Background

Driven by advances in technology, customer requirements, and growing demand for Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) services, the FBI has initiated the Next Generation Identification (NGI) program. This program further advances the FBI's biometric identification services, providing an incremental replacement of current IAFIS technical capabilities, while introducing new functionality. NGI improvements and new capabilities will be introduced across a multi-year timeframe within a phased approach. The NGI system offers state-of-the-art biometric identification services and provides a flexible framework of core capabilities that will serve as a platform for multimodal functionality.

A component of the larger NGI initiative is the Enhanced IAFIS Repository. Redesign of the FBI IAFIS criminal and civil history repository will improve the overall effectiveness of the IAFIS, develop new and streamline existing int...