to law enforcement and corrections officers? What will be its impact on
policing or correctional organizational structure and personnel
requirements? How many units will be needed? What are the hidden costs
(for example, new computers may require additional data input
personnel, or highly specialized and complex equipment may incur
expensive maintenance costs)? What, if any, are the net savings in
labor or other costs? How much training is required to use and maintain
the technology? How will the courts view the technology--in terms of
liability or interference with personal freedom? What constitutional or
other legal issues may arise from utilization of the technology? What
is the breakdown of tasks with resource expenditures for each task?
To learn more about projects currently funded by NIJ, on the
Internet go to http://www.nlectc.org/techproj/ or call NIJ's Office of
Science and Technology at 202-307-0645.
Interested organizations should call the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) at 1-800-851-3420 to obtain a copy of ``NIJ
Science and Technology Solicitation'' (refer to document no. SL000374).
For World Wide Web access, connect to either NIJ at http://
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm, or the NCJRS Justice Information
Center at http://www.ncjrs.org/fedgrant.htm#nij.
Dated: August 16, 1999.
Jeremy Travis,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-21633 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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