2011-27546. Meeting of the Compact Council for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact

AGENCY:

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

ACTION:

Meeting notice.

SUMMARY:

The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (Council) created by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the Federal Government and 29 states are parties to the Compact which governs the exchange of criminal history records for licensing, employment, and similar purposes. The Compact also provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such records.

The United States Attorney General appointed 15 persons from state and federal agencies to serve on the Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system for noncriminal justice purposes.

Matters for discussion are expected to include:

(1) Changes to the Security and Management Control Outsourcing Standards;

(2) National Fingerprint File (NFF) State Audit Criteria Changes; and

(3) Guiding principle documents for privacy during the fingerprint-based background check process.

The meeting will be open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis. Any member of the public wishing to file a written statement with the Council or wishing to address this session of the Council should notify the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) Compact Officer, Mr. Gary S. Barron at [phone], at least 24 hours prior to the start of the session. The notification should contain the requestor's name and corporate designation, consumer affiliation, or government designation, along with a short statement describing the topic to be addressed and the time needed for the presentation. Requesters will ordinarily be allowed up to 15 minutes to present a topic.

DATES AND TIMES:

The Council will meet in open session from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., on December 08-09, 2011.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, 330 Tijeras Avenue NW., Albuquerque, New Mexico, telephone [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquiries may be addressed to Mr. Gary S. Barron, FBI Compact Officer, Compact Council Office, Module D3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, telephone [phone], facsimile [phone].

Dated: October 11, 2011.

Kimberly J. Del Greco,

Section Chief, Biometric Services Section, Criminal Justice Information, Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation.