Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
Multistate Anti- Terrorism Information Exchange ( MATRIX abbreviated, English as for " More Interstate Anti -terrorism Information Exchange ') was a US-based search system, which enables persons combined information from government databases and databases of private information service providers. This information should be made available to the authorities to be searched by them according anomalies that would indicate potential terrorist or criminal activities.
The project was set in April 2005. Parts of the system police authorities were asked in some U.S. states are available, however, continue.
The code and the methodology of the program system MATRIX continues to be used by the project ADVISE the Ministry of Internal Security of the United States.
Formation
MATRIX was developed by Hank Asher, a wealthy entrepreneur and founder of Seisint Inc. According to press reports, he joined shortly after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 approached the police in Florida to provide free of charge a powerful system available, which when the investigating authorities should serve analyzing relevant data / information as a tool.
In January 2002, the pilot project was launched from Florida. MATRIX was based on the FACTS system. In FACTS is another proprietary system of Seisint Inc.
In the summer of 2003 by Congress, the Information Awareness Office, also Total Information Awareness (later: Terrorism Information Awareness), was prevented and Admiral John Poindexter resigned resigned, MATRIX was the best means to continue the project.
The database is operated by Seisint Inc., in order to avoid a violation of the Privacy Act 1974. Seisint Inc was acquired on 1 September 2004 for 775 million U.S. dollars from LexisNexis.
MATRIX has already been used in Florida, as the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security funds made available to check whether an expansion would be possible to Nationwide. Of the original 13 states involved in the project, some moved from other financial returns from moral rights considerations.
Jurisdiction
For the MATRIX project was the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR ) is responsible. The website is already offline again. Seisint Inc was responsible for the technical part of the project.
Exitus
In April 2005, the project was officially abandoned. It may however not concerned, this is the actual end. On 12 April 2005, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement created a Request for information about information services to support Domestic Security and Criminal Investigations.