Board of Parole
Charles Traughber, Chairman

The Research, Policy and Planning Division is responsible for providing statistical information for the agency accurately and in a timely manner, seeks sources of external funding and coordinates policy and forms development.

Research, Policy and Planning assists BOP's various divisions and other entities by performing the following tasks:

• Producing statistical reports and other information for internal and external
• use;
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• Developing and implementing program evaluations;
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• Coordinating or conducting research projects;
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• Seeking sources of external funding;
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• Coordinating the development of policy drafts for the Board's consideration;
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• Managing the development of agency forms;
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• Coordinating the development of the agency strategic and program plans;
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• Tracking and collating BOP incident reports and
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• Providing information to be used for analyses of proposed legislation and
• policy changes.
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