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This Bureau of Justice Statistics workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and how researchers, analysts, and the public can access and use its data. The session gives an overview of NIBRS, its evolution over time, and demonstrates two key resources: the NIBRS extract files and the Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool (LEARCAT). Key topics include:

On June 25, 2026, BJS statisticians presented an in-depth introduction to the Federal Justice Statistics Program. This webinar covered how to: 1. Track federal cases from investigation through incarceration and community supervision 2. Use the BJS Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics tool for research 3. Explore the innovative Dyad Link File methodology that connects data across agencies 4. Apply federal justice data to topics like immigration enforcement 5. Access resources, including published reports, data tools, and archived datasets.

This webinar is designed to provide policy and guidance to cooperative recipients who have the responsibility of managing the Conference Cost Submission and Reporting Requirements process. Cooperative recipients will understand the rules, threshold limits, and best practices for conducting conferences ensuring expenses are allowable, reasonable, and necessary for the award’s objectives. This webinar is conducted by an official from OJP’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

A comprehensive, well-organized budget will help you get the most out of your Tribal Victim Service Set-Aside (TVSSA) award and give you a better chance of early final budget approval.

During the presentation, TFMC financial specialists cover several important budgeting practices, including distinguishing between allowable and unallowable costs, writing your budget narrative to support project costs, estimating project costs and categorizing your budget, and navigating and understanding the Office of Justice Programs Budget Detail Worksheet used to complete your budget.

This training will give you the tools to manage your grant's budget clearance efficiently and effectively.

During this Open Forum, OVC TFMC financial specialists provided a comprehensive overview of the budget clearance process. Attendees engaged directly with our experts, who were available to answer questions and help navigate this crucial aspect of financial management.

This training session will define the purpose of financial monitoring reviews, provide an overview of the types of financial monitoring, including desk and on-site reviews, share elements of pre-site and on-site reviews, and identify the top ten monitoring findings.

In this training session, you will learn to locate allowable versus unallowable costs for each solicitation, determine if a cost is allowable or unallowable per cost category, assess whether a cost is reasonable, allocable, and necessary, and apply policies and procedures to ensure costs are consistently treated.