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Appendix C: Legislation Impacting NIJ
Appendix C: Legislation Impacting NIJ
Pages 273-282
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as well as a National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) , which would later become NIJ.
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1996 Mission Statement for the National Institute of Justice Established by Congress as the major Federal agency for criminal justice research, NIJ is authorized to: be taken by federal, state, and local governments and by private persons and organizations to improve and strengthen law enforcement. In order to do so, NILECJ was authorized to carry out a number of research efforts through "grants and contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, or private organizations." These efforts, as defined in the act (P.L.
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. 2008-2009 Mission Statement for the National Institute of Justice Advance scientific research, development, and evaluation to enhance the administration of justice and public safety.
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in DOJ to provide staff support to and coordinate activities of the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS, also established by this act) , and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
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202) to: • erve as a national and international clearinghouse for the ex s change of information; • submit a biennial report to Congress on state of justice research; • ake recommendations, in consultation with appropriate state and m local agencies, for the designation of programs and projects which will be effective in improving the functioning of the criminal justice system; and • ncourage, assist, and serve in consulting capacity to federal, state, e and local justice system agencies.
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. This reauthorization act repealed NIJ's legislative advisory board and directed the NIJ director to report to the attorney general through the OJP assistant attorney general (Sec.
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However, the act established OST as its own entity and divorced it from the oversight of NIJ. The act placed OST under the general authority of the assistant attorney general, OJP, and dictates that the office "shall be headed by a director, who shall be an individual appointed based on approval by the Office of Personnel Management." The act allows OST to establish and maintain advisory groups, exempt from the provisions of FACA, "to assess the law enforcement technology needs of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies." The act provides that decisions concerning publications issued by OST "shall rest solely with its Director." The act places control for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center under OST and allows for the creation of new centers "with a merit-based, competitive process." It also requires that all OST research and development "be carried out on a competitive
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The act also expanded the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program. The act called for: • liminating the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from e crime scenes and convicted offenders; • mproving and expanding the DNA testing capacity of federal, i state, and local crime laboratories; • ncreasing research and development of new DNA testing i technologies; • eveloping new training programs regarding the collection and use d of DNA evidence; and • roviding post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate p the innocent.
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Program, which was a merger of former programs, the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, and the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants program. Under the JAG program, the attorney general reserved "not more than $20 million for use by [NIJ]
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