IJIS is pleased to release the following Technology Service Request for Proposals “Hate Crime Data Collection and Reporting Specification Development”. Funding has been allocated for this project from the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under federal Award Number 15PBJS-23-GK-05496-NOHA, FY 2023 Law Enforcement Transition to the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to Improve Hate Crime Reporting. Leading an effort to improve data collection and reporting of incidents including hate crimes.
This highly visible engagement will result in the development of the Hate Crime Specification for improved data collection and reporting aligned with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) division-developed National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) reporting and state laws. As part of this effort, the selected firm will review and analyze the 2023.0 NIBRS technical specification, 2023.0.1 NIBRS IEPD, state laws, criminal and non-criminal hate incident data collected by criminal justice agencies, non-criminal justice agencies and non-criminal justice associations, and use cases developed by the hate crimes operational working group to create a comprehensive Hate Crime Information Sharing Service Specification. The developed specification will be implemented at three pilot sites to be determined.
The IJIS Institute encourages all member and non-member firms that possess the requisite skill sets and experience to submit a response. A Statement of Intent is required by Midnight, November 25th, 2024. Questions are due by Midnight, December 2nd, 2024. Proposals are due by Midnight, December 6, 2024. Any questions or concerns may be directed to Renee Cobb, IJIS LETNIBRS Program Manager, at Renee.Cobb@ijis.org.