The Oregon State Police (OSP) received a $1,177,169 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will support two key projects: Continued staffing of an Operations and Policy Analyst position to oversee and facilitate NICS-related record improvement efforts, including monitoring deliverables, data quality, reporting, and billing for the state's disposition record...
The State Police Oregon Department was awarded a $861,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) effective October 1, 2023. The funds will be used to replace or provide new LiveScan fingerprint devices at police departments and sheriffs' offices/jails across Oregon that have reached end-of-life, or implement LiveScan equipment for the first time to replace ink and paper for...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $1,375,326 Cooperative Agreement under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmittal of criminal justice records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Continuing support for Nebraska's NICS Record Improvement Program, which funds...
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) was awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will support two projects: 1) Processing missing criminal history dispositions and updating rap sheets for over 12,000 arrest cases, and 2) Addressing the growing backlog of court-ordered and legislatively mandated expungements. These...
This $808,569.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics funds the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) to enhance the state's criminal justice records systems and support the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Specifically, the award provides funding for three Criminal Justice Technicians and one Criminal Justice Specialist to maintain and update the NICS indices and Interstate Identification Index, including processing NICS requests,...
The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received a $1,698,186 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will support several projects to enhance criminal history record systems and reporting in Nebraska, including: 1) Maintaining a NICS record improvement program manager and analysts to improve the state's firearm prohibiting records; 2) Developing and maintaining automated...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) provides $2,413,463 to the Nevada Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal Justice Assistance. The funding will be used to continue a contract with a vendor to research and enter missing arrest dispositions into the Nevada and FBI criminal history databases. This will help improve the completeness and accuracy of records used by...
The State Police Oregon Department received a $1,253,664 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant funds will be used to support the Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division's goals of increasing DNA casework capacity and reducing the backlog of cases. Specifically, the grant will fund positions, overtime, outsourcing of backlogged cases, software licenses,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $1,844,414 Cooperative Agreement under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC). The funding will support several initiatives to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmission of criminal justice records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), including: Continuing the work of the Arizona NICS Task Force and supporting a...
The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General's Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division received a $169,728 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funds will support the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Centers' efforts to identify and close gaps in reporting data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This includes improving the accessibility and...