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 National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (Council) created by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the Federal Government and 28 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 state and federal 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) Establishment of a Benchmark for National Fingerprint File (NFF) Program Participation and an NET Implementation Plan. (2) Report on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Criminal History Record Information Sharing (CHRIS) Project. (3) Update on the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division Security Policy. The meeting will be open to the public on a first-come, first-