US Government Adds Another Search Engine
February 6, 2011
When our favorite US government search engine is not enough, Federal agencies do their own thing. The FBI has its own advanced search engine. Network World highlights how in “FBI Set to Turn Up Advanced Security Search Engine.” N-DEx is a search engine provided to law enforcement across a number of entities. The FBI developed the system in 2008. When it rolls out in the near future, authorized entities will be able to share, search, link, and analyze information.
“With the system, law enforcement officers will be able to search databases for information on everything from tattoos to cars, allowing them to link cases that previously seemed isolated. They will be able to see crime trends and hotspots, access threat level assessments of individuals or locations, and use mapping technology. N-DEx will help law enforcement connect dots and connect law enforcement agencies from coast to coast, the FBI stated.”
N-DEx is powered by Raytheon, which will also help make the search engine go national. Our hunch is that another vendor’s technology pulses under the hood, but we don’t want to speculate on who is providing what to Raytheon. Note: The ArnoldIT.com team worked on the original USA.gov system and the non-public Threat Open Source Intelligence Gateway or TOSIG.com.
Whitney Grace, February 6, 2011
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