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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (Court), through its State Central Administrative Office, will use funds to expand West Virginia's records improvement project. The purpose of this statewide project is to continue to identify, flag, and make immediately accessible prohibiting records to the NICS.

Primary project activities include specialized staff who assess WV courts capability to automate and others who research and transmit court orders, dispositions, and mental health adjudications and commitments to federal and state record repositories. Additional activities include training and to make livescan capabilities available in more county courthouses.

Expected outcomes include automation of misdemeanor and felony data from arrest to conviction, complete with real-time submission to the state repository, which is already available to NICS and a complete assessment of how to unify all court recordkeeping systems to provide easier access to current prohibiting information. WV spent recent years redesigning its plan and shifting its focus to proactive efforts to reduce the nearly 5,000 new CDRS that are submitted per month from courts to the state's central repository.

All state stakeholders are now focused on a common goal: to automate the criminal record creation process. With the integration of electronic systems, it is critical to have dedicated personnel who provide data quality analysis and oversight.

State Of West Virginia Supreme Court Of Appeals

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES GRANTS TO ASSIST STATES, STATE COURT SYSTEMS AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN UPDATING THE FBI'S NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM (NICS) WITH CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH, PROTECTION AND RESTRAINING ORDER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONVICTION, AND OTHER CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION WHICH MAY DISQUALIFY INDIVIDUALS FROM PURCHASING OR POSSESSING FIREARMS. BJS COORDINATES ITS WORK ON THE NICS PROGRAM WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (NCHIP) TO ENSURE THAT FUNDED STATE AND STATE COURT SYSTEM PROGRAMS ARE COMPLEMENTARY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF IMPROVING THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, AND TIMELINESS OF STATE AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORDS.

16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) [DOJ - OJP]

Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0832 United States

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FY 2023 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (O-BJS-2023-171710)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/25 to 09/30/26.