Of that amount, $387,300 is from the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program. This will be used to upgrade the Judiciary’s sex offender management system to increase the timeliness and accuracy of Guam’s sex offender registry, or SOR, information and conduct verification of all SOR data.
The remaining $150,000 was awarded through the FY’11 National Criminal History Improvement Program in support of the judiciary’s new case management system.
The goal of the program is to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness and accessibility of criminal history record information, and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. These funds will be used to establish connectivity between the new system and the FBI.
“These federal funds will be used to enhance data collection of sex offenders in Guam and improve information systems used by law enforcement. I commend the Judiciary for seeking these funds and I look forward to them benefiting our community,” stated Bordallo.
Guam Supreme Court Chief Justice Phil Carbullido is also elated about the grants.
“The judiciary of Guam is pleased that our efforts to secure federal funding to allow us to continue to provide vital services to the community such as the sex offender registry and the national criminal information database have been successful,” said Carbullido.
“The judiciary is sensitive to the competing needs of the community that are funded through the general fund and, therefore, strives to obtain alternative sources. We thank our representative in Congress, Madeline Bordallo, for her assistance. Despite significant cuts in available federal funds, we are ecstatic that the Department of Justice has recognized the necessity of continuing these projects for Guam,” he further stated.
