The Success Stories website is designed to identify and highlight BJA-funded statewide, local, and/or subgrantee projects that have demonstrated success or have shown promise in meeting the objectives and goals of the BJA funding program while positively impacting communities.

The current feature story highlights how support from the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) has dramatically reduced gang-related crimes in Compton, California.

If you have a Success Story you would like to submit, sign in or register at My BJA to access the Success Story Submission form.  Once you sign in to your My BJA page, you will be able to add a success story via the link below the “My Success Stories” section.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released draft standards documents for semiautomatic pistols and patrol rifles for law enforcement.  The draft standards documents specify minimum performance requirements and test methods.

NIJ is asking the public, especially members of law enforcement, to review the drafts and submit comments by Tuesday, March 19, 2019.  The final versions of these documents are anticipated to be published in late 2019 as new NIJ Standards for Law Enforcement.

Several new resources are now available to help emergency responders and health-care workers develop specific guidance and training to protect themselves and save lives during incidents involving fourth generation nerve agents, also known as Novichoks or A-series nerve agents. 

Following the incidents in the United Kingdom in 2018 involving a fourth generation agent, the White House National Security Council convened a federal interagency working group to identify and develop resources to help the emergency response community prepare for and respond to a fourth generation agent incident, should one ever occur in the United States.  The resources are available for U.S. emergency response professionals seeking to learn more about the agent used in the United Kingdom. and how to protect themselves and respond if such incidents ever occur in their communities.  No illicit use or manufacture of a fourth generation agent or other nerve agent is known to have occurred in the United States, and there is no known threat of nerve agent use in the United States.

To assist potential applicants interested in applying for FY 2019 funding opportunities, BJA is hosting a series of educational webinars.

1. The Federal Funding Process: What New and Seasoned Applicants Should Consider:

February 5, 2019, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET

Applying for an Office of Justice Programs grant can be a challenging process.  This no-cost webinar will educate participants on the necessary steps for a first-time applicant, explain how the OJP grant process works, and focus on what applicants should understand when applying for funding.

2. Submitting Your Application: Avoid These Common Mistakes

February 7, 2019, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET

This no-cost webinar will provide guidance for applicants on how to avoid common application mistakes.  Attendees will learn:

• The importance of using the application checklist. 
• How applications are successfully submitted.
• How subawards can be incorporated into an application. 
• How to attach documents.

This strategy is based on the core principle of seeking the truth and speaking the truth to our policymakers and the American people in order to protect our country.  As a community, we must become more agile, build and leverage partnerships, and apply the most advanced technologies in pursuit of unmatched insights.  The 2019 NIS provides a roadmap to achieve this end.

~Daniel R. Coats, Director, National Intelligence

On January 22, 2019, the Director of National Intelligence, Daniel R. Coats, unveiled the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS).  The NIS is the guiding strategy for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and will drive the strategic direction for the nation’s 17 IC elements for the next four years.

The 2019 strategy is the fourth iteration for the NIS and seeks to make our nation more secure by driving the IC to be more integrated, agile, resilient, and innovative.