The alabama law enforcement agency (ALEA) will use funds to expand alabamas new CCH system to add the functionality of a message broker framework to be used in the exchange of data to the CCH as…

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) received a $1,738,956 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics through the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The funding will allow ALEA to modernize and expand Alabama's criminal history record system, including implementing a message broker framework to improve data exchange with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). ALEA will also use the grant to establish a CJIS Security Policy-compliant secure network infrastructure to connect all law enforcement and criminal justice agencies contributing to and utilizing criminal history records in Alabama. These improvements will enhance Alabama's contributions to NICS checks and the overall reliability of the information provided. The project period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025.

The alabama law enforcement agency (ALEA) will use funds to expand alabamas new CCH system to add the functionality of a message broker framework to be used in the exchange of data to the CCH as well as to the requisite federal systems necessary to provide information utilized for nics. ALEA also will use funds to implement a cjis security policy-compliant secure network infrastructure to connect all law enforcement and criminal justice agencies that contribute to and utilize criminal history record information. These efforts will greatly improve alabamas contribution to national nics checks and the reliability of the information being provided. The current CCH system and cjis network are extremely outdated and in need of modernization.