Property Enforcement Information Centers and Data Bases" for more information on NCIC. Federal Communications The FCC maintains information on proposed and existing broadcast stations. See also chapter 1, "Federal Government - Federal Communications Commission." Federal Energy Regulatory The Commission maintains annual reports of electric utility and natural Federal Maritime This commission investigates license applicants who propose to engage in oceangoing freight-forwarding activities. See also chapter 1, "Federal Government - Federal Maritime Commission." General Services The GSA maintains considerable information on, among other businesses that contract with the GSA, personal property auctioneers and real estate appraisers. See also chapter 1, "Federal Government - General Services Administration." Interstate Commerce The ICC maintains required annual financial reports filed by interstate trucklines and other shippers. See also chapters 1 and 3, "Federal Government - Interstate Commerce Commission." Resolution Trust Securities and Exchange The RTC maintains information on the ownership of various financial The SEC maintains records of corporations having stocks and securities sold to the public. See also chapter 1, "Federal Government - Securities and Exchange Commission." Property Small Business The SBA guarantees loans made by private lenders or makes direct loans for such activities as business construction and the purchase of equipment. See also chapter 1, "Federal Government - Small Business Administration" and chapter 2, "Other Federal Organizations - Small Business Administration." Directories in Print, 1991 The Guide (San Francisco) This publication thoroughly describes and indexes about 14,000 directories of all kinds, including business and industrial directories, professional and scientific rosters, foreign directories, and other lists and guides. The Guide is a monthly publication containing records of the arrival and departure of vessels scheduled for that month in San Francisco. It includes such information as the line, port of departure, estimated time of arrival, and pier of destination. (Each port of any size has a similar publication.) The same information is published daily, for the day only, in the "Shipping News" section of major local newspapers. Telephone Directory In addition to their standard directories, local telephone companies have street address directories and telephone number directories that list unpublished numbers. These are agencies in business with or subsidized by insurance companies or underwriters. These services are designed to gather information concerning policyholders. Such information includes loss histories, investigations of losses, and recovery of property. This bureau is maintained by auto insurance companies to keep down auto-theft rates through investigation and apprehension. The bureau investigates abandoned vehicles, wrecked vehicles, wrecking yards, and junk dealers; has an office staff in most state motor vehicle department headquarters to check ownerships and registrations; and has no legal or official police power. Electronic Data Bases Investigative and Law Electronic data bases are a rapidly growing source of information. Data bases, generally, do not provide any more information than can be accessed from other sources. However, data bases have two distinct advantages-search speed and constant access. Canadian Interface The Canadian Interface is a semiautomated link between law enforcement information networks of the United States and Canada. It allows the 50 states, federal agencies that are members of the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), and their Canadian counterparts to exchange police information through NLETS, using the INTERPOL National Central Bureaus in Washington and Ottawa as the necessary interface. See "National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System" in this chapter for information available from the Canadian Interface. Central Index System (CIS) The CIS is an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) system on the location of "A-files." The system contains information on legal immigrants, naturalized citizens, and aliens who have been formally deported or excluded. It also contains information on some aliens who have come to the attention of INS because of an investigation or an application for benefits, but files are not created on all such aliens. Available information usually includes name, date of birth, nationality, and INS files control office, as well as date of entry and immigration status. The immigration status should not be considered definitive unless confirmed by an INS officer. Contact the local INS office or the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) at |