!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] [CCD] is a [United States Department of State] [Data warehouse]  that holds current and archived data from the [Bureau of Consular Affairs] (CA) domestic and post [databases|Government Data Store]. 


[{$pagename}] was created to provide [Bureau of Consular Affairs] a near real-time aggregate of the consular transaction activity collected domestically and at post [databases]. 

[{$pagename}] is the information technology (IT) implementation that provides for a set of centralized visa and American citizen services supporting consular posts and back office functions. The three primary functions performed by [{$pagename}] are: 
* supporting data delivery to approved applications via industry-standard Web Service queries
* providing users with easy-to-use data entry interfaces to [{$pagename}]
* emergency recovery/restoration of post databases. 

Authorized users utilize the [{$pagename}] Portal to view the centralized [data] through a rich set of reports as well as to gain access to other applications. CCD serves as a gateway to the [Automated Biometric Identification System] ([IDENT]). IDENT is DHS' implementation of [Commercial Off The Shelf]
([COTS]) technology providing automated [fingerprint] checking in addition to integration with other [United States federal government] [biometric] systems. 

[{$pagename}] also serves as a gateway to the [United States Department of State] [Facial recognition] system. 

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