Tennessee FY24 NCHIP

The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration will subgrant funds to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) for the following activities: 1) continue to take “ownership” of criminal history records originated at the federal level by transitioning records to the state’s repository, removing duplication of and reconciling missing data including dispositions, and mitigating file transfer challenges from the FBI to TBI.; 2) continue the computerized criminal history (CCH) record completion project and improve capacity to connect dispositions and expungements to criminal history records; 3) contract with vendor, Screen ID, to locate dispositions for violent or domestic related arrests and enter them into the CCH; 4) identify missing arrest data associated with available dispositions from a former error file (2005 – 2015) and assist in entering historical data into the CCH; and 5) collaborate with courts in at least 2 counties and other stakeholders (jails, etc.) in the inventory, review, and digitizing of bound or boxed paper records for entry into the CCH and for historical records for the courts. All the project activities proposed in this application support the goal of improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of criminal history record availability to NICS - including synchronizing records between the state and FBI, improving the automation of databases, and supporting expungements.