The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
launched the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information
(TAP) in August 2015 to provide tribes access to national crime
information systems for both civil and criminal purposes. TAP
allows tribes to more effectively serve and protect their nation’s
citizens by ensuring the exchange of critical data across the
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) systems and other
national crime information systems. By the end of fiscal year 2018
TAP will be deployed to 47 tribes with over 150 tribal criminal
justice and civil agencies participating. The service provides
software to enable tribes to access national crime information
databases and/or a kiosk-workstation that provides the ability to
submit and query fingerprint-based transactions via FBI’s Next
Generation Identification (NGI) for both criminal and civil
purposes. In order to make informed decisions about participation
in TAP, the Department of Justice has developed an application for
use by federally recognized tribes interested in participating in
TAP. The application includes information about current challenges
to access that the tribe is facing as well as information and data
about the current level of access and participation in national
crime information systems. The application will enable tribes to
think comprehensively about their needs for TAP as well as their
planned usage of the information systems. In addition, the
Department of Justice will improve decision making during the
selection process when increased TAP participation is
possible.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.