Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 16, 2021, on the reinstatement of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

• whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
• the accuracy of...

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 4, 2020, on the proposed extension and update of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

• whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have...

Apply now for funding to administer the program which—

• provides national estimates of the total number of firearm purchase applications received and denied pursuant to the Brady Act and similar state laws
• collects counts of firearm transfers and permit checks conducted by state and local agencies and combines them with the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data
• collects information on reasons...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) encourages comments for 60 days until March 27, 2017, on the extension of a previously approved collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program's Annual Survey of Background Checks for Firearm Transfers and Permits. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

• whether the proposed...