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Background check systems

BJS FY 11 National Criminal History Improvement Program

Closing Date
The NCHIP grant program is to improve the Nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information and by insuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and noncriminal justice background check systems.

BJS FY 11 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

Closing Date
The FIST program collects counts of firearm transfers and permit checks conducted by state and local agencies and combines this information with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data. Under FIST, additional information is collected on reasons for denials, appeals of denials, and law enforcement actions the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives...

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
https://www.bjs.gov/ After hours: (202) 598-0556

JUSTICE AWARDS NEARLY $17 MILLION TO EIGHT STATES UNDER NICS IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS ACT

WASHINGTON – Nearly $17 million was awarded to eight state agencies to improve the quality, completeness, and accessibility of records available under the National Instant Criminal Background...