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Dr. Paul B. Anderson
Presentation
Web Technology in Law Enforcement
(Microsoft PowerPoint)
Dr. Paul B. Anderson is a Senior Technical Fellow at PRC, Inc. where he has worked since 1978. Dr. Anderson is the Technical Advisor to PRC’s Law Enforcement Systems Division, providing support for projects and new business acquisitions.
Dr. Anderson is a "hands-on" professional with particular expertise in system architecture analysis, design and integration of client-server environments. Over the past 20 years, he has supported PRC integration projects for the U.S. Department of Justice; the initial planning of a worldwide intelligence system for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency; and numerous projects for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Dr. Anderson has broad experience in systems design, systems software, client-server hardware and software, interactive graphics programming, automated message handling, scientific computing and database management. He has worked with numerous hardware and software configurations.
Dr. Anderson holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from New Mexico State University, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in Information Technology from George Mason University.
Jigish Avalani
Jigish Avalani is Director of Public Sector and Media markets in the Application Developers Customer Unit (ADCU) at Microsoft Corp. He is responsible for expanding the market share for Microsoft’s Windows NT and BackOffice family, including Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server and Visual Studio. Mr. Avalani partners with worldwide Independent Software Vendors and works closely with decision makers and executives in these markets.
Prior to ADCU, he headed the Business Solutions Evangelism team in Microsoft’s Developer Relations Group. In this role, Mr. Avalani was instrumental in driving the technical evangelism strategy for the BackOffice family of products in various markets. Prior to joining Microsoft, he held various executive and development positions with a cross-platform application development software vendor.
He started his career in 1986 as an independent Consultant with AT&T Bell Labs, building distributed forecasting applications for the telecommunications industry.
William Ballweber
Presentation
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Document Database on the Web
William Ballweber is Manager of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Criminal Justice Reference Service clearinghouse. In that capacity, Mr. Ballweber also designs policies to increase the effective dissemination of criminal justice information.
He joined DOJ in 1996 after 17 years of service to the Department of the Navy and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Mr. Ballweber has worked extensively in the private sector as Engineering Project Manager at Westinghouse Electric; as Systems Manager for Ryland Homes; and as Management Information Systems Director for Signet Mortgage. Most recently, he served as Systems Consultant to The Washington Post.
Mr. Ballweber graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Information Systems Administration from the University of Maryland.
Marc L. Best
Marc L. Best is a Project Manager and Consultant with BDM International, Inc. in Helena, Montana. Mr. Best has worked for BDM since January 1994. He has 12 years experience in information technologies in roles ranging from Programming and System Design to System Architecture and Project Management.
Most recently, Mr. Best has lead efforts to leverage Internet/Intranet (I/I) technologies — including the development of enterprise-wide Web-enabled applications — for state and local governments. He is a consultant to BDM’s "E*JUSTICES SYSTEMS*" product development team. He oversees the introduction of I/I technologies and the addition of a Web-enable interface into the "E*JUSTICES SYSTEMS*" architecture.
Mr. Best holds a B.A. in Accounting and Business Administration and Computer Science from Carroll College and conducted post-graduate studies in Information Technologies at Wake Forest University.
Matt Bishop
Presentation
Attacking the Internet Infrastructure
Matt Bishop is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of California at Davis. Mr. Bishop’s research areas include computer and network security, focusing on analysis of system vulnerabilities and building tools to detect, ameliorate or eliminate them. He also teaches software engineering, machine architecture, operating systems and computer security.
Mr. Bishop chaired the first two UNIX Security Workshops, and is the Program Co-chair of the Symposium on Networked and Distributed System Security. He frequently chairs sessions and presents talks and tutorials at conferences. Mr. Bishop is a member of the Privacy and Security Research Group, which is charged by the Internet Activities Board to examine issues relating to Internet security.
He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University, where he specialized in computer security. Mr. Bishop was a Research Scientist at the Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science and was on the faculty at Dartmouth College before joining the UC Davis faculty.
Anne Bolin
Presentation
Using Web Search Engines
Anne Bolin has been the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Librarian since 1994. In that capacity, Ms. Bolin uses electronic means to respond to criminal justice professionals’ information needs.
She developed NCJRS’ Justice Information Center Web site (www.ncjrs.org), which provides full-text documents from the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She also developed the NCJRS Document Database on the Web, a research tool providing abstracts of criminal justice literature. She frequently searches the Internet and commercial on-line services for criminal justice topics.
Ms. Bolin previously was Lead Research Librarian at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Library. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland.
Jon Bosak
Jon Bosak is the Online Information Technology Architect for Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Bosak chairs the XML Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium and is also a member of the W3C HTML Coordination Group.
He serves as Sun’s representative to ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4, the international standards group responsible for Standard Generalized Mark-Up Language (SGML), Document Style Semantics and Specification Language and HyTime mark-up language. Mr. Bosak also represents Sun on the group’s U. S. counterpart, NCITS V1. He is a founding member of SGML Open and was, for several years, a sponsor of the Davenport Group, which maintains the industry-standard DocBook mark-up language for software documentation.
Mr. Bosak originated the SGML-based Web strategy used to distribute Solaris documentation. Before joining Sun, he was responsible for the SGML-based delivery system Novell used to place documentation on Compact Disks later on the Web.
Mark A. Boster
Mark A. Boster serves the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Information Resources Management and as the Deputy Chief Information Officer. Dr. Boster manages DOJ’s $1.1 billion information technology program and oversees the management, acquisition and integration of the department’s information resources.
Dr. Boster’s oversight includes policy, capital planning, systems development, telecommunications, information security, data management and end-user computing. His primary objective is to implement the Attorney General’s goal of improved information sharing between the department’s components and with state and local law enforcement organizations.
Dr. Boster has 21 years’ experience in management, organizational development and project implementation in both the public and private sectors. He held positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Dr. Boster earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. at the University of Arizona, and he holds a B.S. degree from Ohio State University.
Keith J. Brayman Sr.
Presentation
Internet Capabilities
Keith J. Brayman Sr. has worked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) since March 1987. Mr. Brayman began his career as a Programmer/Analyst. He currently manages a group of 10 software developers working with Web and client/server technologies.
FDLE has statewide jurisdiction and is responsible for improving the security of Florida’s residents and visitors. Internet use has increased FDLE’s effectiveness in meeting this challenge by improving public access to information. The FDLE’s Web site (www.fdle.state.fl.us) provides information about Department services, and also allows users to search for and view information on Florida’s missing children, most wanted criminals, and sexual offenders and predators residing in the state.
Mr. Brayman holds a Computer Science degree from Florida State University, and has attended numerous conferences on client/server and interactive Web development techniques.
H. Lionel Cares Jr.
Presentation
Internet Technology-World Wide Web-Future (Microsoft PowerPoint)
H. Lionel Cares Jr. has worked at the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), on a contract basis since 1995. He is employed by Network Systems Integration, Inc. As the OJP’s Web master and Internet server administrator, Mr. Cares is responsible for the redesign and implementation of the OJP homepage (www.ojp.usdoj.gov).
Mr. Cares was recently recognized for his contributions to the development of a home page for the Office for Victims of Crime, a DOJ victims’ assistance agency. He advises and assists the OJP Program and Support Offices in development of their home pages.
Mr. Cares began his Internet career in 1992 while attending the University of Maryland. He designed Web pages for the University and also instructed faculty, staff and students about the Internet. Mr. Cares holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Hon. Thomas M. Cecil
Keynote Address
The Internet and Criminal Justice
Judge Thomas M. Cecil has served on the Sacramento Superior and Municipal Courts since March 1989. During his tenure on the bench, Judge Cecil has presided over all criminal departments in both Courts. In September 1997, he was elected Presiding Judge of the Superior and Municipal Courts through 1998. He handled criminal trials, most of which involved homicides, during the 5 years prior to his election as presiding judge.
Judge Cecil served as Chief Counsel and Deputy Director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs for 6 years prior to his appointment to the bench. In that capacity, he was responsible for the Department’s regulatory and consumer-related legal matters, as well as all legislative activities, media and consumer-outreach efforts.
Judge Cecil has served on the Judicial Council of California’s Advisory Committee on Court Technology since 1994, and has chaired the committee since 1997. California Chief Justice Ronald M. George recently reappointed Judge Cecil as committee chair for 1998 and also to a new 3-year term on the committee.
Dr. Jan Chaiken
Dr. Jan Chaiken has served as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice, since September 1994. He was a Senior Mathematician at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, from 1972 to 1984 and a Principal Scientist in the law and justice section at Abt Associates, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. from 1984 until his nomination as BJS director by President Clinton.
BJS is the nation’s principal criminal justice statistics agency. The Bureau collects and analyzes statistical data on crime, criminal offenders, drug use, crime victims, and the criminal and civil justice systems. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state statistical agencies and to state and local governments to improve their criminal justice records and information systems.
During his tenure at BJS, Dr. Chaiken has focused on the use of modern technologies such as the World Wide Web to provide the public with accurate, up-to-date statistics; to allow the rapid interstate exchange of criminal histories and information about registered sex offenders; and to facilitate the implementation of the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System.
Dr. Chaiken earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
J. David Coldren
Presentation
Establishing an Internet Presence (Microsoft PowerPoint)
J. David Coldren is Director of Advanced Information Technologies for the Office of International Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Before coming to the University, Mr. Coldren spent more than 20 years as a Senior Policy Advisor on criminal justice matters for the Governor of Illinois. He founded and served as Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. In that capacity, he supervised the development and implementation of several information systems for law enforcement, corrections and prosecution agencies. Mr. Coldren also developed programs for victims of violent crimes and sexual assault, and he was responsible for organizing and administering Illinois' drug control and crime prevention strategies.
He was elected to two terms as President of the National Criminal Justice Association. Since 1993, he has been a member of the expert group chosen by the United Nations Office at Vienna to advise on criminal justice information systems, policies and practices. Mr. Coldren’s current University projects focus on the development of electronic publications for use by academics, criminal justice professionals and the public on the Internet.
He is a graduate of Antioch College, Ohio.
Gary R. Cooper
Gary R. Cooper has served as Executive Director of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, since 1983. As Executive Director, Mr. Cooper represents SEARCH before the various branches and levels of government, including the U.S. Congress and the U. S. Department of Justice; criminal justice associations; and the private sector. He has twice chaired the Evaluation Committee for tests of the Interstate Identification Index, a committee of the Advisory Policy Board to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center, and currently chairs the FBI’s Evaluation Group for the National Fingerprint File Pilot Project.
Mr. Cooper was appointed by California’s governor to the California Commission on Personal Privacy in 1981. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Law and Technology. During his 25 years with SEARCH, Mr. Cooper has served as the Deputy Director and Director of the Law and Policy Program.
Mr. Cooper’s law enforcement career began as a patrolman for the city of Sacramento. He has held various research and planning positions with the California Council on Criminal Justice and the California Crime Technological Research Foundation. Mr. Cooper has written extensively in all areas of information law and policy, with an emphasis on the privacy and security of criminal history records.
Mr. Cooper holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis.
James R. Gallagher
Background
RISSNET: A National Criminal Intelligence Database for Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement
Presentation
Developing and Delivering Justice Services (Microsoft PowerPoint)
James R. Gallagher joined the Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network (MAGLOCLEN) as its Deputy Executive Director in 1989. Mr. Gallagher is responsible for MAGLOCLEN’s management and daily operation. In addition, he oversees the planning and development of the agency’s information management system along with the implementation of the RISS (Regional Information Sharing System) NET and RISSNET II intelligence databases and their nationwide connectivity with other RISS projects.
Prior to joining MAGLOCLEN, Mr. Gallagher worked for the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Police Department from 1960-1989, holding positions of increasing responsibility from the rank of Police Officer to Chief Inspector. Assignments included Commanding Officer of the Intelligence Division and Chief of the Patrol, Staff Services and Detective bureaus.
Mr. Gallagher holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Temple University and a Master’s degree in Public Safety from St. Joseph’s University. He is a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy and is a Senior Executive Fellow from Harvard University.
Cheryl A. Gambetta
Presentation
Navigating the Net (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Cheryl A. Gambetta has worked for SEARCH since 1988. As a Programmer/Analyst in the Software Services department, she is responsible for developing various management information systems for criminal justice agencies nationwide.
In addition, she developed database solutions for bulletin board systems and now for the World Wide Web to meet the needs of specific justice agencies. In this capacity, she coordinates and works on product development; manages product maintenance; and provides technical support and training to end-users.
Ms. Gambetta holds a B.S. in Business Administration, with a concentration in computer applications and systems, from California State University, Fresno.
Gary L. Gardner
Gary L. Gardner works for the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division as Program Director for Law Enforcement OnLine, a national interactive intranet communications and information service used exclusively by the law enforcement community.
Mr. Gardner’s FBI service began in September 1967 as a Records Division support employee. He also worked with the Firearms, Toolmarks and Explosives Laboratory Unit before being appointed Special Agent in March 1976. He was assigned to field offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in New York City, where he served as Supervisor/Co-Commander of both the Bank Robbery and Terrorist task forces. Mr. Gardner was subsequently assigned to FBI headquarters as Unit Chief and later as Assistant Section Chief for Investigative Information Systems Development.
After a tour as an Assistant Inspector, Mr. Gardner served in the Information Resources Division as a Unit Chief, directing investigative support for crisis situations, special events and major cases such as the Olympics, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Whitewater investigation.
Mr. Gardner served the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He holds a B.S. in Administration of Criminal Justice from American University in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Cecil E. Greek
Presentation
Navigating the Net
Dr. Cecil E. Greek is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Florida State University in charge of Internet-based distance education initiatives. Over the past three years, Dr. Greek has used the Internet as a teaching and research tool in his classes and for personal research.
He created the Criminal Justice Page — a World Wide Web site with links to criminal justice research information (http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html) — to direct his students and the public to criminal justice information on the Internet. Dr. Greek also created a comprehensive list of federal, state, county and local police agencies on the Internet (http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/police.html).
He designed several courses that are taught entirely on-line using Internet access, World Wide Web pages, conferencing software, live chat and e-mail. Courses taught with Internet components include "Criminological Theory," "Corrections," "Community Corrections," "Crime and Media," "Abnormal Behavior and Crime" and "Survey of the Criminal Justice System." His most recent Internet course, "New Media in Criminology," (http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/courses/newmedia.html) covers the essentials of Internet Web site design for criminal justice research and education.
Dr. Greek attended Eastern College and the New School for Social Research, earning a Ph.D. in Sociology in 1983. Garland Press published his doctoral dissertation, "The Religious Roots of American Sociology."
Cory Hacking
Presentation
The Technical Foundation of the Internet
Cory Hacking is Vice President at MEGG Associates, Inc., where he has worked for 12 years. During that time, he directed the development of several CRIS products, including Police Records Management (RMS), a National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD).
Mr. Hacking is the chief architect of CRISNet, a new family of Internet/intranet applications designed to meet the needs of law enforcement agencies around the world. Mr. Hacking is also co-inventor of ActivePaper, a product that solves the problem of collecting, viewing, managing, printing and storing complex electronic documents across various networks and computer systems.
John Hanby
Presentation
Advanced Technologies for Internet and Web Development
John Hanby is Vice President, Sales, at BDM International, Inc. in McLean, Virginia. Mr. Hanby’s responsibilities include promotion of BDM’s Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) and Year 2000 system.
He previously worked at Oracle Corp. as a Global Account Executive for all of Lockheed-Martin Corp., a $30 billion aerospace and defense company. In this capacity, Mr. Hanby created, managed and directed a coordinated domestic and international business strategy in support of Lockheed-Martin’s internal and external business.
Prior to joining Oracle, he served as Corporate Director of Technology Information Systems for Lockheed-Martin. Mr. Hanby held the same position for Loral Corporation before its merger with Lockheed-Martin. He was responsible for strategy development, investment coordination and division participation for 14 of the company’s divisions.
Mr. Hanby graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a dual degree in Foreign Service and International Politics with a Middle East Studies Option. Following graduation, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer in a variety of assignments involving technical intelligence collection.
Upon completion of his military service, Mr. Hanby joined Planning Research Corp. as a Systems Analyst with technical and management responsibilities in computer management information systems. In January 1989, he managed business development in support of the National Drug Control Strategy and C3I. In February 1992, Mr. Hanby was named Vice President, Criminal Justice Business Development.
Mr. Hanby is active in supporting numerous professional organizations including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sheriffs Association, Fraternal Order of Police, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association. He served on the Colorado Government Technology Advisory Board.
Kelly J. Harris
Presentation
The Job of Agency Webmaster (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Kelly J. Harris has served as Program Coordinator for SEARCH's Technical Assistance Program since 1994. The program is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, and provides no-cost, expert technical assistance to address the information management needs of local and State criminal justice agencies through the use of information technologies.
In that capacity, Ms. Harris manages the program and the activities of several SEARCH technical assistance providers, and provides technical assistance to criminal justice agencies in automated systems development, automation planning and integration of criminal justice information systems.
Ms. Harris also organizes national conferences on justice information systems and technologies, including the 1994 International Symposium on Criminal Justice Information Systems and Technology and the 1996 Symposium on Integrated Justice Information Systems, both funded by the BJA; and the 1997 National Conference on Justice Agencies and the Internet, funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. She also writes a variety of informational publications, articles, technical bulletins and reports for SEARCH and for publication by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ms. Harris developed a number of on-line resources for justice agencies through the design and publication of SEARCH World Wide Web sites. She received a B.A. degree in Political Science and Communications from the University of California, Davis.
Gourish Hosangady
Presentation
Using Advanced Technologies When Accessing the Web (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Gourish Hosangady is a Technical Marketing Consultant at SAS Institute, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland, specializing in decision support systems, data warehousing and Web-enabling strategies. Prior to joining SAS, Mr. Hosangady spent 5 years as a Software Consultant in Computing Services at the University of Massachusetts, and also worked for an international consulting company as an Area Sales Manager for Oracle products.
Mr. Hosangady is a regular presenter of SAS technology at conferences and company-sponsored seminars. He recently represented the Asia Pacific Division in bringing Web and data warehouse technology to the telecommunications and banking industries.
Mr. Hosangady holds a B.S. in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Engineering from the University of Missouri. He has also worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Marketing, University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Hosangady is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association and the North East SAS Users Group.
Eric Jefferis
Presentation
The NIJ Crime Mapping Research Center (Microsoft PowerPoint)
James A. Lingerfelt
James A. Lingerfelt joined IBM’s Public Safety & Justice Department after 24 years with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C. He joined the MPD in 1973 as a Patrol Officer. He later served as a precinct-level Tactical Operations Officer and directed the finance and resource management office. He last served as Director of Information Services and held the rank of inspector.
As Information Services Director, Mr. Lingerfelt was responsible for all telecommunications technology and operations for one of the nation’s largest police departments. He devised the MPD's five-year Information Technology strategic plan to re-engineer and apply new technology to several hundred business procedures in the department. Upon implementation, the plan will increase productivity equivalent to hiring hundreds of additional police officers. Mr. Lingerfelt was the District of Columbia's representative to SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. He also represented the District to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and at the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).
Mr. Lingerfelt is enrolled in the Police Executive Leadership Program, a masters program at Johns Hopkins that emphasizes strategic planning, organizational development, management and leadership of police agencies. He earned a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of Maryland and also graduated from the FBI’s National Police Academy. Mr. Lingerfelt is a former member of the National Institute of Justice’s Technology Advisory Council.
John T. Loverude
John T. Loverude is a Senior Public Service Administrator with the Illinois State Police’s Information Services Bureau. Mr. Loverude has held a variety of positions relating to criminal history records and their use during his 23 years with the Illinois State Police.
He was instrumental in implementing Illinois’ point-of-sale system for firearm transfers; in the acquisition of the state’s first automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS); and in the development of "live scan" fingerprint technology.
Mr. Loverude was invited by the FBI to join the Brady Act Task Group. More recently, he participated in the Joint Task Force on Rap Sheet Standardization. Mr. Loverude was responsible for the development of submission specifications utilizing American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for both fingerprint- and nonfingerprint-based submissions.
He holds a B.A. from MacMurray College and a Master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Kevin Manson
Presentations
Ammunition for CyberCops
Robots, Wanderers, Spiders and Avatars: The Virtual Investigator and Community Policing Behind the Thin Digital Blue Line
Kevin Manson is Director of the virtual organization @CYBERCOP.ORG, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization whose vision is "networking and education on the electronic frontier" for law enforcement. Mr. Manson is also involved in the following communications components of the organization: as Webmaster of its home page (www.cybercop.org); as Manager of its File Transfer Protocol site; as Systems Operator of its bulletin board system (CYBERCOP BBS), and as owner its server list.
Mr. Manson is also a Senior Instructor with the Financial Fraud Institute at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, where he coordinates the Electronic Sources of Information and Computer Crime for Prosecutors programs. He pioneered Internet training at the FLETC in 1993, and developed and served as System Operator of the center’s first BBS.
In his home state of South Dakota, Mr. Manson served as Magistrate; as Chairman of a four-county regional Mental Health Board; as an Assistant Attorney General, handling criminal appeals and drug asset forfeitures; and as Counsel to the state Department of Charities and Corrections and the State Parole Board.
Mr. Manson’s legislative experience includes service as Staff Counsel with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts and as support staff for U.S. Sen. Bob Dole with the President's Commission on Drunk Driving in the early 1980s.He served as a Staff Attorney with the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut, and at the Bureau’s Northeast Regional Office. Mr. Manson also served as Staff Development Counsel for the Bureau’s Training Academy at the FLETC and as a Senior Instructor in the FLETC's Legal Division.
He is an active member of the South Dakota bar, the bar in the District of South Dakota and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Manson is a member of the Internet Society and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has provided congressional testimony on law enforcement and the Internet; led a workshop at the 1996 MIT-hosted Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference on policing cyberspace; and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution.
Mr. Manson has participated in on-line seminars sponsored by the Global Business Network and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding law enforcement on the electronic frontier.
Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall is Vice President of Applied Micro Technology, Inc. (AMT) in Reston, Virginia. Mr. Marshall has developed information systems — including Record Management and Computer-Aided Dispatch systems — for law enforcement agencies during his 10 years at AMT.
Most recently, he developed AMT's Criminal Justice Intra Network (CJIN), an intranet made up of law enforcement agencies who deposit arrest, warrant and other data into a central database accessible via web browser to all agencies participating in the intranet.
Mr. Marshall has experience with Windows NT server, SQL Server, TCP/IP, Cisco Routers, Visual Basic, Visual Interdev, Novell IntraNetware and other industry-standard Internet-related software.
Robert L. Marx
Presentation
Data Interchange Standards, Internet, Intranet, Integrated Information Systems (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Data Interchange Standards
Robert L. Marx has been associated with SEARCH since its inception in 1969. He currently serves as Senior System Specialist, with particular emphasis on automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and the design, analysis and evaluation of information systems in state identification bureaus.
Mr. Marx has provided consulting services to numerous state and local governments, as well as to the U.S. Senate, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; the Office of Telecommunications Policy; the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.
Mr. Marx has addressed previous SEARCH national conferences on a variety of technical matters, and he has written extensively on technical issues associated with the design and implementation of AFIS.
Mr. Marx earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Marquette University and completed graduate work in Physics at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.
Ross Mayfield
Ross Mayfield is the Senior Network Scientist at Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc. in Irvine, California. He is responsible for the design, installation, maintenance and administration of small to very large multi-protocol, multi-operating system networks running on a variety of legacy and new hardware from various vendors for clients such as Honda.
Mr. Mayfield served for more than 3 years as a Specialist Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), where he was the first Computer Crime Instructor. He was attached to an elite LAPD unit that investigated computer crime across network connections. Mr. Mayfield successfully penetrated many offenders’ computer systems to recover evidence. He personally trained more than 100 detectives in network investigation, computer security methods and security policy development, and he participated in the execution of search warrants and the arrests of numerous offenders.
Mr. Mayfield’s contributions were recognized with numerous commendations, including the Non-Geographical Divisions Reserve Police Officer of the Year award. He is a patent holder, and a recipient of Citicorp’s highest Technical Achievement Award.
Mr. Mayfield has 4 years experience as Adjunct Professor of Information Systems at Pepperdine University and is an instructor approved by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Lt. Gov. Gray Davis awarded the State of California Commendation to Mr. Mayfield for his pioneering work in computer crime at LAPD.
Laura D. Perry
Presentation
Planning for the On-line Office (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Laura D. Perry is Public Education Coordinator for the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). As Coordinator, Ms. Perry oversees a range of information services to the agency, to the addiction field and to the public. Beginning with the OASAS’ clearinghouse functions, she established systems to respond to thousands of information requests each year, including the development of a database to track and analyze the distribution of approximately 1 million brochures, posters, and other promotional pieces to some 4,000 customers annually.
Ms. Perry authors, lays out and designs a variety of public information materials such as brochures and fact sheets that are distributed by the clearinghouse. She has contributed to a variety of multi-media campaigns, the most noteworthy being the local NORI award-winning brochure series "Get the Facts." Ms. Perry spearheaded the OASAS’ participation in the Center for Technology in Government’s Internet Testbed Project, which was instrumental in launching the OASAS World Wide Web site (www.oasas.state.ny.us). To sustain state-of-the-art education services, Ms. Perry designed, authored and maintains the OASAS Web site, establishing her in the role of Web master.
Ms. Perry is currently pursuing a degree in graphic arts.
David J. Roberts
Presentation
Justice Agencies and the Internet (Microsoft PowerPoint)
David J. Roberts has served as Deputy Director of SEARCH’s Research & Technology Division since 1987. As Deputy Director, he is responsible for overseeing and supervising the design, development and implementation of two SEARCH programs: The Systems and Technology Program and the Research and Statistics Program. Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. Roberts was SEARCH’s Research and Statistics Director.
Under Mr. Roberts’ direction, SEARCH developed several computer-based public domain criminal justice management information systems, a nationally recognized training program, and electronic information resources for justice agencies (e.g., www.taexchange.search.org; www.nibrs.search.org). Mr. Roberts provides technical assistance to justice agencies throughout the nation, addressing such issues as automation planning and integration of information systems.
Mr. Roberts is directing the 1997 National Conference on Justice Agencies and the Internet, cosponsored by SEARCH and BJS. He also directed the 1994 International Symposium on Criminal Justice Information Systems and Technology and the 1996 Symposium on Integrated Criminal Justice Information Systems, both sponsored by BJA.
In addition, Mr. Roberts has served as the Staff Director of the joint BJS/FBI project on NIBRS implementation among law enforcement agencies, which recently completed the first phase of research on impediments to NIBRS implementation. He authored the project report Implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting Systems: A Project Status Report (NCJ-165581). Project activities and staff reports can be accessed at http://www.nibrs.search.org.
Mr. Roberts holds an M.A. from the School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany; a Master of Criminal Justice Administration from Oklahoma City University; and a B.S. in Law Enforcement and Criminology from Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado.
Martin Steinberg
Presentation
The Use of Advanced Internet Technologies for Justice Agencies (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Martin Steinberg is Chief Executive Officer of PubNETics, Inc., a Denver-based software company that provides electronic publishing tools to the legal market. Mr. Steinberg was instrumental in publishing the complete trial record of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh onto the World Wide Web and to CD-ROMs.
Prior to launching PubNETics, Mr. Steinberg served as President of Odyssey Development, an Australian developer of information and retrieval software. He developed strategic partnerships and expanded the product line of Odyssey’s U.S. subsidiary to include Web and electronic publishing products. Mr. Steinberg also served as Consultant to Information Management Research (IMR), a Denver-based developer of a CD-ROM authoring product. He assisted in the company’s initial funding and directed its strategic marketing.
Prior to IMR, Mr. Steinberg was President and founder of Interpreter, Inc., a publicly held computer company that developed and marketed document conversion applications, data storage hardware and software, and document management software. He sold the company to a European investment group in 1991.
Mr. Steinberg holds a B.S. in Journalism and Marketing from the University of Colorado.
Robert Stinson
Presentation
Justice Agencies and the Internet (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Robert Stinson is User Project Administrator of the California Department of Corrections’ (CDC) Parole Automation System. Mr. Stinson is responsible for planning, investment and support for all the Department’s automation efforts, including LEADS (Law Enforcement Automated Data System), a state-of-the-art system that provides local law enforcement with up-to-date information about parolees being supervised by the Department’s Parole and Community Services Division.
Mr. Stinson’s professional duties have included public school teaching, employment counseling, rehabilitation casework and correctional work. He transferred to the CDC from the California Department of Rehabilitation in 1982. He has held positions from Parole Agent I through Parole Administrator I in both field and technical assignments.
Mr. Stinson graduated from Michigan State University in 1966 and received a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1971.
P. Douglas Sund
Presentations
Developing and Delivering Justice Services on the Web (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Privacy and Public Access (Microsoft PowerPoint)
P. Douglas Sund is Information Services Division Commander for the Washington State Patrol (WSP). Mr. Sund gained 16 years experience with information systems while serving a wide range of public and private sector organizations, including law enforcement, health care, insurance, manufacturing, utilities, telecommunications, distribution, retail and transportation. Prior positions include executive-level consulting; project management; systems design, development and implementation; data-center management and operations.
Mr. Sund developed successful information systems, consulting, projects and sales groups for large organizations such as IBM and has trained consultants throughout the country. In his previous position as the WSP Criminal Records Division Re-engineering Program Manager, he managed implementation of a Web-based criminal history system, Washington Access to Criminal History (WATCH).
Mr. Sund received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington in 1978 and his CDP in 1985.
Larry Teitelbaum
Presentation
Technologies of Delivery (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Larry Teitelbaum is Strategic Marketing Manager at Netscape Communication Corp. in Mountain View, California. Mr. Teitelbaum has been an information systems professional for more than 20 years. His experience includes systems and software marketing, network systems design and implementation of custom software business systems.
In his current position, Mr. Teitelbaum is responsible for ensuring the adoption of Netscape products and technologies in key enterprise organizations. He regularly briefs senior executives on networking strategies, speaks at Netscape marketing seminars and represents Netscape at conferences focused on networking and telecommunications technology for government and business.
Before joining Netscape, Mr. Teitelbaum spent 1 year at Infonet Services Corp., an international network provider, where he served as Product Manager responsible for shaping and marketing Infonet’s remote network management and reporting services.
Prior to Infonet, Mr. Teitelbaum worked for 9 years at Novell as a Systems Engineering Manager and Senior Systems Engineer. He was Novell’s National Marketing Manager from 1994 to 1996 and helped shape the company’s product development and marketing strategies. He spoke frequently at executive briefings, private CIO conferences and trade shows, including Networld, BrainShare and NetUCon, and also published a series of internal technical and competitive whitepapers.
Previously, Mr. Teitelbaum developed large-scale, custom business software systems for Dun & Bradstreet, Burlington Northern Air Freight, Avco Financial Services, Newsweek Magazine, Time Inc. and other corporations.
Mr. Teitelbaum holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Operations Research and Computer Science from New York University.
Prof. George B. Trubow
Prof. George B. Trubow directs the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he teaches cyberspace law, privacy law, computer law and information law and policy. He has been a faculty member there since 1976, and also served as an Assistant Professor at the school from 1961-1965. He is a Member of the SEARCH Board of Directors.
Prof. Trubow practiced law in Kansas and Missouri. He was a Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C., from 1966-1968 and served as Deputy Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Judicial Machinery. From 1968-1974, Prof. Trubow was Executive Director of the Maryland Governor’s Commission on the Administration of Justice, and he also served on the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Council on Law Enforcement Education.
Prof. Trubow worked for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), U.S. Department of Justice, from 1970-1974 as Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Programs and Director of Inspection and Review in charge of planning and program development for LEAA.
From 1974-1976, he was General Counsel to the Committee on the Right to Privacy, Executive Office of the President, during the Ford Administration. The committee was concerned with the analysis and development of federal information and privacy law.
Prof. Trubow is active in the American Bar Association’s Science and Technology Section. He served as advisor during the drafting of the Uniform State Information Practices Code and as reporter for the Uniform Criminal History Records Act. Prof. Trubow chaired the 1994 International Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy.
He was an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, and to the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. He is a privacy consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Fraud Institute.
Prof. Trubow is a member of the Federal Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board. He has written and spoken widely on the law of information technology, cyberspace and privacy. Prof. Trubow is faculty editor of "The Journal of Computer and Information Law." He is editor-in-chief of the three-volume treatise "Privacy Law and Practice" and co-author of the casebook "Privacy Law."
Prof. Trubow holds an A.B. and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.
Julie Wartell
Presentation
Managing a Web Site: A Case Study (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Julie Wartell has worked for more than 5 years for the San Diego Police Department’s Crime Analysis and Neighborhood Policing sections. She was assigned to several large-scale efforts, including the Drug Market Analysis Project — with the Police Executive Research Forum — and the Comprehensive Gang Initiative. Ms. Wartell currently works on strategic planning and community policing implementation. In her spare time, she coordinates her department’s World Wide Web page.
Ms. Wartell served at Area Commands as Analyst Liaison with patrol and investigations and also with the Narcotics, Gang, Robbery and Homicide units. She provided problem solving and crime-analysis training to officers and civilians from around the world.
Ms. Wartell holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Criminal Justice Administration.
John H. Weiner
Presentation
Locating Federal Statistics on FedStats (Microsoft PowerPoint)
John H. Weiner serves as Director of the National Energy Information Center, Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in Washington, D.C. The Center disseminates energy information, prepares publications, is responsible for news media services and maintains a Web site at www.eia.doe.gov.
Mr. Weiner also serves as a member of the EIA's strategic planning team. Before joining the EIA, he served as Deputy Executive Secretary of both the DOE and of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), where he was also a member of the HEW planning staff.
Mr. Weiner is a member of the Task Force on One-Stop Shopping of the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. He also serves on the board of the Association of Public Data Users. He chaired the Federal Publishers Committee from 1988-1996, and has served as a member of the Depository Library Council.
Mr. Weiner holds a B.A. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. in Linguistics from Georgetown University. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Guinea.
Joseph D.K. Wheeler
Presentation
Electronic Data Interchange (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Joseph D.K. Wheeler is a Manager with MTG Management Consultants, Inc., a Seattle-based independent management consulting firm with almost a quarter century of experience providing information technology planning and management services to state and local government agencies.
Mr. Wheeler is responsible for project management in the firm’s criminal justice consulting practice, which provides integration and planning services to state and local organizations. He was instrumental in establishing MTG as one of the nation’s leading criminal justice information technology consulting firms.
Mr. Wheeler and his staff have worked with more than a dozen states over the last 5 years planning, designing and implementing architectural blueprints for integrated criminal justice information systems. Broad utilization of data standards and common EDI transaction sets for sharing information between organizations are incorporated into these designs.
Walker White
Presentation
Desktop vs. Webtop Development: Why, How and What to Choose (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Walker White is a Principal Technologist for Oracle Corp. in the Government, Health and Education Division responsible for presenting Oracle’s vision to key public sector accounts. Since joining Oracle in 1990, Mr. White has held positions ranging from Product Development to Consulting. Prior to joining Oracle, he developed warfare simulation software for a U.S. Navy contractor.
Mr. White holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
Nancy Willard
Presentation
How to Develop an Internet Use Policy
Nancy Willard’s varied professional experiences include education, law and technology. She holds degrees in Education and Special Education from the University of Utah and University of Oregon, respectively. Ms. Willard received a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law in 1983 and practiced computer and small business law until 1990.
She then shifted her focus to educational technology planning, where she applied her legal knowledge to issues related to K-12 Internet use policies. Ms. Willard recently joined the University of Oregon College of Education, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, where she will be establishing a research and outreach program to address issues of ethical and appropriate use of technology.
She is the author of "The Cyberethics Reader," published by McGraw-Hill College Division. Ms. Willard is currently writing several Internet use handbooks for educational purposes and for government and business employee training.
Marianne W. Zawitz
Presentation
A Tour of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Website
Marianne W. Zawitz is a Statistician who has worked at the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice, since 1976. She is the creator and content manager of the BJS World Wide Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs).
Ms. Zawitz is responsible for a wide variety of publications and presentations, including the award-winning "Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice," "Drugs, Crime and the Justice System: A National Report," and "Highlights of 20 Years of Surveying Crime Victims." She has written several recent reports on firearms and crime, including "Guns Used in Crime," "Weapons Offenses and Offenders" and "Firearm Injury from Crime." Ms. Zawitz advises BJS staff on data presentation and has given lectures and training sessions on the subject.
Ms. Zawitz began her career with the Ohio state government and spent two years working with the District of Columbia. She also worked for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations before joining the Department of Justice. She has a Master's Degree of Public Administration from Ohio State University.