# Selection and Application Guide to Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor
**AGENCY:**
National Institute of Justice, DOJ.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) announces publication of *Selection and Application Guide to Ballistic-Resistant Body Armor for Law Enforcement, Corrections and Public Safety,* NIJ Selection and Application Guide-0101.06. The document can be found here: *https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247281.pdf.* NIJ has developed this document to provide guidance concerning the selection, procurement, use, care and maintenance, and other considerations related to ballistic-resistant body armor. NIJ Guide-0101.06 is a companion document to NIJ Standard-0101.06, *Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor.*
The previous guide published by NIJ on body armor, NIJ Guide 100-01, *Selection and Application Guide to Personal Body Armor,* was released in 2001. NIJ Guide-0101.06 incorporates new knowledge about ballistic-resistant armor that has been gained in the intervening 13 years as the result of both NIJ-funded research and research funded by others. Whereas NIJ Guide 100-01 deals with both ballistic- and stab-resistant armor, NIJ Guide-0101.06 deals only with ballistic-resistant armor. It supersedes those portions of NIJ Guide 100-01 that deal with ballistic-resistant armor. It does not supersede those portions that deal with stab-resistant armor. A separate guide on stab-resistant armor will be published when NIJ Standard-0115.00, *Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor,* is updated. For more information about NIJ standards, please visit *http://nij.gov/standards.*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Michael O'Shea, by telephone at (202) 305-7954 [ *Note:* this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by email at *Michael.O'[email protected].*
William Sabol,
Acting Director, National Institute of Justice.