Cooperative Agreement 15PBJS25GK02278NARI
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program) provides $3,664,255.00 to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to develop a secure data quality management portal. The portal will be used to: 1) monitor data quality and resolve issues for data reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS); 2) enhance the NICS reporting platform to collect,...
- Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The New York State Office of Court Administration received $2.22 million in Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program (CNCHIP) funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554) under a Cooperative Agreement awarded July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2029. The award supports a comprehensive modernization initiative for New York's 1,174 town and village justice courts, which collectively handle approximately...
- The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) has been awarded a $194,711 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550). The grant will fund two key projects: Under the core capacity area, DCJS will expand the availability of recidivism data by matching cohorts of individuals released pretrial, sentenced to jail, and given conditional discharge to...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Assistance, received a $2,260,714 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The award funds comprehensive modernization of Nevada's criminal justice information systems, including upgrades to warrant tracking software, migration of criminal justice applications to...
- The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) received a $218,481 Cooperative Agreement award under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The award will fund three projects over a two-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. Under the core capacity area, DCJS will conduct the ATI/Re-entry Project to reduce recidivism and incarceration and improve...
- The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) awarded a $846,632 Cooperative Agreement to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), CFDA 16.554. This funding will enable DCJS to secure mobile LiveScan tablets that can be deployed to local law enforcement agencies across New York during unexpected events that disrupt fingerprint transmission to state and federal repositories. Additionally, the award will...
- This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) supports two projects for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS). Project 1 provides overtime funding for CJIS staff to process over 12,000 arrests without disposition cases, including updating criminal history records and linking tracking/court case numbers. Project 2 provides overtime funding for DPSCS staff to...
- Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The Connecticut Judicial Branch received $1.75M in funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) through a Cooperative Agreement effective July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The award supports the Protection Order and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvements Project, which will establish secure, automated systems to record and report...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program) provides $1,283,165 to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to enhance the completeness, accuracy, and automation of criminal justice records reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key goals are to ensure the state's message switch is converted to the NIEM/XML format to be compatible with the FBI CJIS Division,...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ), Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, received a $5.87 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds a comprehensive initiative to enhance the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and accessibility of criminal history records...
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) received a $754,720 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) for the period September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2028. Under this award, DCJS will remediate identified system defects in the New York State Criminal History Repository to ensure accurate reflection of criminal justice events and full compliance with federal and state statutes governing record dissemination, suppression, and sealing. The project will encompass a structured program of analysis, development, testing, and deployment to correct deficiencies in the state's criminal history information system. The deliverables include detailed identification and documentation of each system defect with assessment of impacted records and data quality scope; verification of current business and system processes with subject matter experts; methodical correction of defects through application code changes, database updates, and business process revisions; and reconciliation and re-transmittal of corrected records to the FBI and other appropriate federal and state agencies. This effort directly supports the NICS Act Record Improvement Program's objective of improving the completeness, automation, and transmittal of criminal history records to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $754.7k | 6/12/26 |