[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1303]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation


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

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Justice.

ACTION: Meeting Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting of the 
Compact Council created by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy 
Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the federal government and 
fourteen 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 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 Interstate Identification Index system.
    Matters for discussion are expected to include: (1) Proposed 
Amendments to the Delayed Fingerprint Submission Requirement Rule, (2) 
State/FBI Qualification Requirements and Audit Criterion for 
Participation in the National Fingerprint File, (3) Status Report on 
the National Fingerprint Applicant Check Study, (4) Discussion on 
Privatization Initiatives and the Development of Security/Management 
Control Standards, (5) Proposed Sanctions Rule, (6) Proposed 
Improvements to National Fingerprint File Responses for Electronic 
Fingerprint Based Requests for Criminal History Records Checks.
    The meeting will be open to the public on a first-come, first-
seated basis. Any member of the public wishing to file a written 
statement with the Compact Council or wishing to address this session 
of the Compact Council should notify Ms. Cathy L. Morrison at (304) 
625-2736, at least 24 hours prior to the start of the session. The 
notification should contain the requestor's name and corporate 
designation, consumer affiliation, or government designation, along 
with a short statement describing the topic to be addressed, and the 
time needed for the presentation. Requestors will ordinarily be allowed 
up to 15 minutes to present a topic.

Dates and Times: The Compact Council will meet in open session from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 25-26, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Renaissance Scottsdale 
Resort, 6160 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona, telephone 
(480) 991-1414.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries may be addressed to Ms. 
Cathy L. Morrison, Interim FBI Compact Officer, Compact Council Office, 
Module C3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306-
0148, telephone (304) 625-2736, facsimile (304) 625-5388.

    Dated: January 14, 2003.
Bobby P. Hamil, Jr.,
Acting Section Chief, Programs Development Section, Criminal Justice 
Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
[FR Doc. 03-1303 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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