FY 17 National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X-State) Project: Technical Assistance and Implementation Support
FY 17 National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X-State) Project: Technical Assistance and Implementation Support
(Solicitation)
The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division established and
maintains the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a part of the FBI’s
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Currently, about 6,600 of the nearly 18,000
law enforcement (LE) agencies in the United States report their crime and arrest
data to the UCR in the NIBRS format. Additional agencies continue to transition to
NIBRS; however, at present, data submitted by the NIBRS-reporting agencies cannot be
used to generate national-level estimates of crime known to LE. To generate national
estimates based on the NIBRS data, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and FBI
CJIS are co-sponsoring the National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) Initiative.
NCS-X seeks to transition a scientifically selected sample of 400 LE agencies from
across the country to NIBRS, including all of the largest agencies. Once these 400
agencies have transitioned to NIBRS reporting, NIBRS data will be sufficient to
produce timely, accurate, and detailed national measures of crime and arrest needed
and expected by today’s LE professionals, policymakers, and the public.
The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division established and
maintains the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a part of the FBI’s
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Currently, about 6,600 of the nearly 18,000
law enforcement (LE) agencies in the United States report their crime and arrest
data to the UCR in the NIBRS format. Additional agencies continue to transition to
NIBRS; however, at present, data submitted by the NIBRS-reporting agencies cannot be
used to generate national-level estimates of crime known to LE. To generate national
estimates based on the NIBRS data, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and FBI
CJIS are co-sponsoring the National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) Initiative.
NCS-X seeks to transition a scientifically selected sample of 400 LE agencies from
across the country to NIBRS, including all of the largest agencies. Once these 400
agencies have transitioned to NIBRS reporting, NIBRS data will be sufficient to
produce timely, accurate, and detailed national measures of crime and arrest needed
and expected by today’s LE professionals, policymakers, and the public.
BJS seeks applications from organizations or project teams to serve as the NCS-X
Implementation Team and provide implementation and technical assistance support
services to NCS-X grantees, sample agencies, state UCR Programs, and other NCS-X
stakeholders. This team will work closely with BJS and FBI CJIS to transition the
NCS-X sample agencies to NIBRS-compliant reporting. See full solicitation for
complete description.
Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on July 17, 2017.