Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

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The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting of the NationalCrime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (Council) created by the NationalCrime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the Federal Government and 27 states are parties to the Compact, which governs the exchange of criminal history records for licensing, employment, and similar purposes. The Compact also provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such records. The United States Attorney General appointed 15 persons from federal and state agencies to serve on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index System. Matters for discussion are expected to include: (1) Standards to Invoke Noncriminal Justice Record Checks in the Matter of Emergencies and Disasters. (2) Proposed Changes to the Security and Management Outsourcing Standard. (3) Access to Department of Homeland Security Information by Federal, State, and Local Criminal Justice, Intelligence, and Authorized Noncriminal Justice Agencies: Update on the Progress to Date with Interope