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AUGUST 3, 2021

BJS job vacancy


Now hiring: BJS Principal Deputy Director

The Bureau of Justice Statistics seeks a Principal Deputy Director responsible for achieving BJS's strategic objectives and enhancing its statistical infrastructure through the oversight of several BJS substantive statistical program units. Job duties include?

  • overseeing the administration of and providing technical direction on a variety of national statistical programs and series on crime and the administration of justice
  • providing leadership and direction to a professional staff contributing advances in the area of survey and sample design, data collection methodologies, computational statistics, and analytic techniques
  • overseeing and reviewing all statistical publications, data releases, and program announcements for accuracy and content, ensuring adherence to data quality standards and relevant statistical policy.


Applications are due by August 23, 2021.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.



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