[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59467-59468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25623]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ)-1301]


Announcement of the Availability of the ``NIJ Science and 
Technology Solicitation''

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 
Justice.

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ACTION: Notice of 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 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 24, 
2000.

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, Secs. 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    For fiscal year 2001, 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.
    This solicitation is open to a wide variety of proposals in order 
to achieve a balanced portfolio of technology 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>.
    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. SL000440). 
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: September 27, 2000.
Doug Horner,
Acting Assistant Director, National Institute of Justice.
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