Article II - Purposes. Article III - Responsibilities of Compact Parties . This article details FBI and state responsibilities under the Compact and the appointment of a Federal and State Compact Officer. These responses will include information from non-Compact States and information from Compact States relating to records for which such states have not assumed responsibility to the extent that the FBI has such data in its files. The FBI is responsible for providing and maintaining the centralized system and equipment necessary for the Compact's success.
State responsibilities are similar.
Each state must comply with duly established system rules, procedures, and standards. Each state is responsible for providing and maintaining the telecommunications links and equipment necessary to support system operations within that state. Article IV - Authorized Record Disclosures . Records so obtained may be used only for the official purposes for which they were requested by authorized officials. Article V - Record Request Procedures .