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A major area of research and support is for [[forensics]] and the president's [[DNA]] initiative. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] developed the [[Combined DNA Index System]] (CODIS) system as a central database of DNA profiles taken from offenders. In the late 1980s and 1990s, all of the states and the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] required DNA samples to be collected from offenders in certain types of cases. The demand (casework) for [[DNA analysis]] in public [[crime laboratory|crime laboratories]] increased 73% from 1997 to 2000, and by 2003, there was a backlog of 350,000 [[rape]] and [[homicide]] cases. In 2003, President George W. Bush proposed the ''Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology'' initiative, which would include $1 billion over five years to reduce backlogs, develop and improve capacity of state and local law enforcement to use DNA analysis, support research and development to improve the technology, and additional training for those working in the [[criminal justice]] system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/13023/13335893/downloadables/DNA%20initiative.pdf |title=Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology |publisher=White House / U.S. Department of Justice |date=March 2003}}</ref>