[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19224]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP(BJS)-1286e]


National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Implementation 
Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, 
Justice.

ACTION: Extension of application deadline.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to announce the extension of the application 
deadline for the Bureau of Justice Statistics' solicitation to make 
awards to States to provide funding to jurisdictions for implementing 
the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

DATES: Proposals must be received by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 31, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be mailed to: Application Coordinator, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Room 2406, 810 7th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20531, (202) 616-3497 [This is not a toll-free number].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles R. Kindermann, Ph.D., Senior 
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, (202) 616-3489, or Carol G. 
Kaplan, Chief, Criminal History Improvement Programs, (202) 307-0759 
[This is not a toll-free number].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extended Deadline for Proposals

    BJS is extending the proposal submission date for the NIBRS 
solicitation which was published in the Federal Register on June 19, 
2000 at 65 FR 38001. The prior due date was July 31, 2000. The new 
submission deadline is Thursday, August 31, 2000. Please refer to the 
original notice of solicitation (65 FR 38001) for information about the 
eligibility requirements, scope of work, application process and awards 
procedures.

Authority

    The Crime Identification Technology Act (CITA) provides funding to 
states (in conjunction with units of Local government) and tribes that 
want to participate in the FBI's new approach to uniform crime 
reporting, the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The 
awards made pursuant to this solicitation will be funded by the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics consistent with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 3732 
and the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (CITA), 42 U.S.C. 
14601.

Lawrence Greenfeld,
Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
[FR Doc. 00-19224 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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