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MATRIX Slide Show Excerpt (02/10/2004)

MATRIX Meeting Minutes from 11/05/2003 (02/10/2004)
Minutes from the Atlanta meeting of the MATRIX board of directors on 11/05/2003

FACTS: An Introduction to the MATRIX Project Application (02/10/2004)
FACTS (Factual Analysis Criminal Threat Solution) is the cornerstone to the MATRIX pilot. FACTS integrates law enforcement data, motor vehicle files, corrections files, criminal history, and sex offender files which are all searched with one query. Authored by the Connecticut State Police Central Criminal Intelligence Unit.

MATRIX Grant Application Excerpt (02/10/2004)
Objectives hoped to be achieved with the MATRIX program

Budget Excerpt from MATRIX (02/10/2004)
Excerpts of the impact of MATRIX on state's budgets

MATRIX: Myths and Reality (02/10/2004)
Documents obtained by the ACLU make it clear that there is a great deal of misinformation being spread about MATRIX by the program's law enforcement boosters as well as the private company that runs it.

Rodota Letter to European Commission (02/06/2004)
Letter to European Commission from EU privacy officials on whether CAPPS II participation is permitted by EU privacy law

MATRIX FOIA Request to the Texas Department of Public Safety (02/03/2004)
Request from the ACLU to the Texas Department of Public Safety regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

ACLU Memo to EU on US Data Sharing (02/02/2004)
ACLU Memo to EU on US Data Sharing

Georgia MATRIX Documents (02/02/2004)
Internal documents from Georgia pertaining to their involvement in the MATRIX program

MATRIX FOIA Request to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (01/30/2004)
Request from the ACLU to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

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