TITLE: National
Crime Information Center
ACRONYM: NCIC
ORIGINATOR:
Department/Agency Name: Department of Justice
Major
Organization Subdivision: Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Minor
Organization Subdivision: Criminal Justice Information
Services (CJIS) Division
Name of Unit:
Street Address: 1000 Custer Hollow Road
City: Clarksburg
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26306
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (304) 625-2000
Fax:
E-mail Address:
ABSTRACT: The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system
provides a computerized database for ready access by authorized users
to documented criminal justice information.
PURPOSE: The purpose for maintaining the NCIC system is to provide
a computerized database for ready access by a criminal justice agency
making an inquiry and for prompt disclosure of information in the system
from other criminal justice agencies about crimes and criminals. This
information assists authorized agencies in criminal justice and related
law enforcement objectives, such as apprehending fugitives, locating
missing persons, locating and returning stolen property, as well as in
the protection of the law enforcement officers encountering the individuals
described in the system.
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: All records in NCIC are protected from unauthorized
access through appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards.
These safeguards include restricting access to those with a need to know
to perform their official duties, and using locks, alarm devices, passwords,
and/or encrypting data communications.
USE CONSTRAINTS: Users of the NCIC system will be restricted to
only those privileges necessary to perform an authorized task(s).
AGENCY PROGRAM: The FBI is authorized to acquire, collect, classify
and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other
records and to exchange such information with authorized entities.
SOURCES OF DATA: Data contained in NCIC is provided by the FBI,
federal, state, local and foreign criminal justice agencies, and authorized
courts.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICE FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION (if different
from originator):
Department/Agency Name: U.S. Department of Justice
Major Organization Subdivision: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minor Organization Subdivision: Office of Public and Congressional Affairs
Name of Unit: Freedom of Information Privacy Acts Section
Street Address: 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
City: Washington, D.C.
State:
Zip Code: 20535-0001
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 324-3000
Fax:
E-mail Address:
ORDER PROCESS: Computerized criminal history record information
about an individual may be obtained by that individual upon presentation
of appropriate identification and in accordance with applicable state
and federal administrative and statutory regulations to a law enforcement
agency which has access to NCIC computerized criminal history records.
Appropriate identification includes being fingerprinted for the purpose
of ensuring that the individual is who the individual purports to be.
Once the record on file has been verified through comparison of fingerprints,
the individual will be afforded the opportunity to see the record. All
other requests for information from the system should be made in writing
to the address below.
OFFICE OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION (if different from originator):
Department/Agency Name: U.S. Department of Justice
Major Organization Subdivision: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minor Organization Subdivision: Office of Public & Congressional
Affairs
Name of Unit: Freedom of Information Privacy Acts Section
Street Address: 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
City: Washington, D.C.
State:
Zip Code: 20535-0001
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 324-3000
Fax:
E-mail Address:
DATE OF LAST MODIFICATION: 1/99
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