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NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND
PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL
Notice of Two Accepted Methods for
Determining Positive Identification for
Exchanging Criminal History Record
Information for Noncriminal Justice
Purposes
National Crime Prevention and
Privacy Compact Council.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the publication
requirement in title 42, United States
Code, 14616, Article VI(e), the Compact
Council, established by the National
Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
(Compact) Act of 1998, is providing
public notice of two accepted methods
for determining positive identification
for exchanging criminal history record
information (CHRI) for noncriminal
justice purposes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd C. Commodore, FBI CJIS Division,
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Module C3,
Clarksburg, WV 26306; Telephone (304)
625–2803; e-mail tcommodo@leo.gov;
fax number (304) 625–5388.
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The
Compact establishes uniform standards
and processes for the interstate and
Federal-State exchange of criminal
history records for noncriminal justice
purposes. The Compact was approved
by the Congress on October 9, 1998,
(Pub. L. 105–251) and became effective
on April 28, 1999, when ratified by the
second state. Article VI of the Compact
provides for a Compact Council that has
the authority to promulgate rules and
procedures governing the use of the
Interstate Identification Index (III)
System for noncriminal justice
purposes. The III is the system of federal
and state criminal history records
maintained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI).
Due to innovative noncriminal justice
initiatives in state and federal
communities, the Compact Council has
received numerous inquiries regarding
its interpretation of the definition of
positive identification which is defined
in the Compact, Article I (20), as
follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The term ‘positive identification’ means a
determination, based upon a comparison of
fingerprints or other equally reliable
biometric identification techniques, that the
subject of a record search is the same person
as the subject of a criminal history record or
records indexed in the III System.
Identifications based solely upon a
comparison of subjects’ names or other
nonunique identification characteristics or
numbers, or combinations thereof, shall not
constitute positive identification.
At its May 2004 meeting, the Compact
Council accepted two methods for
determining positive identification for
the exchange of CHRI for noncriminal
justice purposes. By way of background,
ten-rolled fingerprints has been the
method to determine positive
identification for over 80 years in the
criminal justice community. The use of
ten-rolled fingerprints has also served as
the standard business practice in the
noncriminal justice community. As a
result of this long standing practice and
reliability of using ten-rolled
fingerprints to determine positive
identification, the Compact Council
formally accepted ten-rolled fingerprints
as one method of positive identification
for exchanging CHRI for noncriminal
justice purposes.
The FBI’s Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Division
conducted a study, known as the
National Fingerprint-based Applicant
Check Study (N–FACS), to examine the
reliability of using ten-flat fingerprints
for determining positive identification.
The results of the N–FACS study were
presented to the Compact Council at its
May 2004 meeting. After close
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examination of various N–FACS pilot
program findings, the Compact Council
formally accepted ten-flat fingerprints as
another method for determining positive
identification for exchanging CHRI for
noncriminal justice purposes.
Hereafter, interested parties should
contact the FBI’s Compact Council
Office for future updates to the Compact
Council’s list of accepted methods of
positive identification for exchanging
CHRI for noncriminal justice purposes.
Further, information regarding a state or
federal agency’s acceptable standards
and technical capabilities to process
fingerprints should be obtained from the
State Compact Officer in a Compact
Party State’s criminal history record
repository, the Chief Administrator of
the State criminal history record
repository in a Nonparty State, or the
FBI Compact Officer for a federal or
regulatory agency.
In addition, the definition of positive
identification in Article I (20) of the
Compact refers to a ‘‘comparison of
fingerprints’’ without specifying the
number of fingerprint images.
Accordingly, the Compact Council has
determined that the definition is flexible
enough to accommodate any future
position the Compact Council may favor
concerning the use of less than tenrolled or ten-flat fingerprints when
acceptable reliability is sufficiently
documented. Future alternatives for
determining positive identification for
exchanging CHRI for noncriminal
justice purposes must be coordinated
with the CJIS Division. The scientific
reliability of any such future alternative
should not significantly deviate from
the reliability of ten-rolled fingerprints
or ten-flat fingerprints; nor shall it
degrade the standards for search
accuracy and/or computing capacity of
the Integrated Automated Fingerprint
Identification System as determined by
the CJIS Division. Agencies should
coordinate the submission of ten-flat
fingerprints with the CJIS Division.
Dated: May 12, 2005.
Donna M. Uzzell,
Compact Council Chairman.
[FR Doc. 05–12328 Filed 6–21–05; 8:45 am]
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Requirements
National Crime Prevention and
Privacy Compact Council.
ACTION: Notice of approval of the
National Fingerprint File (NFF)
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NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL
Notice of Two Accepted Methods for Determining Positive
Identification for Exchanging Criminal History Record Information for
Noncriminal Justice Purposes
AGENCY: National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the publication requirement in title 42, United
States Code, 14616, Article VI(e), the Compact Council, established by
the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) Act of
1998, is providing public notice of two accepted methods for
determining positive identification for exchanging criminal history
record information (CHRI) for noncriminal justice purposes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd C. Commodore, FBI CJIS Division,
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Module C3, Clarksburg, WV 26306; Telephone
(304) 625-2803; e-mail tcommodo@leo.gov; fax number (304) 625-5388.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Compact establishes uniform standards
and processes for the interstate and Federal-State exchange of criminal
history records for noncriminal justice purposes. The Compact was
approved by the Congress on October 9, 1998, (Pub. L. 105-251) and
became effective on April 28, 1999, when ratified by the second state.
Article VI of the Compact provides for a Compact Council that has the
authority to promulgate rules and procedures governing the use of the
Interstate Identification Index (III) System for noncriminal justice
purposes. The III is the system of federal and state criminal history
records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Due to innovative noncriminal justice initiatives in state and
federal communities, the Compact Council has received numerous
inquiries regarding its interpretation of the definition of positive
identification which is defined in the Compact, Article I (20), as
follows:
The term `positive identification' means a determination, based
upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable
biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record
search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history
record or records indexed in the III System. Identifications based
solely upon a comparison of subjects' names or other nonunique
identification characteristics or numbers, or combinations thereof,
shall not constitute positive identification.
At its May 2004 meeting, the Compact Council accepted two methods
for determining positive identification for the exchange of CHRI for
noncriminal justice purposes. By way of background, ten-rolled
fingerprints has been the method to determine positive identification
for over 80 years in the criminal justice community. The use of ten-
rolled fingerprints has also served as the standard business practice
in the noncriminal justice community. As a result of this long standing
practice and reliability of using ten-rolled fingerprints to determine
positive identification, the Compact Council formally accepted ten-
rolled fingerprints as one method of positive identification for
exchanging CHRI for noncriminal justice purposes.
The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division
conducted a study, known as the National Fingerprint-based Applicant
Check Study (N-FACS), to examine the reliability of using ten-flat
fingerprints for determining positive identification. The results of
the N-FACS study were presented to the Compact Council at its May 2004
meeting. After close examination of various N-FACS pilot program
findings, the Compact Council formally accepted ten-flat fingerprints
as another method for determining positive identification for
exchanging CHRI for noncriminal justice purposes.
Hereafter, interested parties should contact the FBI's Compact
Council Office for future updates to the Compact Council's list of
accepted methods of positive identification for exchanging CHRI for
noncriminal justice purposes. Further, information regarding a state or
federal agency's acceptable standards and technical capabilities to
process fingerprints should be obtained from the State Compact Officer
in a Compact Party State's criminal history record repository, the
Chief Administrator of the State criminal history record repository in
a Nonparty State, or the FBI Compact Officer for a federal or
regulatory agency.
In addition, the definition of positive identification in Article I
(20) of the Compact refers to a ``comparison of fingerprints'' without
specifying the number of fingerprint images. Accordingly, the Compact
Council has determined that the definition is flexible enough to
accommodate any future position the Compact Council may favor
concerning the use of less than ten-rolled or ten-flat fingerprints
when acceptable reliability is sufficiently documented. Future
alternatives for determining positive identification for exchanging
CHRI for noncriminal justice purposes must be coordinated with the CJIS
Division. The scientific reliability of any such future alternative
should not significantly deviate from the reliability of ten-rolled
fingerprints or ten-flat fingerprints; nor shall it degrade the
standards for search accuracy and/or computing capacity of the
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System as determined by
the CJIS Division. Agencies should coordinate the submission of ten-
flat fingerprints with the CJIS Division.
Dated: May 12, 2005.
Donna M. Uzzell,
Compact Council Chairman.
[FR Doc. 05-12328 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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