Western Identification Network News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The TX-RAMP certification indicates compliance with the security standards set out by the Texas Department of Information Resources.

The Western Identification Network's member states are Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.

KINY That's according to a release issued by the Alaska Department of Public Safety. It's explained that the upgrade will allow the department to increase efficiency with an improved algorithm, or sequence of instructions, that decreases the amount of manual processing that must occur for a fingerprint to be processed. In addition, the processing match rate improves drastically from an average of 40 percent to 70 percent.  The department says the increase will allow forensic scientists and investigators to solve crimes faster. The release states that Alaska’s biomet...

Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database Two Year Upgrade of Alaska’s Automated Fingerprint System Will Help Solve Crimes Faster December 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – After years of planning and months of testing, the upgrade to Alaska’s portion of the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) has been successfully completed. Alaska, the first state to upgrade among the eight WIN states cutover to the improved software in mid-November. The process involved over six month...