Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

Background

• On December 26, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the Uniform Guidance: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in the Federal Register.
• Uniform Guidance, sometimes referred to as the “Supercircular” or “Omnicircular” provides a streamlined government-wide framework for grants administration and management that consolidates requirements from eight OMB Circulars.
• The Uniform Guidance was the result of...

The murder of Alfred L. Barnes, an employee of Bethlehem Steel, happened on October 18, 1968, in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Someone shot Mr. Barnes three times in the head, dumped him in a desolate pasture and stole his late-model Thunderbird.

Some 42 years later, the crime remained unsolved. Then, in August 2010, the victim's nephew, Richard Barnes, contacted police and asked them to try again...