| Abstract |
The Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories (RCFL) Program provided critical digital forensics expertise, services, and training to thousands of law enforcement officers and hundreds of agencies nationwide during Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10). This year's achievements, combined with an already formidable list of notable accomplishments, further solidified our standing as the most accredited, highest quality digital forensics laboratory network in the world. While supporting terrorist and criminal investigations is our primary mission, strengthening law enforcements digital forensics capabilities through training and education is an important mandate also - especially as states' revenues decline and training dollars disappear to keep officers on the streets. We dedicate a portion of our annual budget to providing education and training for law enforcement, which is cost-effective for us and cost-free for officers. In FY10, the RCFL Program, along with the FBI's Computer Analysis Response Team (CART), trained 7,403 law enforcement professionals. Early in the FY, we presented a tremendously successful webinar on mobile forensics, hosting nearly 2,000 participants - no travel required. And we shared educational resources too. In FY10, the RCFL National Program Office (NPO) sent 14,715 copies of training tools and printed materials to members of the law enforcement community and general public, and we recorded more than 148,000 downloads of our online publications - keeping pace with the increasing demand for our educational products. |
