The Corruption Investigation Office Completes Construction of the Criminal Justice Information System (KICS)... Pilot Operation Starts Today

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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin, Legal Affairs Specialist] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (HOSA) has completed the development of the Criminal Justice Information System (KICS) and has begun pilot operations.

With the establishment of the computerized system, the agency's work, which had largely relied on manual processes due to the lack of such a system, is expected to accelerate.

On the 7th, HOSA announced that after 11 months of development, KICS was launched and will enter pilot operation until the end of this month.

HOSA stated, "With the launch of KICS, all tasks related to case handling?from case reception to investigation and disposition?can now be performed within KICS's online environment. Connected via the KICS network to the courts, Ministry of Justice, police, and coast guard, information necessary for investigations and case handling can be exchanged online, and various related tasks accompanying case processing can also be managed, which is expected to enhance work performance."

Additionally, HOSA said, "Since its establishment in January last year, the absence of KICS has caused inconvenience as case handling and management tasks from reception to disposition had to be done manually. After user training, system testing, and stabilization work by the end of this month, full-scale operation is planned to begin in July."

HOSA's KICS was developed by LG CNS, selected as the contractor in July last year after two failed bidding attempts, completing the system after 11 months of development. The launch and pilot operation of KICS come 1 year and 5 months after HOSA's establishment.

Earlier, on December 28 last year, when KICS development was actively underway, the "Act on the Promotion of Electronic Criminal Justice Procedures" was amended to include HOSA among criminal justice agencies, revising related laws. According to the amended law, at the "Criminal Justice Information System Council" held on January 28 this year, a final agreement was reached for HOSA's KICS to connect externally to the existing KICS common network used by the courts, Ministry of Justice, prosecution, police, and coast guard.

Kim Jin-wook, head of HOSA, said, "Due to delays in system construction, many inconveniences were experienced by HOSA staff and the public as cases were handled manually. It is fortunate that KICS has finally been launched. We will devote attention and effort to ensure the system operates stably during the one-month pilot operation."

*Criminal Justice Information System (KICS: Korea Information System of Criminal Justice Service)

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