German Armed Forces Verification Center Record-keeping Case Study Record-keeping Case Study - National Weapons Register of Germany - Record-keeping in

German Armed Forces Verification Center

Record-keeping Case Study


- National Weapons Register of Germany

- Record-keeping in the German Armed Forces



National Weapons Register (NWR) of Germany



577 guns authorities

900.000 legal weapons business transactions



Previously Problems

■ Lack of cooperation

■ No Standardized data

collection and processes

■ National queries and

statistics nearly impossible

■ No need-based search

capabilities for police and

security authorities



■ Start of NWR took place on 01/01/2013

■ The 577 weapons authorities continue to maintain legal weapons data, but local records are now centrally linked.

■ The Federal Office of Administration operates the central component of NWR



Advantages

■ Local authorities maintain accuracy, federal linkage enables comprehensive oversight

■ Enhances the quality, reliability and timeliness of legal weapons data

■ availability of legal weapons data in a register allows: - nationwide search - speedy compilation of statistics - tailored information for police and security authorities to assess situations



Record-keeping in the German Armed Forces









Evolution of separate systems Difficult to achieve comprehensive

picture of stock holdings. Management of separate systems

is resource intensive.



Documents

German Armed Forces Verification Center Record-keeping Case Study Record-keeping Case Study - National Weapons Register of Germany - Record-keeping in