The National Crime Information Center is administered by which agency?

• A. Central Intelligence Agency
• B. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• C. Department of Homeland Security
• D. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Answer: (D)

NCIC is a nationwide, computerized index of criminal justice information that is maintained and coordinated by a single federal agency to support law enforcement nationwide. The FBI administers it, through its Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, which handles national data sharing for federal, state, and local agencies on things like wanted persons, missing persons, stolen property, and other records.

Other agencies have different missions: the CIA deals with foreign intelligence and is not in charge of domestic criminal justice data; ATF focuses on firearms, explosives, and related crimes; DHS is a broad homeland security department, not the administrator of NCIC. Therefore, the FBI is the correct administrator.