Links:

GAO paper: "Sharing Promising Practices and Assessing Incentives Could Better Position Justice to Assist States in Providing Records for Background Checks," GAO-12-684, Jul 16, 2012.

NICS website

ATF's website with FAQ on Brady Law

Resources:

FixNICS: Looking Forward

FixNICS: Firearms Industry Victories

Dept. of Health and Human Services, HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

Improving Availability of Relevant Executive Branch Records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

State Rankings on Mental Health Records Provided to NICS (PDF Download)

Why the Firearms Industry Opposes so-called "Universal Background Checks" (PDF Download)

Why FixNICS? (PDF Download)

Current Fees Charged by NICS Point-of-Contact States

Mental Health Community Support for FixNICS