Design of 2009 National Private Security Survey

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	Federal Grant Title:	Design of 2009 National Private Security Survey
	CFDA Number:	16.734
	CFDA Description:	Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Statistics
	Category of Funding Activity:	Information and Statistics
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2009-BJS-2172
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 31, 2009
	Creation Date:	Apr 08, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 14, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 14, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jun 13, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Both for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations may apply for funds. However, consistent with OJP fiscal requirements, for-profit organizations are not allowed to make a profit as a result of this award or to charge a management fee for the performance of this award.
Grant Description: three plan options for the implementation the 2009 National Private Security Survey(NPSS). The primary objective of the award is to produce project specifications for this multi-survey data collection on private security officers, which will ultimately serve as the counterpart to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) collection. The NPSS will provide data on thedemographic characteristics, workload, clients, selection, training, and expenditures of anational sample of contract security companies and a stratified national sample of employers of proprietary security officers and investigators across various industries. Under this solicitation, awardees, in cooperation with BJS and experts in the field, will design data collection instruments for both the contract and proprietary sides of the NPSS and will produce three plans for the implementation of the NPSS based on sampling methodologies with ascending levels of sample scope, estimation specificity,and budget. An additional objective of the project is to produce an extensive literaturereview and secondary analysis of existing sources of data on the private security field ingeneral. BJS anticipates making an initial award for an 8-month period under this solicitation.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/npss09sol.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Lisa Price-Grear Program Analyst Phone 202-616-3561

General Information [lisa.price-grear@usdoj.gov]
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