NTT DATA Awarded Contract to Modernize Background Checks for U.S. Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded a contract to NTT DATA to build a case management system that will update the process for federal submissions to support the mission of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the company announced. 

These submissions will update Criminal Histories and offer better tracking and relating of NICS prohibitors, according to NTT DATA. The technology solution will synchronize disparate data from key federal systems, and simplify what are currently intensive manual processes to create a comprehensive, holistic NICS management solution, the company stated.

The initiative is being led by the FixNICS Working Group. NTT DATA has supported numerous DOJ clients since 2002 by providing a wide range of technology solutions. 

The FixNICS Working Group is a collaboration between the Executive and Judicial branches to improve firearm background checks by matching federal arrests from the Joint Automated Booking System with U.S. Courts’ judgment and commitment orders and correlating U.S. attorneys office prohibitors to address DOJ gaps in reporting requirements. These improvements sponsored by the FixNICS Working Group will help the DOJ comply with reporting requirements which were dictated in the FixNICS Act of 2018.

To fast-track the implementation, NTT DATA will tailor an Agile DevSecOps approach to deliver Disposition and Prohibitor Reporting Service capabilities to the DOJ within 12 months.