OpportunityTitle: State Courthouse Operations and Security Statistics Survey:  Development and Design Phase
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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.
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&apos;s courthouses, the focal pointof the American justice system. The survey will collect information on the number ofviolent incidents and threats in the Nation&#146;s courthouses, persons and funding assignedto security details, procedures for handling defendants, public accessibility, andprocedures for providing off-site judicial security.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: General Information
GrantorContactText: Lisa Price-Grear &lt;br/&gt;Program Analyst &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-616-3561