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Joint Technology Committee backs DPS supplemental to upgrade CCIC for FBI name‑conversion compliance
Summary
The Joint Technology Committee voted 6–0 to recommend a Department of Public Safety supplemental to upgrade Colorado’s CCIC so it can meet FBI/NIEM name‑conversion sunset requirements; DPS staff said Colorado is not yet out of compliance but must complete staged upgrades.
The Joint Technology Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend funding a Department of Public Safety supplemental intended to upgrade the Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC) so the state can remain compatible with new FBI name‑conversion requirements.
The committee approved the recommendation unanimously, recorded as Aye votes from Bazely, Haskell, Rodriguez, Weinberg, Tatone and the chair. The supplemental request is a cash‑funded project to bring CCIC connections and related systems into compliance with national information‑exchange standards.
Nick Baumgart, answering questions for the department, said Colorado is not yet out of compliance but the FBI has set sunset dates as it rolls out name conversions. "We are not out of compliance yet. The FBI has been slowly rolling out these name conversions," Baumgart said, adding that the upgrades must be staged because multiple connected systems must be updated to reach the last component that will soon become noncompliant.
Committee members raised procedural and procurement questions; one representative asked why the issue surfaced now if the National Information Exchange Model standards have existed for decades. Baumgart said the FBI only recently began setting sunset dates for the conversions and the vendor landscape is limited, noting the state’s current switch vendor supports similar work in many states.
The supplemental will pay primarily for software upgrades with limited professional services because the state already uses the incumbent vendor. The committee’s vote recommends the supplemental; any subsequent budget amendments to appropriate additional IT capital funding will be contingent on that approval and subject to later action by the Joint Technology Committee and the Joint Budget Committee.
The committee moved on to remaining items on its agenda after the vote. The department did not provide an implementation timeline beyond the need to meet the sunset dates announced by the FBI.
