MANATEE -- A backlog of more than 295,000 federal prisoners’ DNA in an FBI database has been eliminated, according to FBI officials.
“The FBI laboratory has been aggressively pursuing proactive measures to address the massive growth of federal offender samples following legislative changes in 2001, 2004 and 2005,” said FBI Special Agent Ann Todd from the public affairs office in Quantico, Va. “In September, the FBI laboratory successfully eliminated the federal offender backlog.
“Further, new offender samples, currently being accepted by the laboratory, are processed and uploaded into the National DNA Index System within 30 days.”
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