The north dakota office of attorney general will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding for the statewide criminal history infrastructure modernization project

The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the North Dakota Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation $2.174 million on July 1, 2026, under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) to modernize statewide criminal history infrastructure and biometric systems.

The award funds the Statewide Criminal History Infrastructure Modernization Project, which will replace end-of-life Livescan devices, implement direct State Identification Numbers (SID) entry capability, modernize message switch infrastructure, and upgrade legacy software development and work management infrastructure. The project enhances the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, security, and interoperability of state criminal history record systems that support background check processes and serve law enforcement agencies, sheriffs offices, police departments, jails, prosecutors, courts, correctional facilities, and public safety partners across North Dakota.

Period of performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. Place of performance is Bismarck, North Dakota. The recipient is designated as a child entity within the grant structure. The assistance type is a cooperative agreement. These improvements strengthen biometric data capture capabilities, improve information sharing, increase accuracy, and ensure long-term sustainability of the state's criminal history reporting infrastructure while maintaining compliance with federal reporting standards.

This initiative will enhance the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, security, and interoperability of state criminal history record systems that support background check processes. This statewide project will serve law enforcement agencies, sheriffs offices, police departments, jails, prosecutors, courts, correctional facilities, and public safety partners across the state. The project will replace end-of-life livescan devices to eliminate unsupported hardware statewide and ensure continued operational reliability. The project will also implement direct state identification numbers (SID) entry capability, modernize message switch infrastructure, and upgrade legacy software development and work management infrastructure. These improvements will strengthen biometric data capture capabilities, improve information sharing, increase accuracy, and enhance system performance. Collectively, this project will ensure the long-term sustainability of the states criminal history reporting infrastructure, maintain compliance with federal reporting standards and strengthen public safety through dependable, accurate, and timely information sharing.