Summary

The Department of Law Enforcement (Department) is in the process of replacing its Computerized Criminal History (CCH) System and Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with a new application, the Integrated Criminal History System (ICHS). 

The scope of this audit focused on determining the status of the ICHS project, including which Department legacy systems were being subsumed by ICHS and evaluating the Department’s procurement process for obtaining ICHS development consulting services during the period December 2002 through April 2003 and selected actions taken from October 2002 through January 2004.

As described below, we noted deficiencies in certain management controls related to the ICHS procurement process.

Finding No. 1:  We noted instances where the Department did not ensure compliance with Florida law and State purchasing rules in the procurement of ICHS.

Finding No. 2:  The contract between the Department and Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) for the development and implementation of ICHS lacked certain key provisions that were negotiated after the contract was signed and contained a provision that would allow potential cost variances under the terms of the contract.