Status Report on Transformational and Major Crown Projects
Description
The Real Time Identification (RTID) Project was designed to facilitate the timely and efficient exchange of criminal records and fingerprint information and is a re-engineering of systems and business processes used for fingerprint identification, civil clearances and criminal records maintenance. It will transform the current paper-based workflow to an electronic workflow, enabling the "real time" identification of fingerprints submitted electronically.
Fingerprints are submitted by police agencies to support the creation of a criminal record or to search the criminal record repository during a criminal investigation or civil security screening. RTID will streamline these services, facilitate information sharing internationally, and permit an improved tracking of criminals by condensing identification turnaround times from weeks and months to hours and days.
The original RTID business case was approved as part of the Preliminary Project Approval (PPA) submitted in December 2004. Treasury Board Effective Project Approval (EPA) for Phase 1 dated October 2005 and EPA for Phase 2 dated June 2007 were both granted. Funding for the RTID Project was announced on April 20, 2004, under the National Security Policy. The Effective Project Approval (EPA) was amended in March 2011 in order to re-establish the approval authority and realign the project scope.
The Project was established under the sponsorship of National Police Services. The Chief Information Officer was appointed Project Leader, responsible for achieving the technology improvements associated with the project. The business owner is the Assistant Commissioner, Forensic Science and Identification Services. From a project governance perspective, the RTID Project Director reports to both the Chief Information Officer and the Assistant Commissioner, Forensic Science and Identification Services.
Project Phase
The Project is being delivered in two major Phases. RTID Phase 1 modernized the civil clearance process by replacing the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and implementing a new transaction manager, permitting agencies to submit their fingerprint information electronically. Phase 1 was closed from an Information Technology perspective in September 2008.
The scope of RTID Phase 2 has been amended based on recommendations made by an Independent Review conducted in 2010. Project work refined and developed the foundational systems and functionality aligned to the Phase 1 scope. The project closed out in March 2013.
| Sponsoring Department | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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| Contracting Authority | Public Works and Government Services Canada |
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| Major subcontractors | Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc. 600-360 Albert Street Ottawa ON K1R 7X7 |
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| ADGA Group 600-616 Albert Street Ottawa ON K1P 5G3 | |
| Cogent Systems, Inc. 639 North Rosemead Blvd. Pasadena CA 91107, USA |
| Major milestone | Date |
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| Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and infrastructure to permit electronic fingerprint processing in production | March 2007 |
| Electronic fingerprint processes for civil purposes implemented | March 2007 |
| Contract for Criminal Record Workflow Component of RTID System (Phase 2) awarded | February 2008 |
| Electronic processing of latent (crime scene) fingerprints implemented | March 2008 |
| Vulnerable Sector functionality implemented | October 2010 |
| EPA Approval | March 2011 |
| Electronic fingerprint processes for criminal purposes implemented | May 2012 |
| Palm and ID Flat search processes implemented | February 2013 |
Project Outcomes
The RTID Project aligns to the RCMP strategic outcome of "criminal activity affecting Canadians is reduced" and supports Forensic Science & Identification Services, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services expected outcome "to maintain the national repository of criminal record and fingerprint information".
| Service | 2001 | RTID |
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| Fingerprint verification, civil 10-print searched (not linked to a criminal record) | 5 months | 3 business days |
| Fingerprint verification, latent (crime scene) searches | 6 weeks | 24 hours |
| Fingerprint verification, refugee 10-print searches | 6 weeks | 2 hours |
| Fingerprint verification, criminal 10-print searches | 10 weeks | 2 hours |
| Fingerprint verification, civil 10-print (linked to a criminal record) | 6 weeks | 3 business days |
Progress Report and Explanations of Variances
The RTID Project has completed successfully meeting the EPA requirements, delivered on time and under budget.
Industrial Benefits
There are no industrial benefits of the Real Time Identification Project.
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