BJA FY 11 Electronic and Cyber Crime National Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program

The summary for the BJA FY 11 Electronic and Cyber Crime National Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program 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 11 Electronic and Cyber Crime National Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program
	CFDA Number:	16.752
	CFDA Description:	Economic High-Tech and Cyber Crime Prevention
	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-2011-3026
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 03, 2011
	Creation Date:	May 03, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 16, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 16, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jul 16, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	3
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	12,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: 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
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 nonprofit or for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations). For-profit organizations are required to forgo any profit or management fee. Applicants also must possess experience providing training and technical assistance on a national level to state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, intelligence analysts, prosecutors, staff who work in fusion centers, and other criminal justice entities on preventing, investigating, and responding to electronic, cyber, and high tech crimes. In addition, applicants are required to have the capacity to deliver training and technical assistance in remote locations and to underserved communities throughout the United States. Joint applications are permissible, with one organization serving as the primary applicant. Because this solicitation focuses on providing training and technical assistance at the national level, the resources associated with it cannot be used to fund: The efforts of electronic, cyber, or high tech crimes task forces in state, local, or tribal jurisdictions; or New or existing programs in state, local, or tribal jurisdictions.
Grant Description: The BJA Electronic and Cyber Crime National TTA Program serves the nations communities by providing training and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials; intelligence analysts; prosecutors; fusion center staff; and other criminal justice entities on preventing, investigating, and responding to electronic, cyber, and high tech crimes. These crimes are committed using networked computers or Internet technology; examples include various kinds of theft (financial, identify, etc.), selling illegal goods using the Internet, cyber stalking, child grooming and child pornography, hijacking accounts on social networking web sites, and hacking (i.e., reconfiguring or reprogramming a system to function in ways not approved by the owner, administrator, or designer). This program is funded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program (Byrne Competitive Program) through the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 112-10, division B); Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3134). The Byrne Competitive Program helps local communities improve the capacity of state and local justice systems and provides for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs.
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