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FBI cards get sinewy on fingerprints

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MCLEAN, US:  Communications Resource, Inc. (CRI), a provider of digitization technology solutions, will now provide subject matter expertise in the design, development, production and certification of fingerprint scanning solutions for a FBI contract. The contract called CSS, will digitize the currently paper-based fingerprint, palm print, and photo records. Under this program, Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies will be able to submit fingerprints that will go into a national digital database.

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This is because CRI is now a part of the Lockheed Martin team which recently won the Federal Bureau of Investigation Card Scanning Service (CSS) contract. This is a five year $47 million award. Foreign law enforcement agencies will also be able to submit paper fingerprints which the FBI can add to the database. This contract will help aid the FBI with an up-to-date criminal history record; assist with criminal justice and law enforcement efforts; and, create new employment opportunities in West Virginia.

Eventually, the records processed through the CSS program will populate the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) program.

Incidentally, CRI, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a woman-owned small disadvantaged business and has supported the federal government for over 15 years. It says that its successful engagements encompass physical and cyber security, application development, enterprise architecture, and a variety of business process solutions. CRI now provides products and services to federal, state, and local agencies as well as commercial corporations throughout the U.S. CRI has been certified by the General Services Administration as one of a limited number of approved HSPD-12 System Integration Services Providers, it claims.