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To: brad greene who wrote (4378)	10/23/1997 10:09:00 AM
From: Richard Newton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26039

FBI FY98 Appropriation Requests (quite a bit of funding being appropriated... no idea if IDX would get any or how much will get approved, but it looks good for the industry... maybe this was "federal agency" referenced in the last news release): [Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998] [Page 675-679] .... From the Budget of the U.S., FY 1998 Online via GPO Access .... FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Federal Funds General and special funds: ..... $84,400,000 for the automation of fingerprint identification services and related costs and not to exceed $14,000,000 for research and development related to investigative activities shall remain available until expended ..... For the automation of fingerprint indentification services and related costs, $47,800,000, to become available on October 1, 1998, and remain available until expended Fingerprint Cards Processed......... (1996) 9,781,111 (1997 est.) 11,000,000 (1998 est.) 11,500,000