Police Data Sharing Is A Work In Progress Fate of project Matrix, ended after three years and $12 million, highlights obstacles The federal government's disclosure this month that it won't continue funding the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange, or Matrix, closes a chapter on a controversial law-enforcement data-sharing pilot project created in the wake of 9/11. Three years and $12 million later, just two states will continue using the technology, as other projects compete to meet the goal of better sharing of crime data across state lines.
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