OJJDP FY 09 Recovery Act National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System (NIDS)

The purpose of the NIDS is to provide a secure, dynamic undercover infrastructure to facilitate online law enforcement investigations of child exploitation; to promote data deconfliction and information sharing among ICAC Task Forces and ICAC-affiliated federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and to enhance the capacity of OJJDP to collect and aggregate data on the extent of the problem of child exploitation.