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 the first meeting of the Compact Council created by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the federal government and four 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 will appoint fifteen persons from federal and state agencies to serve on the Compact Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the system. Since this is the Compact Council's first meeting, the FBI will call the members to order for an organizational meeting to adopt bylaws and elect a chairman, followed by the regular meeting. Matters for discussion are expected to include the mission and responsibilities the Compact requires of the Council, compact officers, and the states; how committees will be used to accomplish council business; state qualification requirements for the National Fingerprint File; Violence Agains