440/Maryland Manual

Budget (Code 23.19.00)
FY1989 Total Appropriation.................$376,270
General Funds........................................$376,270
FY1989 Total Authorized Positions....................5

The Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals
was established in 1980 (Chapter 775, Acts of
1980). The Board, with expanded jurisdiction, re-
placed the Department of Transportation Board of
Contract Appeals (Chapter 418, Acts of 1978).

The Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals
adjudicates disputes concerning the formation of
State contracts, except those for procurement of
architectural and engineering services. Contract
formation disputes pertain to the qualification of
bidders or offerers and the determination of the
successful bidder or offerer. The Board also adjudi-
cates disputes relating to a contract that has been
entered into by the State, including disagreements
about the performance, breach, modification, or
termination of a contract. Decisions of the Appeals
Board are subject to judicial review, and any ag-
grieved party including a State agency may appeal
a final decision or any part thereof. At the request
of a party to a proceeding, the Board may subpoena
witnesses and documents and may compel the tes-
timony of witnesses.

Published opinions of the Board are available at
the Board's offices, Circuit Courts, and through the
Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional
Education of Lawyers (MICPEL).

The Governor appoints the Board's three mem-
bers to five-year terms with Senate advice and con-
sent. Members serve in a quasi-judicial capacity and
must have a thorough knowledge of procurement
practices and processes. They serve full-time and
receive compensation as provided for in the budget.
The chairperson is designated by the Governor
(Code State Finance and Procurement Article, Di-
vision II, sec. 15-207).

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION
ADVISORY BOARD

Chairperson: Robert W. McKeever, Deputy State
Court Administrator

Appointed by Governor: Edward P. Jackson;
Edward J. Kerns, Jr.; Paul E. Leuba; Frank
Mazzone; Sandra A. O'Connor; five vacancies.

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals:
Margaret P. Kostritsky; Robert W. McKeever.

Appointed by Senate President: Thomas M. Yeager
Appointed by House Speaker: Vacancy
Terms expire 1991.

Ex officio: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General;
Floyd O. Pond, Executive Director, Governor's Office
of Justice Assistance; Dr. Charles A. Wellford,
Director, Maryland Justice Analysis Center of the
Institute of Criminal Justice &~ Criminology,
University of Maryland.

PO. Box 431

Annapolis, MD 21404 974-2141

Annual Report to Governor & General Assembly on
development and operation of Criminal Justice Infor-
mation System.

The Criminal Justice Information Advisory
Board was created in 1976 (Chapter 239, Acts of
1976). For budgetary and administrative purposes
only the Board is within the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services.

The Board advises the Secretary of Public Safety
and Correctional Services and the Chief Judge of
the Court of Appeals on the development, opera-
tion, and maintenance of the Criminal Justice Infor-
mation System. The Board monitors the System
and recommends procedures and methods for the
use of criminal history record information in re-
search, evaluation, and statistical analysis of crime.
The Board also recommends legislation to imple-
ment, operate, and maintain the System. The Sec-
retary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
and the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals adopt
rules and regulations to establish, operate, and
maintain the System. These rules and regulations
govern the collection, reporting, and release of
criminal history record information by the courts
and all other criminal justice agencies; ensure the
security of the System and all criminal history re-
cord information; and control the dissemination of
criminal history record information consistent with
federal law and regulations. Rules and regulations
of the Criminal Justice Information System also
govern procedures for inspecting and challenging
criminal history record information. In addition,
they regulate the auditing of criminal justice agen-
cies to ensure that criminal history records are accu-
rate and complete, and that their information is
distributed in accordance with the law.

The System's Criminal Records Repository col-
lects, stores, and disseminates criminal history re-
cord information. It is operated by the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

Every criminal justice agency must report crim-
inal history record information to the Repository
within certain time limits by specified reporting
methods. To avoid duplication in reporting, the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
and the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals may
determine the events to be reported by each crimi-
nal justice agency