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FBI Boosts Servers For Faster Criminal Searches

Posted by Zonk on from the we're-all-thrilled-for-them dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division has awarded Lockheed Martin a $16 million contract to upgrade its central repository for criminal justice information services. 'The CJIS division operates national-level crime data systems that furnish name checks, fingerprints, criminal history data and other information to law enforcement officials. Keeping its systems on the leading edge should help CJIS with its goal of delivering getting timely and relevant criminal justice information to the FBI and all others in the law enforcement community. The new and upgraded servers will be part of the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.'"

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  1. Chump change by MeditationSensation · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They got nothin' on the NSA: "NSA's budget for electricity exceeds US$31 million per year, making it the second largest electricity consumer in the entire state of Maryland."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsa

  2. Re:law enforcement by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Want to know where your freedom has gone, America? Overzealous prosecutors with political aspirations and gung-ho macho cops.

    And the solution is very simple: abolish plea bargaining and require a speedy jury trial on anything that anyone is charged with. If the State actually has to try all charges, the practice of charging people guilty of minor offenses with everything on the books that MIGHT stick will stop very rapidly.

  3. Try over $500M in total by MikeRT · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Source. The FBI is an agency that desperately needs to have a president come in and clean house, firing managers, devolving authority back to field agents and other measures that would help to clean out the bureaucratic nightmare.