BJA Releases JIS TTA Program FY 2015 Competitive Grant Announcement – Responses are due July 30

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Justice Information-Sharing Training and Technical Assistance (JIS TTA) Program. This FY 2015 competitive grant program seeks to support the efforts of state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies to adopt innovative justice information-sharing solutions through the provision of TTA services.

Initiatives supported under this solicitation must adopt strategies consistent with the DOJ Global Standards Package (GSP) and support criminal justice policies, practices, and programs that are data-driven and evidence-based. Funding is being made available under two priority JIS TTA categories – State Cybersecurity Technical Assistance Program and Implementing Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections for Information-Sharing Practitioners.

Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 30, 2015.

View the full solicitation.