The alabama state law enforcement agency (ALEA) will use funds for three tasks

The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) was awarded a $1,555,730 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, will be used by ALEA for three key tasks: 1) Implementing a statewide CJIS learning management system to improve training and management of CJIS certifications, 2) Replacing aging and insecure hardware for the statewide criminal justice network to ensure secure and reliable transmission of criminal history record information, and 3) Integrating arrest charge data into/from state information systems to improve the reliability of the state's criminal history record repository.

First, funds will be used to improve the quality of training and management of cjis certifications by implementing a statewide cjis learning management system. Second, funds will be used to initiate the next phase to replace aging and insecure hardware for the statewide criminal justice network to ensure criminal history record information is securely and reliable transmitted to and from agencies and to the states automated biometric information system and CCH repositories. And third, funds will be used to design and implement a comprehensive integration of arrest charges into and/or from all data contributing state information systems to ultimately improve the reliability of the state CCH records repository.