FBI Digital Collection
Investment ID: 011-000002503
Overview
Program Title
FBI Digital Collection
Description
Digital Collection provides systems that collect Title III/Title 50 audio and signal-related intelligence from telephone, microphone, and fax sources, through development, deployment, and support of electronic interception techniques and systems.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The Digital Collection Investment ensures the ability to access and collect evidence and intelligence through the development, deployment, and support of wireline and wireless ELSUR capabilities. The Investment supports the intercept of wire, aural, and electronic communications as authorized under Federal Law. These activities play a critical role in the FBI's counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal investigations. These intercepted communications are used to identify threats and to help prosecute criminals. Additionally, the Digital Collection Investment has implemented tools to allow for more efficient processing of intercepted communications and deployed systems in a regionalized architecture that saves the FBI money through reduced operational, maintenance, and licensing costs.