Japanese security tech firm NEC has announced that its Integra ID 5 biometric software solution has successfully interfaced with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Next Generation Identification (NGI) platform's Rap Back service.Rap Back will use the fingerprints that employees provide when they're hired, also tracking future arrests and other legal entanglements. Currently, employee background checks provide only a “one-time snapshot” of someone's criminal history, the FBI says.The background check process had been limited to information available at the time of the original licensing decision. Regulatory agencies had no reliable way to monitor licensees who may have subsequently committed a crime or been arrested, essentially defaulting on the terms of the license or job requirement.Rap Back solves this problem across all national boundaries by providing ongoing status notifications of any criminal history reported on individuals holding positions of trust. For example, as an addition to the background check process, regulatory agencies can now flag records so that Rap Back notifications are sent back for review whenever a licensed person is arrested.The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification (part of the Utah Department of Public Safety) began production use of the services on July 1, 2015. The Rap Back service was deployed within the Western Identification Network's (WIN) multimodal biometric system, providing access to the FBI services as well as providing a localized version of the functionality. Use of Rap Back services required the appropriate legislation at the state level. The Utah legislature passed House Bill 124 as the enabling statute.”WIN, NEC, and Utah take great pride in adopting this new program to enhance public safety,” said Alice Moffat of the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification. “We are pleased that our partnership, along with the FBI, allowed us the groundbreaking opportunity to work together and successfully deploy Rap Back functionality in the state of Utah.”
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