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5 LEAA Newsl. 1 (1975-1976)

handle is hein.journals/leaanews5 and id is 1 raw text is: - IThe Department of Justice has published sweeping regulations to protect N EW RU LE the privacy of persons named in criminal history records kept by LEAA- P funded criminal justice agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and PRO T agencies that exchange such information with Federally-funded systems or the FBI. CRI I I NA L The regulations require that criminal history record information be collect- ed, stored, and disseminated to insure the completeness, integrity, accuracy, and security of such information while preserving the legitimate law enforce- RO V . HIment need for access to it. (continued on page 8) LEAA Supported FORD URGES 5-YEAR, $6.8 BILLION FUNDING The individual, political and social costs of crime cannot be ignored. President Gerald R. Ford Message to Congress: June 19, 1975 Stating that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration has served as a leader in the development of new ideas on fighting crime, President Gerald R. Ford has asked Congress to continue LEAA through 1981 and set its five-year funding authorization at $6.8 billion. This would increase LEAA's an- and instead put the highest priority nual authorization from $1.25 bil- on the victims and the potential v1c- lion to $1.3 billion, and guarantee tims of crime. continuance of the Federal govern- Other major points in the Presi- ment's financial assistance program dent's program include a prohibi- to state and local criminal justice tion against the manufacture and agencies through 1981. sale of cheap handguns; mandatory In his June 19 crime message to prison sentences for violent and Congress the President said that repeat federal offenders; and com- the additional $250 million will pensation for victims of federal enable the agency's discretionary crimes who suffer physical injuries. funding program to place greater If Congress enacts the program, emphasis on programs aimed at President Ford said he is confident reducing crime in heavily populated the nation will have the teans to urban areas. launch an effective attack on crime. The President said his program is The LEAA legislative package was designed to reverse the present to be sent to Capitol Hill after the emphasis on the rights of criminals July 4 recess. Full Text Of President Ford's Crime Message Begins On Page 9

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