28 CFR § 23.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s23.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 23.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "23.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "23"
part_name: "CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS OPERATING POLICIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 3782(a); 42 U.S.C. 3789g(c)."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 48452, Sept. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "23"
---


# 23.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this regulation is to assure that all criminal intelligence systems operating through support under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, *et seq.,* as amended (Pub. L. 90-351, as amended by Pub. L. 91-644, Pub. L. 93-83, Pub. L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, Pub. L. 98-473, Pub. L. 99-570, Pub. L. 100-690, and Pub. L. 101-647), are utilized in conformance with the privacy and constitutional rights of individuals.