The guam judiciary will use funds to continue efforts to strengthen guam's criminal history records infrastructure

The Superior Court of Guam was awarded a $1,019,194 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), a federal grant program administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554). The goal of this project is to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of Guam's criminal history records by digitizing and updating manual arrest and firearms records, warrants, archived and active court case records, and court dispositions. The funding will also support building staff capacity to expand and protect court and criminal history systems, as well as provide administrative resources to ensure successful implementation of project activities. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.

The goal of this project is to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of guams criminal history records by providing adequate resources to support technology upgrades and the digitization of criminal history records that directly improve access and sharing of eligible records available to the FBI ncic. To achieve this goal, the judiciary proposes digitizing and updating manual arrest and firearms records, warrants, archived and active court case records, and court dispositions. IT also seeks to build staff capacity to expand and protect court and criminal history systems and provide administrative resources to ensure the successful implementation of project activities.