[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02640]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1685]


Selection and Application Guide to Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, DOJ.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announces publication 
of Selection and Application Guide to Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor 
for Law Enforcement, Corrections and Public Safety, NIJ Selection and 
Application Guide-0101.06. The document can be found here: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247281.pdf. NIJ has developed this document 
to provide guidance concerning the selection, procurement, use, care 
and maintenance, and other considerations related to ballistic-
resistant body armor. NIJ Guide-0101.06 is a companion document to NIJ 
Standard-0101.06, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor.
    The previous guide published by NIJ on body armor, NIJ Guide 100-
01, Selection and Application Guide to Personal Body Armor, was 
released in 2001. NIJ Guide-0101.06 incorporates new knowledge about 
ballistic-resistant armor that has been gained in the intervening 13 
years as the result of both NIJ-funded research and research funded by 
others. Whereas NIJ Guide 100-01 deals with both ballistic- and stab-
resistant armor, NIJ Guide-0101.06 deals only with ballistic-resistant 
armor. It supersedes those portions of NIJ Guide 100-01 that deal with 
ballistic-resistant armor. It does not supersede those portions that 
deal with stab-resistant armor. A separate guide on stab-resistant 
armor will be published when NIJ Standard-0115.00, Stab Resistance of 
Personal Body Armor, is updated. For more information about NIJ 
standards, please visit http://nij.gov/standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael O'Shea, by telephone at (202) 
305-7954 [Note: this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by email 
at Michael.O'[email protected].

William Sabol,
Acting Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2015-02640 Filed 2-9-15; 8:45 am]
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