BJA FY 10 National Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Initiative

The summary for the BJA FY 10 National Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Initiative Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 10 National Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Initiative
	CFDA Number:	16.738
	CFDA Description:	Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	BJA-2010-2607
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 29, 2010
	Creation Date:	Apr 01, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 13, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 18, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jun 17, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: County governments - City or township governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, federally-recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal Register), and units of local government that support national initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system. For-profit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fees for services.
Grant Description: The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to enhance the ability of justice agencies to share information in order to support critical public safety and criminal justice system activities. BJA plans to address this nationwide need by supporting development and implementation of national policy and best practices, developing national consensus standards in support of information sharing, and delivering training and technical assistance services. Through this solicitation, BJA is seeking to enable the nation's criminal justice community to benefit from improved information sharing through advanced technology and tools that will increase efficiency, improve operations, and promote cost savings and reuse. BJA's National Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Initiative will work collaboratively with key stakeholders and national partner organizations to identify critical issues and problems and provide resources in response to emerging challenges in courts, corrections, reentry, crime and drug abuse prevention, law enforcement, and tribal justice.This program is funded under both the Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program (Byrne Competitive Program) and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. Authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010, (Pub. L. 111-117), the Byrne Competitive Program helps local communities improve the capacity of state and local criminal justice systems and provides for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs. The JAG Program (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)) is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, and JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system. The JAG Program authorization also provides that "the Attorney General may reserve not more than 5 percent, to be granted to 1 or more States or units of local government, for 1 or more of the purposes specified in section 3751 of this title, pursuant to his determination that the same is necessary (1) to combat, address, or otherwise respond to precipitous or extraordinary increases in crime, or in a type or types of crime" (42 U.S.C. 3756).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja/grant/10nationaljissol.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Al Roddy Technical Application Support 202-353-1881

Technical Application Support [Al.Roddy@usdoj.gov]
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