Sharing information between communities improves our law enforcement officials' ability to protect public safety. By improving and computerizing national, state, and local criminal history records as well as local communications technologies and criminal justice identification systems, local law enforcement will be able to share and act on information in a timely manner.

The Vice President will announce that the Clinton Administration's FY 2000 budget provides $50 million to:

Facilitate the exchange of criminal history records. The FY2000 budget will provide assistance for states and localities to continue to automate their criminal history records, thereby improving the quality and immediate accessibility of these records.

Upgrade communications systems and criminal identification technologies. Dependable, timely, and accurate communications and information systems are essential to effective law enforcement across jurisdictional lines. To address this need, the Administration's budget initiative will provide funds to improve the compatibility of law enforcement communications, and encourage wider participation in criminal identification systems -- to ensure that offenders cannot escape the efforts of police between states due to gaps in technology. The initiative will help fund systems such as fingerprint identification systems, sex offender registries, and domestic violence offender identification systems.

• Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda: Building Livable Communities for the 21st Century: Introduction
• Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda: Building Livable Communities for the 21st Century--Press Release
• Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Vice President Al Gore, Monday, January 11, 1999