Justice Programs Office November 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is hosting a Certification Programs Workshop to introduce NIJ standards for law enforcement, corrections, and public safety equipment to organizations interested in testing, accreditation, and certification of such equipment to NIJ standards. The specific standards to be discussed address the following equipment: Bomb Suits. CBRN Protective Ensembles. Holsters. Metal Detectors. Offender Tracking Systems. Restraints. Vehicular Digital Multimedia Evidence Recording Systems. Manufacturers of these types of equipment and certification bodies are invited to participate in this workshop. All participants are strongly encouraged to come prepared to ask questions and to voice suggestions and concerns. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hotel Monaco, 700 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004. The meeting room is the Paris Ballroom. Space is limited at this workshop, and as a result, only 70 participants will be allowed to register. We request that each participating organization limit their representatives to no more than two. Exceptions to this limit may occur, should space allow. Participants planning to attend are responsible for their own travel arrangements. Please visit the Web site below for additional information and to submit your registration request: https://www.seeuthere.com/event/ m1312d11-4OFJ4NPANEZX1.

In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will make available to the general public the draft ``NIJ Law Enforcement Duty Holster Selection and Application Guide.'' The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to industry technical representatives, law enforcement agencies and organizations, research, development and scientific communities, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft document under consideration are directed to the following Web site: https:// www.justnet.org.