[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 9643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03620]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1795]


Criminal Justice Chatbot Market Survey

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of request for information.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is soliciting 
information in an upcoming Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation 
Consortium (CJTEC) report that will provide a functional overview of 
how criminal justice stakeholders (i.e., law enforcement, courts, and 
correctional agencies) can implement chatbots. This report is a follow-
on to Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System; a report that provides 
an overview of chatbot technology and examples in the criminal justice 
system. This RFI is seeking information about best practices for the 
development and implementation of chatbots in the criminal justice 
system. The resulting report will educate criminal justice agencies on 
implementation pathways and will highlight selected chatbot developers 
and providers with previous experience specific to the criminal justice 
system or local government. The goal of the report is to be a resource 
for stakeholders to reference when considering their chatbot 
development plans.

DATES: Emailed responses must be received (and mailed responses 
postmarked) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this request may be submitted electronically by 
email to Eric Vetter at [email protected] with the subject line 
``Criminal Justice Chatbot Market Survey Federal Register Response.'' 
Responses may also be sent by mail to the following address: Criminal 
Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium (CJTEC), ATTN: Eric Vetter, 
Criminal Justice Chatbot Market Survey Federal Register Response, RTI 
International, P.O. Box 12194, 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this market 
survey, please contact Meghan Camello (CJTEC) by telephone at 603-801-
5127 or [email protected]. For more information on the NIJ CJTEC, visit 
https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/2018-75-cx-k003 and view the 
description, or contact Steven Schuetz (NIJ) by telephone at 202-514-
7663 or at [email protected]. Please note that these are not 
toll-free telephone numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information sought: CJTEC is seeking information and insights into 
the design, development, and implementation of chatbots in the criminal 
justice system. Specifically, CJTEC is seeking information about 
successful implementation that fit one or more of these categories:
     Chatbots designed for the criminal justice community, such 
as law enforcement, court systems, correctional agencies, and victim 
service organizations.
     Chatbots designed for other industries or applications 
that could be applicable to the criminal justice community (i.e., 
municipal agency).
    Usage: Information provided in response to this request may be 
published in a report on chatbots in the criminal justice system. This 
RFI is intended to solicit important general information from vendors, 
developers, industry observers, or the criminal justice community which 
may lead to later discussions to help understand best practices, case 
studies, product technical specifications, etc. that might be used in 
the report.
    CJTEC is seeking a response from technology vendors, developers, IT 
consultancies, or the criminal justice community that includes:
    1. Name and description of company/organization.
    2. Case studies or user testimonials highlighting criminal justice 
or similar use cases, including description of product or service.
    3. Contact information for a future conversation (name, role, 
email, phone number).
    An independent response should be submitted for each product that 
respondents would like CJTEC to consider in their report. NIJ 
encourages respondents to provide information in common file formats, 
such as Microsoft Word, pdf, or plain text. Each response should 
include contact information.

Jennifer Scherer,
Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director, National Institute of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-03620 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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