Assessments of NIJ

NIJ is committed to transparency and quality. The agency has been or is being assessed by:

• Office of Management and Budget using the Program Assessment Review Tool (PART).

  View NIJ’s PART assessment summary and details (2005) and learn more about the PART on ExpectMore.gov.
• National Academy of Sciences, ongoing
  Learn more about this assessment from the National Academies web site.
• The DOJ Office of the Inspector General, see:
  • Audit of the National Institute of Justice’s Practices for Awarding Grants and Contracts in Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007 (pdf, 192 pages), September 2009.
• Government Accountability Office, see:
  • Law Enforcement: Better Performance Measures Needed to Assess Results of Justice's Office of Science and Technology, November 2003.
  • Justice Outcome Evaluations: Design and Implementation of Studies Require More NIJ Attention, September 2003.