[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR25.5]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 25_DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A_The National Instant Criminal Background Check System
 
Sec. 25.5  Validation and data integrity of records in the system.

    (a) The FBI will be responsible for maintaining data integrity 
during all NICS operations that are managed and carried out by the FBI. 
This responsibility includes:
    (1) Ensuring the accurate adding, canceling, or modifying of NICS 
Index records supplied by Federal agencies;
    (2) Automatically rejecting any attempted entry of records into the 
NICS Index that contain detectable invalid data elements;
    (3) Automatic purging of records in the NICS Index after they are on 
file for a prescribed period of time; and
    (4) Quality control checks in the form of periodic internal audits 
by FBI personnel to verify that the information provided to the NICS 
Index remains valid and correct.
    (b) Each data source will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy 
and validity of the data it provides to the NICS Index and will 
immediately correct any record determined to be invalid or incorrect.

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