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NARIP
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GOAL(S): To improve the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by providing assistance to states to improve the completeness, automation, and transmittal to state and federal systems the records used by the NICS. OBJECTIVE(S): Ensure that the infrastructure is developed to connect the state's and tribe's records systems to the national records systems operated by the FBI, including the NCIC, NGI, III, and NICS Indices. Performance Measure 1: Number of states and tribes participating or making records available to the NICS. Performance Measure 2: Number of records available in the NICS. Performance Measure 3: Percentage of complete records made available to the NICS. Performance Measure 4: Percentage of applications for firearm transfers rejected due to data made available to the NICS.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
See BJS website: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=49 See BJS website: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=49#state_by_state
See BJS website: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=49
See BJS website: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=49. The number of applications received in FY 2018 was 20. The number of awards made in 2018 was also 20. The anticipated number of applications in 2019 is 22 with the potential for all applications to be funded.
• State-submitted records in the NICS Indices have increased over 752 percent, from just over 1.1 million records in January 2008, to over 9.4 million records at the end of FY 2018.
• State submission of mental health records has increased more than 12-fold, from about 405,000 records in the beginning of 2008 to 5.3 million records as of September 2018.
• Forty-five states contribute at least 1,000 records to the mental health files in the NICS Indices, compared to only seven states contributing at least 1,000 records in January 2008. As of September 2008, 34 states contribute over 10,000 records.
• BJS has funded the development of reports on state progress in record reporting to NICS to include: Mental Health Submissions, Protection Orders, Fingerprint Processing Advances Improve Background Checks, Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence, Fugitives from Justice, and Unlawful Drug Users.
This program continues to support efforts to improve the reporting of criminal history and related records to state and national files to support the NICS. See summaries of previously funded awards here: https://bjs.ojp.gov/programs/nics-improvement-amendments-act/state-profiles
This program continues to support efforts to improve the reporting of criminal history and related records to state and national files to support the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
As part of accomplishing its mission, the Bureau of Justice Statistics funds programs for criminal justice statistics, assistance to state, local, and tribal governments, and the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility Program.
Please visit https://bjs.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bjs-2024-172138 to view awards.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
