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B-171019 1 (1974-03-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaefo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-11A1 byLEASED y 7 COL MR611k.r Chairm7n WASHINGTON. D.C. 2WO1 B-171019 RELEASED MAR 1 1974 The Honorable Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Chairman -Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Committee on the Judiciary UntdStates Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of February 21, 1974, requested that we provide your Subcommittee with information on the development and use of computer- ized criminal history information. You requested specific information in connection with hearings on legislation to guarantee the security and privacy of criminal history information (S. 2963 and S. 2964). We have reviewed actions relating to the development of the Fed- eral and State computerized criminal history information systems (CCH). Enclosed are our findings, which may be useful to your Subcommittee during its March hearings. We will provide the other information you requested after the hearings and further discussions with your staff. Briefly, our findings indicate: --When the Attorney General authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to operate the CCH system in December 1970, he did not inform the FBI of (1) the extent to which certain criminal history information should have been maintained in Federal rather than State computers or (2) what type of advisory policy board should be established to review the policies and procedures used for CCH. He had, however, received recommenda- tions regarding both matters from the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. --In the absence of such direction from the Attorney General, the FBI, with the concurrence of its National Crime Information Center Advisory Policy Board, developed the policy and operating procedures for CCH. --There is some question as to the extent of computerized criminal history information which should be retained in the FBI's computers. --Data is not available to indicate how computerized criminal his- tory information has been used.

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