Alaska FY24 NARIP

The Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) is requesting funding for three Criminal Justice Technicians (CJTs) and one Criminal Justice Specialist to maintain and update the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Indices and the Interstate Identification Index (III). These duties include processing NICS requests; manually entering and maintaining non-criminal records, state probationary conditions which disqualify an individual from owning or possessing firearms; Brady qualifying domestic violence protective orders; and researching Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence (MCDV) convictions for submission into the NICS Indices. Each MCDV conviction must be assessed to determine if it constitutes a firearm disqualification; there are roughly 61,000 convictions to be reviewed. There are currently over 157,000 records with missing dispositions in the repository. Funding is being requested for one CJT to research and update these records. Additionally, DPS is requesting funding to replace the Permits and Licensing Unit’s program staff’s workstations that are at end of life and out of warranty. Travel funds are being requested for staff members to attend the FBI NICS conference. DPS will subgrant funds to Alaska Court System for its eFile project. The ACS’ eFile courtroom solution includes the ability to pre-populate electronic forms that can be edited and finalized from the bench.  A Programmer Analyst is needed to maintain and continue to improve this system and electronic forms, and the timeliness of dispositions issued from it. Two Records Clerks will continue to prepare for digitizing a backlog of criminal case files pre-dating eFile to increase timely accessibility to criminal dispositions needed at the state and federal level.  Training funds are requested in the event of a vacancy.