Appendix C. FC Key Data Sources
The research for this guidebook included a review of a number of sources, and this information is a compilation of that research. Databases that various FCs access include:
- State motor vehicle administrations – operators driver’s license, vehicle registration, vehicle license tag information
- Location information (411, addresses, and phone numbers)
- Public records information (Accurint®)
- Law enforcement arrest and incarceration databases
- International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network, and the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)
- Public and private sources (security industry databases, identity theft databases, gaming industry databases)
- Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS)/Law Enforcement Online (LEO)
- United States Private-Public Partnership (U.S.P3)—formerly HSIN-CI
- Organizational and association resources (InfraGard, The Infrastructure Security Partnership)
- Corrections (Bureau of Prisons, National Inmate Status)
- Sex offender registries
- Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP)
- Health- and public health-related databases (Public Health Information Network, Health Alert Network)
- Weapon permit information
- Internet Registry (American Registry for Internet Numbers – American Registry for Internet Numbers [ARIN]; Internet Service Provider [ISP] Information)
- CyberCop
- Federal Protective Service (FPS) Portal
- Lesson Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
- National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
- Open Source Center
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)
- Regional Computer Forensics Group
- Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Portal
- TRIPwire ATF information portal
- U.S. Secret Service e-Information Network
- U.S. Coast Guard Homeport information portal
- Real estate/tax information
- El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
- FBI’s National Date Exchange (N-DEx)
- FBI’s Regional Data Exchange (R-DEx)
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
- Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)
- International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA)
- International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU)
- National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
- National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)
- National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
- Nlets—The International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network
- RISS Automated Trusted Information Exchange (ATIX)
- RISSNET™—RISSNET provides the six RISS centers with a secure criminal intelligence network for communications and information sharing by local, State, tribal, and Federal law enforcement agencies.
- Department of Defense (DoD) Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) – A secure network used to send classified data to select FC personnel with a Federal security clearance who will be able to access specific terrorism related information resident on the SIPRNet.[68]
June 2010
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