Pre-Symposium Workshops
Symposium Day 1
Symposium Day 2
Symposium Day 3
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Welcome, Introductions, SEARCH and BJA
Participants will be welcomed to the 2006 Symposium, the fifth such event that SEARCH and the Bureau of Justice Assistance have organized addressing Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing since 1996, by Mr. Francis X. Aumand, III, Chair of the SEARCH Membership Group and Director of the Vermont Division of Criminal Justice Services and Mr. Ronald P. Hawley, Executive Director, SEARCH. Introductory remarks will be provided by Mr. Domingo S. Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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Keynote Presentation
Keynote presentation regarding the importance of information sharing. This keynote presentation addresses the importance of information sharing throughout the whole of the justice, public safety, emergency/disaster management, intelligence and homeland security enterprise both in the United States and around the world.
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Symposium Overview and Video
During this kick-off session, SEARCH will premiere it's latest video documenting critical information sharing initiatives in their operational settings from jurisdictions across the United States and internationally. Powerful interviews with practitioners and decisionmakers at all levels of government will shed light on the trends, best practices, successes and challenges that state and local agencies have experienced in recent years and their recommendations for success. The video will explore the increasing demand for broader information sharing among non-traditional justice sharing partners, the important role of intelligence information, the all crimes/all hazards approach, draw parallels with international initiatives, and best practices surrounding planning, analysis, standards, technology, and how we measure the success of these critical initiatives. Don't miss this important session that will set the tone, tenor, and structure for the next three days of Symposium plenary and breakout panel sessions.
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Federal Initiatives (DOJ/DHS) and State/Local Impact and Response
This plenary panel session reviews a variety of federal information sharing initiatives (e.g., Intelligence Fusion Centers, NIEM, GJXDM, Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, etc.) supported by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In addition, state and local representatives will discuss their implementation and response in support of these federal initiatives and the impact for information sharing across multiple domains and levels and branches of government.
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PLANNING: Beyond Justice — Coordinating Operational Information Sharing with Broader Emergency Management and Intelligence Initiatives
Explore common objectives, points of intersection and opportunities to expand and coordinate information sharing initiatives beyond justice to include emergency and disaster management, Urban Areas Security Initiatives (UASI), National Incident Management System (NIMS), and other programs building federal and national information sharing capabilities. Enterprise-wide information sharing requires effective coordination across a variety of domains spanning justice, public safety, emergency/disaster management, intelligence and homeland security.
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ANALYSIS: Information Exchange Modeling and Business Process Mapping and Reengineering
Modeling actual information exchanges is an important and fundamental step in building information sharing capabilities. Beyond identifying critical dimensions and content of the exchange, modeling also provides an important opportunity to map and understand current business processes, identify flaws and impediments to information sharing, and design solutions through process reengineering. This session will explore the goals, expectations and other practical benefits of using the Justice Information Exchange Modeling (JIEM) tool from the strategic, tactical and implementation perspectives.
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IMPLEMENTATION: Vision to Value — Program Management Best Practices
Learn how to identify and execute program management best practices to ensure effective program implementation. Effective implementation of information sharing initiatives requires a range of skills and best practices to create programs that achieve the vision of the initiative. Learn practical steps to build comprehensive strategic and tactical plans that successfully execute that vision and demonstrate tangible, measurable value throughout the course of the program.
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TECHNOLOGY: Enterprise Architectures
Investigate technological tools and solutions, and operational procedures to build an appropriate architecture for enterprise-wide information sharing. Review the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Development Tool-Kit and other resources. Enterprise-wide information sharing requires a comprehensive architectural foundation and infrastructure accessible by all participating agencies, jurisdictions and levels of government, as well as private sector and the general public, and it must provide adequate and appropriate security.
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Information Sharing Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Investigate lessons learned — successes and failures — at local, state and federal levels and the implications of these lessons for other communities and situations. The extraordinary scale of damage, destruction and disruption of critical and emergency services caused by Hurricane Katrina demonstrated in vivid terms the crucial role of real-time information sharing and interoperable communications and the devastating impact of failure.
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Case Study 1
Nlets – the International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network
More than half a billion times each year Nlets transmits the information necessary to save lives, protect property and defend Americans against terrorism. Nlets uses new technologies such as web services and GJXDM to share information within the justice and public safety community. Nlets has implemented over 80 different message keys that law enforcement and other authorized personnel can access. Information such as criminal histories, AMBER alerts, sex offender registrations, warrants/hit confirmations, homeland security alerts, hazardous materials, concealed weapon carry permits, driver license and vehicle registrations…..and much more. Attend this session to learn more about specific projects and technologies Nlets has implemented recently.
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Case Study 2
Tribal Criminal History Records Improvement Program (TCHRIP)
Three New Mexico Tribes, Laguna, Acoma and Zuni Pueblos have used JIEM extensively to develop the architecture for a tribal criminal history system, the first in the nation. The tribes have created Tribal JIEM Reference Models for DWI offenses, domestic violence offenses, and orders of protection, which are critical issues in Indian Country. These three tribes have also been working cooperatively with state justice information sharing agencies, including the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety. Tribal representatives each have a seat and a vote on the state-level Justice Information Sharing Council (JISC), as well as a portion of the state resources allocated to this initiative, including funding and a part-time FTE. This tribal-state-local cooperation is unique in the nation, and has been enabled by the technical assistance (Governance, JIEM and GJXDM) provided by BJA via SEARCH.
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Case Study 3
Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix)
In Maricopa County, a GJXDM-conformant pre-booking system has been implemented to provide justice agencies with on-line access to accurate and timely booking data on arrests. Maricopa County has used the JIEM extensively to model information exchanges among county, state and federal agencies. The pre-booking system was reused a second time by the state to develop an automated disposition system that is currently in user acceptance testing.
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Case Study 4
New Jersey’s Emergency Preparedness Information Network (EPINet)
EPINet is a collection of technologies, policies, and people necessary to promote sharing and integration of information across the broader law enforcement, homeland security and emergency management communities. Its service-oriented architecture (SOA) will eliminate information and technology silos by implementing a common information architecture and solutions environment. A guiding principle behind EPINet is to leverage the data that’s already being collected throughout the state, along with the processes that have been established to collect it. This environment will support the integration of both data and solutions through the use of leading-edge technology and open standards, such as XML and web services. This session discusses how the State’s law enforcement, homeland security and emergency management communities will be poised to make more informed and effective decisions in the areas of planning, response and recovery through the use of EPINet.
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Time and space is provided each day for teams representing specific jurisdictions or domains involved in information sharing initiatives to meet, review what they've learned, plan activities, further their planning efforts, and even seek facilitated discussion with specific speakers and/or SEARCH staff to address particular issues of concern.
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Speaker Presentations
