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U.S. Sentencing Commission released a New Report – Cyber Technology in Federal Crime

This report provides demographic and sentencing information for those individuals who used at least one of three types of cyber technology during their offenses—hacking, cryptocurrency, and the dark web—along with the types of offenses committed using these technologies. The Commission analyzed this data to draw comparisons with all other federally sentenced individuals between fiscal years 2014...

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The Nation’s Data at Risk Webinar Recording Now Available

The  American Statistical Association hosted a webinar to discuss their 90-page report detailing serious threats to America’s ability to continue producing trusted, nonpartisan and essential statistics that serve every community in the nation. Titled The Nation’s Data at Risk: Meeting America’s Information Needs for the 21st Century, the report assesses the core of the federal statistical...

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Public comments requested on the Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 17, 2024, on the reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection: 2024 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the...

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Statistical Experts Warn of Looming Threats to Vital Official Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9, 2024 – As the nation wraps up celebrations of its birth 248 years ago, a first-ever comprehensive report about the status of the federal statistical system—informing and powering the progress of the world’s oldest democracy since the first census in 1790—issues a clarion call with concerns for the future of official statistics. Today, the American Statistical Association...

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Public comments requested on the Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: National Corrections Reporting Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through September 3, 2024, on the extension of a currently approved collection: National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for...

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Public comments requested on the revision of a currently approved BJS data collection: School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

BJS encourages comments for 60 days through August 19, 2024, on the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data collection. Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following: Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary...

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Recent OJP and Other Justice-Related Publications

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