State Courthouse Operations and Security Statistics Survey: Development and Design Phase

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	Federal Grant Title:	State Courthouse Operations and Security Statistics Survey: Development and Design Phase
	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:	2008-BJS-1855
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 15, 2008
	Creation Date:	Apr 15, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 15, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 15, 2008
	Archive Date:	Jun 14, 2008
	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 profit-making 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: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals for the development, design,and field testing of the State Courthouse Operations and Security Statistics Survey andpreparation of an implementation plan for fielding the survey in 2009. The goal of thesurvey is to provide funding to design and develop a survey to measure the operations,security procedures, and policies maintained in the Nation's courthouses, the focal pointof the American justice system. The survey will collect information on the number ofviolent incidents and threats in the Nation's courthouses, persons and funding assignedto security details, procedures for handling defendants, public accessibility, andprocedures for providing off-site judicial security.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/scosss08sol.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Lisa Price-Grear Program Analyst Phone 202-616-3561

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