[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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