an online tool for sharing, searching, linking, and analyzing information across jurisdictional boundaries. A national repository of criminal justice records submitted by agencies from around the nation, N-DEx enables users to “connect the dots” between data on people, places, and things that may seem unrelated in order to link investigations and investigators The N-DEx system is an unclassified national information sharing system that enables criminal justice agencies to search, link, analyze, and share local, state, tribal, and federal records. N-DEx is also a strategic investigative information sharing system that fills informational gaps and provides situational awareness

Around 40 years ago, we saw yet another development in currency 52 when we decided to start using credit cards and debit cards. 53 Just like previous advances in currency, these advances came about 54 as a way to use new technology to improve our financial system. 55 But in the last forty years a lot has happened. 56 Even though we've seen the rise of the Internet 57 and an information revolution, our system of money has not reflected these changes and still rooted in the past. Bitcoin 60 Enter bitcoin - the first form of truly digital money.