Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

Because of limited funds, the FY20ll project tasks for the Electronic Crime COE will be limited to high impact research to inform NIJ's future technology investments and to inform the field as to the capabilities and limitations of the digital evidence collection tools currently available to them. Specifically, the Electronic Crime COE will be funded to:

Plan and conduct a nationwide assessment of the digital forensic needs of law enforcement agencies to combat electronic crime. This will be the first assessment since 1999.

Test, evaluate and demonstrate digital evidence collection tools and technologies. The center will evaluate and publish its findings on JUSTNET.

Conduct and publish a report on the technology gaps in mobile device forensic tools. This will be conducted using FY2010 funds.

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