The tennessee department of finance and administration will subgrant funds to the tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) for the following activities: 1) continue to take ownership of criminal…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) provides $2,192,849.00 to the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to support several activities through January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Transitioning criminal history records originated at the federal level to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) repository, reconciling missing data and dispositions, and improving data transfer processes; 2) Continuing a project to complete computerized criminal history (CCH) records and connect dispositions and expungements; 3) Contracting with a vendor to locate dispositions for violent or domestic-related arrests and enter them into the CCH; 4) Identifying and entering historical arrest data with available dispositions into the CCH; and 5) Collaborating with courts and other stakeholders to inventory, review, and digitize paper criminal records for entry into the CCH. These activities aim to improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of criminal history record availability for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

The tennessee department of finance and administration will subgrant funds to the tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) for the following activities: 1) continue to take ownership of criminal history records originated at the federal level by transitioning records to the states repository, removing duplication of and reconciling missing data including dispositions, and mitigating file transfer challenges from the FBI to TBI.; 2) continue the computerized criminal history (CCH) record completion project and improve capacity to connect dispositions and expungements to criminal history records; 3) contract with vendor, screen ID, to locate dispositions for violent or domestic related arrests and enter them into the CCH; 4) identify missing arrest data associated with available dispositions from a former error file (2005 2015) and assist in entering historical data into the CCH; and 5) collaborate with courts in at least 2 counties and other stakeholders (jails, etc.) in the inventory, review, and digitizing of bound or boxed paper records for entry into the CCH and for historical records for the courts. All the project activities proposed in this application support the goal of improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of criminal history record availability to nics - including synchronizing records between the state and FBI, improving the automation of databases, and supporting expungements.