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Saturday, March 19, 2011

FBI Announces Initial Operating Capability for Next Generation Identification System

OFF THE WIRE
Thought I'd share this info~

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=95893
FBI Announces Initial Operating Capability for Next Generation Identification System..

The new system serves as an incremental upgrade to existing fingerprint identification system.

The Next Generation Identification System, designed to revolutionize law enforcement’s ability to process fingerprints has reached its initial operating capability, the FBI announced March 8.

Built by Lockheed Martin and typically referred to as NGI, the new system delivers an incremental replacement of the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, or IAFIS.

NGI provides automated fingerprint search capabilities, electronic image storage and electronic exchange of fingerprints to more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies and other authorized criminal justice partners 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

NGI is housed at the FBI’s Clarksburg facility and will process fingerprint transactions more effectively and accurately than IAFIS.

“The implementation announced today represents a tremendous achievement in enhancing our identification services,” said Louis E. Grever, executive assistant director, FBI Science and Technology Branch.

“Already, we’re seeing how the NGI system is revolutionizing fingerprint identification in support of the FBI’s mission,” Grever said.

Criminal and terrorist threats have evolved over the past decade, according to Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

“Today’s environment demands faster and more advanced identification capabilities,” Roberts said. “NGI represents a quantum leap in fingerprint identification that will help us in solving investigations, preventing crime, and apprehending criminals and terrorists.”

Lockheed Martin also supported the development of IAFIS, which went live in 1999.