The following is an exert from the GCIC website, with a link directly to their site.

The Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) was established in 1973 as an operating division within the GBI to serve as the chief provider of criminal justice information services in Georgia. Since then, the principal mission of GCIC has been to assist all officials and agencies of the criminal justice system in the fulfillment of their varied responsibilities on a statewide basis by providing round-the-clock access to needed information.

GCIC is mandated by Georgia law and by binding agreements with several federal agencies to monitor and enforce compliance by Georgia criminal justice agencies with certain state and federal statutes, the Rules of the GCIC Council (i.e., the Georgia Board of Public Safety) and with relevant federal regulations.

The Georgia Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Network, operated by GCIC teleprocessing specialists, provides direct terminal access to computerized databases maintained by Georgia agencies, by agencies in other states and by the FBI Criminal Justice Services Division. Georgia's CJIS network has more than 1,500 member agencies operating over 10,000 terminals able to communicate instantly with tens of thousands of terminals operated by other federal, state and local criminal justice agencies throughout the United States. The CJIS network handles more than 13 million messages per month in support of Georgia's criminal justice agencies.

http://www.state.ga.us/gbi/gcic.html