Federal contract award

0004

IGF::CT::IGF "CRITICAL FUNCTIONS" THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES), WITHIN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION S INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, COLLECTS STATISTICS ON THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ANALYZES AND REPORTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE STATISTICS. BY STATUTE, NCES IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT AND REPORT DATA RELATED TO SCHOOL CRIME AND SAFETY. ED/NCES CONDUCTS TWO COLLECTIONS TO MEET THAT MANDATE THE SCHOOL SURVEY ON CRIME AND SAFETY (SSOCS) AND THE SCHOOL CRIME SUPPLEMENT (SCS) TO THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY. THE SSOCS IS DONE ON A BIENNIAL BASIS IN EVEN YEARS; THE SCS IS DONE ON A BIENNIAL BASIS IN ODD YEARS. SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE TWO SURVEYS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/PROGRAMS/CRIME/ AND HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/SURVEYS/SSOCS/. THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS ARE DONE THROUGH INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH TWO DIFFERENT UNITS AT THE CENSUS BUREAU. IN ADDITION TO PLANNING AND RELEASING DATA FILES FROM THE SURVEYS, ED/NCES IS ALSO CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE SPECIAL ANALYSES AS REQUESTED BY POLICY MAKERS, TO PRODUCE REPORTS USING THE DATA, TO DO TRAINING IN HOW TO ANALYZE THE SURVEY DATA, AND TO BE THE ED EXPERTS ON NEW AND EMERGING TOPICS RELATED TO SCHOOL CRIME AND SAFETY. ONE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, LOCATED IN THE SAMPLE SURVEY STUDIES PROGRAM OF THE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND LIBRARY STATISTICS DIVISION OF NCES, MANAGES THE PORTFOLIO OF WORK ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL CRIME AND SAFETY. TO MEET THE VOLUME OF WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TOPIC AREA, ED/NCES REQUIRES SUPPORT WITH PROGRAM-RELATED TASKS.