Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary

The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC), administered by the Hawaii Attorney General Department of the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division, received a $2.5 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award supports critical infrastructure and security modernization projects designed to enhance the security, reliability, and accessibility of Hawaii's criminal history information systems. Key deliverables include replacing critical infrastructure with VxRail servers, enhancing system security protocols, advancing National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) XML implementation efforts, and supporting server replacement projects for Hawaii Prosecutor Offices. These infrastructure improvements directly enhance the transmission, availability, and protection of criminal history information used by law enforcement and criminal justice agencies statewide.

The funded activities ensure that Hawaii maintains secure and reliable criminal history services while meeting federal security requirements and modernization mandates. The project strengthens HCJDC's central repository functions and its ability to support statewide and national criminal justice information sharing through systems including the National Crime Information Center, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, National Fingerprint File, and Interstate Identification Index. The modernization efforts will result in timely and accurate criminal history reporting to state and national systems while enabling secure information sharing across all state criminal justice agencies.