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CONGRESSWOMAN BORDALLO ANNOUNCES
$400,000 GRANT TO IMPROVE GUAM'S
CRIMINAL HISTORY AND SEX OFFENDER RECORD SYSTEM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 30, 2003 – Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Bordallo announces that the U.S. Department of Justice has granted the Guam Criminal Justice Automation Commission a $400 thousand grant to enhance the quality, completeness, and accessibility of its criminal history and sex offender record system. This is part of the National Criminal History Improvement Program's efforts to improve the Nation's public safety by improving its criminal record keeping systems. The funds will be used to update and upgrade Guam's criminal records systems in compliance with nationals standards and protocols.

"This grant money will improve Guam's access to national criminal records systems and will increase the reliability and effectiveness of Guam's own criminal records, enhancing the public safety of both Guam and the Nation as a whole," said Congresswoman Bordallo. "I would like to commend the Guam Criminal Justice Automation Commission and Judge Alberto Lamorena for doing the legwork to ensure Guam was included in this national program."

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Contact: Neil Weare in Washington, D.C., at (202) 225-1188 or Joaquin Perez in Guam at (671) 477-4272.