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Apply to participate in the National Institute of Justice Compliance Testing Program

National Institute of Justice Compliance Testing Program Applicant Agreement

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The OMB number for this collection is 1121-0321. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information.

This information is being requested pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 162(b)(4) and 6 U.S.C. 162(b)(6)(B). The disclosure is voluntary. The information provided on this form will be used by the National Institute of Justice to administer a product conformity assessment program for products used by law enforcement and correctional officers. This information and the associated products are voluntarily submitted under the Compliance Testing Program.

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE: See Clause 6 of this document for nature and extent of confidentiality. The National Institute of Justice Compliant Testing Program Applicant Agreement pertains to all applicants seeking to voluntarily participate in the National Institute of Justice Compliance Testing Program (hereafter, the NIJ CTP). Any reference to the NIJ CTP as an organization includes elements of both National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Justice Technology Information Center (JTIC).

This NIJ CTP Applicant Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement that governs the NIJ CTP's actions pertaining to the Applicant and shall supersede all other agreements between the NIJ CTP and the Applicant.

All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.

The Applicant is the legal organization taking responsibility for the submission and continued compliance of body armors which have been submitted through the NIJ CTP. The Applicant is not the individual submitting this form.

Applicant address country
Mailing address

A signatory is an officer of the company who has the authority to represent it and to bind the company to legal agreements. There must at least one Signatory listed, and the person submitting this registration must be a Signatory.

All Signatories listed here will be sent a link to create an account. Each signatory will have the ability to view and submit models through the program.

An authorized representative is a person who is not an officer of the company with the authority to bind it into agreements, but who has been granted the authority of the company to contact the NIJ CTP to discuss details of an armor submission. Representatives listed here will not be provided online access to your account to view or submit models on behalf of the Applicant. There must be at least one Authorized Representative listed, and if an Authorized Representative is the same as a Signatory, the Signatory information will be saved as the contact information.

Creation Date:

After application approval, each identified Signatory will receive an email to create a personal account. It is not recommended to share accounts. Each potential user should be registered by identifying them as signatories.

Once a Signatory has been registered there will be a few additional steps required before a model application can be submitted.

Attestation: By submitting this applicant registration, I attest that I am authorized to apply on behalf of the said company for the NIJ CTP's evaluation and certification services.

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If you were not able to find your answer above, please contact the NIJ CTP at bactp@nijctp.org or 919.485.2712.