[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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