Fingerprints and Other Biometrics
The FBI provides a variety of services, information, and training involving biometrics—the measurable biological (anatomical and physiological…
UCR
The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects and compiles a variety of local and national crime statistics.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, is all about saving lives and protecting people…
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
The National Crime Information Center, or NCIC, has been called the lifeline of law enforcement—an electronic clearinghouse of crime data…
National Data Exchange (N-DEx)
N-DEx provides criminal justice agencies with an online tool for sharing, searching, linking, and analyzing information across jurisdictional boundaries…
Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP)
The Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal, or LEEP, is an electronic gateway that provides law enforcement agencies, intelligence partners…
Strategic Information & Operations (SIOC)
The Strategic Information and Operations Center (SIOC) is the FBI’s global command and communications center. It operates around the clock to maintain enterprise-wide situational awareness and to provide FBI leadership with strategic information by serving as a clearinghouse to collect, process, and disseminate information in a timely manner.
Biometric Analysis
The FBI’s biometric analysis services and tools include the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), DNA examinations and profiles, and latent print…
Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC)
The Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) was formally established in 2003 to serve as the single interagency organization…
Forensic Response
The FBI provides a variety of forensic services and capabilities, including crime scene documentation; evidence and hazardous evidence…
National Name Check Program
The mission of the National Name Check Program (NNCP) is to disseminate information from FBI files in response to name check requests received from federal agencies, including components within the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the federal government, for the purpose of protecting the United States from foreign and domestic threats to national security.
FBI Vault
The Vault is the FBI's electronic FOIA Library, containing nearly 7,000 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies…
Freedom of Information/Privacy Act
Learn all about FBI records—including how to find records already released and how to request unreleased records through the Freedom of Information Act…
