Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is hereby given that the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), a component within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), proposes to develop a new system of records notice titled Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Statistical Data, JUSTICE/OJP-017. OJP proposes to establish this system of records to support BJS's mission to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice at all levels of government. The purpose of this system of records is to maintain the statistical data that BJS collects, acquires, or maintains through questionnaires, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and administrative records to carry out BJS's statistical mission.