Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
News Release
Public Affairs Division – Washington DC
For Immediate Release
Dec. 30, 2009
www.atf.gov
FY-10-07
Public Affairs Division
(202) 648-8500

ATF Deploys Spanish eTrace to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced a two-phase rollout of eTrace 4.0, the newest version of ATF’s web-based firearms tracing software, to the governments of Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. The bilingual edition, commonly called Spanish eTrace, will allow law enforcement agencies in those countries to easily capitalize on the full benefits of eTrace in Spanish or English, and will provide data conventions in accordance with international standards.

The first phase of the rollout is a live release of the software, in limited deployment to Mexico and the two Central American governments, in order to gauge system performance in a real-world user environment and to address user feedback. The second phase will entail full deployment to other international partners in Spanish-speaking nations. (A full news conference and demonstration of the new system is being planned at ATF headquarters as part of the second phase deployment.)

“Spanish eTrace marks the beginning of a new stage of cooperation between ATF and its international partners,â€