The hawaii criminal justice data center (hcjdc) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding to improve the security, reliability, and accessibility of hawaiis…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the Attorney General Hawaii Department of the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division $2.5 million under Cooperative Agreement 15PBJS25GK02254NCHI on July 1, 2026, under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554).

The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center will use the funding to improve the security, reliability, and accessibility of Hawaii's criminal history information systems, which serve as the state's central repository for criminal history records and support statewide and national criminal justice information sharing through the National Crime Information Center, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the National Fingerprint File, and the Interstate Identification Index. Approved activities include replacing critical infrastructure with VxRail servers, enhancing system security, continuing National Information Exchange Model XML implementation efforts, and supporting server replacement projects for Hawaii prosecutor offices. The improvements will ensure timely and accurate criminal history reporting to state and national systems while addressing federal security requirements and modernization mandates.

The period of performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. Work is performed in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The hawaii criminal justice data center (hcjdc) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding to improve the security, reliability, and accessibility of hawaiis criminal history information systems. Hcjdc serves as hawaiis central repository for criminal history records and supports statewide and national criminal justice information sharing through systems such as the national crime information center, the national instant criminal background check system, the national fingerprint file, and the interstate identification index. Funding will support infrastructure and security modernization projects that directly improve the transmission, availability, and protection of criminal history information used by law enforcement and criminal justice agencies statewide. Approved activities include replacing critical infrastructure with vxrail servers, enhancing system security, continuing national information exchange model XML implementation efforts, and supporting server replacement projects for hawaii prosecutor offices. The project will also support ongoing efforts to maintain secure and reliable criminal history services while addressing federal security requirements, modernization mandates, and statewide information-sharing needs. These improvements will help ensure timely and accurate criminal history reporting to state and national systems and strengthen hawaiis ability to securely share criminal justice information across agencies.