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Opportunity Summary:

The FY 2012 Statistical Examination Presidential Pardons opportunity was a discretionary Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) grant designed to fund a focused statistical and process-oriented study of how petitions for Presidential pardons are handled within the federal government. The central goal was to examine the adjudication of pardon petitions by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney, the office responsible for reviewing and investigating pardon applications and then preparing the Department of Justice recommendation that ultimately goes to the President. The opportunity situates this work within the broader concept of executive clemency, emphasizing that clemency includes multiple forms of presidential leniency for federal offenses, and that commutations and pardons are distinct actions within that clemency authority.

The project was framed as an information and statistics initiative rather than a service program. BJS sought applications that could produce credible, policy-relevant findings about the internal processing of pardon petitions, with an emphasis on how cases move through review, investigation, and recommendation. This aligns with BJSs statutory mission under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to provide justice statistics and related information to major public audiences, including the President, Congress, the judiciary, and state, tribal, and local governments, as well as the general public. In practical terms, the work funded under this announcement was intended to generate defensible data and analysis that could clarify how the pardon process operates, how decisions are developed, and what patterns might be observable in petition handling.

The funding mechanism was a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that BJS expected to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordinating on project design, deliverables, analytic approaches, or dissemination). The solicitation anticipated a single award, with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $350,000. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants were not required to provide non-federal funds to receive the award.

Eligibility was broad but specifically defined. Applicants could include for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, and consortia. A notable condition was that any for-profit recipient had to agree to forgo profit or management fees. The eligibility language also highlighted demonstrated organizational and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, explicitly including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. This suggests the solicitation placed value on applicants with proven capacity to engage tribal communities and institutions, either because the broader BJS portfolio emphasizes inclusivity and community experience, or because the study could intersect with clemency or justice-system impacts relevant to those communities.

Administratively, the opportunity was identified as Funding Opportunity Number BJS 2012 3353 and carried the CFDA number 16.734 (Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies). It was posted on June 27, 2012, with an application closing date of July 27, 2012, and later archived on August 26, 2012. Applicants needing help accessing the full announcement were directed to contact Cathy Maston, Management and Program Analyst, at 202-307-5992.

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