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This program is intended to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information used for criminal justice and noncriminal justice background checks. Four objectives are targeted: (1) providing direct financial and technical assistance to states and tribes to improve their criminal records systems and other related systems in an effort to support background checks; (2)...