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B-171019 1 (1973-09-06)

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                   COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED A
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054


    B-171019
                                              SEP  6 1973


    The Honorable William J. Randall
fi Chairman, Legal and Monetary'Affairs
      Subcommittee
  Q-Committee on Government Operations  H1
    House of Representatives                            /

    Dear Mr. Chairman:                                       LM096080

         Your April 12, 1973, letter requested that we review the
    sujff*e     a d accurac  of the  e   tment of Justice's     32
    April 6. 197                          entitled 2Development
    of a Nationwide Criminal Data Exchange System--Need to Deter-
    mine Cost and. Improve Reporting (B-171019, Jan. 16, 1973).
    The Department prepared its comments in response to a Feb-
    ruary 1, 1973, request from the Chairman, House Committee on
    Government Operations.

         Our report commented on the need for the Federal Bureau
  2-of Investigation (FBI) and the Law Enforcement Assistance    
  Administration (LEAA) to (1) determine the total cost of de-jY7
    veloping and operating the computerized criminal history
    exchange system so that the participants can decide whether
    they are able, or willing, to meet the system's financial
    requirements and (2) implement a program to insure that ar-
    rest and disposition data entered into the system is complete
    and accurately reflects the offender's record.

         The Department's comments contained in our report con-
    tinue to be its official views. These comments and the
    additional comments provided on April 6, are substantially
    accurate, and the actions being taken by the Department
    should provide cost data and should improve arrest and dispo-
    sition reporting. However these actions are not sufficient
    to in3ure that the total cost of developing and operating the
    system will be determined. Whether the data maintained in
    the system will be complete and accurate will depend, in part,
    on enactment of legislation which would require criminal jus-
    tice agencies in each State to furnish timely disposition
    data. The Department is currently drafting such legislation.

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