Identity History Summary Checks
For a fee, a request can be made to the FBI for your Identity History Summary—often referred…
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
The UCR Program's primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law…
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
The NICS conducts background checks on people who want to own a firearm or explosive, as required…
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is an electronic clearinghouse of crime data used by virtually every criminal justice agency nationwide.
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, or SIOC, is the FBI’s global command and communications center.
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 FBI Laboratory’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) is a multi-agency center that coordinates bomb-related evidence and…
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…