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 Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee

 On Civil And Constitutional Rights

 Committee On The Judiciary

 House Of Representatives






 Observations On The

 FBI's Interstate

 Identification Index



 I l I nterstate' I(entifilcation  Index  is an   automated
 nl(:m r itio i system  operated by the  FBI since  1'981
 )dlr i inaiq'd hy the 1FB in cooperation with state and
 locil Lw ,rforceinent agencies, It is used to ex-
 i:iain(e c[.mi ir al history and relate d information. Ac-
 or ding to par ticipating state and federal officials, the
 Index ,systei is i - se ful, effective, and desirable for
 cr I ( I Ii j1u stIce purposes. Startup costs were less
 tlirr $1 million for the FBI and averaged about
 $ 36,00)  or 1 1 of the 1 4 pa rticipat i ng states. Operat-
 ing c()sts were avalable only for 10 participating
 St  lt a  ,r a VhgeCd a b(out $2,300 monthly, Some
 s;aVings may also be realized.
 F[431 and stat officials plan to merge tht- Index system
 with  the  FBI's  traditional fingerprint identification
 Systei  to  iIi nate duplication be t ween    (,'I1 the two
 indexes Ac co rding to FB-I officials, continued auto a -
 tion of the traditiio riil system will be need-ed to provide
 tietilr servi(e id to )r(.)i:)re for t  meroger. However,
 (liffenirieS n C tat l)WS for (diSSetinq criminal
 histi y r   (>rds to organiiations otSide the cri rninal
JIstlic  yson n iay hinit the extent to vvhichi the tw .)
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                                        o o  UOCTOBER 16, 1984

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