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Justice Bulletin: Weekly in-depth coverage of developments affecting state and local criminal justice. Features include congressional updates, analyses of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, research findings, and state and local program implementation and evaluation. Each issue of the Bulletin focuses specifically on Government Affairs; Promising Practices; New Research or NCJA News.

Beltway Short Takes: Contains the availability of funding for justice initiatives by federal agencies and private foundations and organizations. It also covers federal administrative items of criminal justice interest. Beltway Short Takes is published online twice per month. 

Policy and Practice: Focuses on emerging issues for criminal justice policymakers and practitioners around the country and stimulates ideas for developing and implementing new policies that effectively confront the crime problems in their states. Find out more about Policy and Practice.

Public Policy Liaison:
Access to information on pending or proposed federal public safety legislation and regulations through continual liaison between the NCJA's staff and key members of the Congress, their staff, and executive branch officials. The NCJA also analyzes criminal justice policies and synthesizes the issues affecting policy development.

National and Regional Conferences: Opportunities to provide policy direction to the NCJA's advisory council and board of directors through committees, seminars, and special sessions on emerging issues and promising practices. The annual National Forum also affords interaction with federal officials, members of Congress, and colleagues from around the country. The NCJA’s regional conferences focus on practical approaches to local public safety problems.

Federal Funding Assistance: Continually updated information in funding opportunities and eligibility requirements through NCJA consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice and its Office of Justice Programs (OJP) as well as other federal agencies. The NCJA also monitors federal financial management requirements for state and local grant administrators. 

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