By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Thursday that the agency is in “dire need of a Central Record Complex” to consolidate and digitize records “now dispersed among 265 FBI locations worldwide.”
The central records complex, he said, “will enable us to efficiently locate and access all of our records quickly, thus allowing us to more effectively process name checks, as well as provide critical case and administrative data that can be used for intelligence and investigative purposes.” He said $9 million has been earmarked for the 2010 budget to help accomplish this.
Mueller’s remarks came in a statement delivered to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies.
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