16 May 2006
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[Federal Register: May 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 94)]
[Notices]
[Page 28388-28389]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notice of Intent To Publish a Request for Proposal for the
Selection of Channelers
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of intent to publish a Request for Proposal for the
selection of Channelers requiring access to criminal history record
information for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to the National
Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council's Outsourcing Rule and
Standard.
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SUMMARY: The FBI intends to publish a Request For Proposal (RFP) in an
effort to select a limited number of third parties to serve as
Channelers. Channelers will receive noncriminal justice applicant
fingerprint submissions and collect associated fees, ensure fingerprint
submissions are properly and adequately completed, electronically
forward fingerprint submissions to the FBI's Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Division for national noncriminal justice
criminal history record checks, and receive electronic record check
results for dissemination to Authorized Recipients that are permitted
access to criminal history record information (CHRI) pursuant to
Federal statute, Federal Executive order, or a State statute that has
been approved by the United States Attorney General.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathrina L. Sliger, FBI
Contracting Officer, Information Technology Contracts Unit, FBI CJIS
Division, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Module E-3, Clarksburg, WV 26306;
telephone (304) 625-4142; e-mail ksliger@leo.gov; fax number (304) 625-
5391.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FBI's Criminal Justice Information
Services (CJIS) Division, Clarksburg, West Virginia, provides
identification services based on fingerprints and maintains a national
repository of fingerprint identification information. Since 1999, the
FBI has performed identification services using the Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The IAFIS is
designed to process fingerprint information electronically.
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998
(Compact) (title 42, United States Code, sections 14611-14616) provides
a legal framework for the cooperative exchange of criminal history
records for noncriminal justice purposes. The Compact established a
fifteen-member National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council
(Council), whose members are appointed by the United States Attorney
General, to promulgate rules, procedures, and standards governing the
use of the Interstate Identification Index (III) CHRI for noncriminal
justice purposes.
The Council published the ``Outsourcing of Noncriminal Justice
Administrative Functions'' Interim
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Final Rule (IFR) and two ``Security and Management Control Outsourcing
Standards'' (Outsourcing Standards) in the Federal Register (FR) on
December 16, 2004. See 69 FR 75243 and 69 FR 75350, respectively. The
Council adopted the IFR as a final rule and published a combined
Outsourcing Standard in the Federal Register on December 15, 2005. See
70 FR 74200 and 70 FR 74373, respectively. The rule permits an
Authorized Recipient of CHRI to outsource noncriminal justice
administrative functions relating to the processing of CHRI to a third
party, subject to appropriate controls. The rule states that contracts
or agreements providing for authorized outsourcing ``shall incorporate
by reference a security and management control outsourcing standard
approved by the Compact Council after consultation with the United
States Attorney General.''
The purpose of this notice is to provide interested parties advance
notice that the FBI will soon publish an RFP for Channelers pursuant to
the Council's Outsourcing Rule and Standard. The number of Channelers
that will eventually be approved is unknown at this time; however, the
FBI will strive to strike a balance between the number of Channelers it
has the capability to administer (i.e. the number of CJIS Wide Area
Network connections the FBI may reasonably establish during the first
year of this initiative) and the number needed to effectively and
efficiently serve the needs of Authorized Recipients. The RFP is
expected to be advertised in the FedBizOpps, formerly the Commerce
Business Daily, within 30 days of publishing this notice.
Dated: April 6, 2006.
David Cuthbertson,
Section Chief, Programs Development Section, Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
[FR Doc. E6-7365 Filed 5-15-06; 8:45 am]
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