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National Criminal History Improvement Program: Fiscal Year 1999 Program Announcement

Describes the procedures for applying for continuation funding under the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP). The NCHIP program assists States in to improve the accuracy, completeness, and interstate availability of criminal history records, to identify and flag records of persons convicted of domestic violence offenses, including stalking, and related protective orders, and, to develop interfaces between State record systems and the interstate systems operated by the FBI, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check system (NICS), the Interstate Identification System (III), the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), and the FBI's Sex Offender Registry and National Protection Order file.

Starting in FY 1999, activities formerly funded under the BJS National Sex Offender Registry Assistance Program (NSOR-AP) will also be funded from the NCHIP appropriation. The goal of the NSOR-AP program is to assist States to establish and upgrade the operation of State sex offender registries and to interface these registries with the FBI's National Sex Offender Registry. This will ensure that accurate and complete information about released sex offenders is appropriately made available to protect the public and prevent further victimization. The FY 1999 appropriation for the overall NCHIP program is $45 million. 2/99 NCJ 175033

This announcement is one in a series. More recent announcements may be available. To view a list of all in the series go to NCHIP page.

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