Pre-Symposium Workshops
Symposium Day 1
Symposium Day 2
Symposium Day 3
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Information Sharing Directors Roundtable: Lessons from the Field
This roundtable session will feature lively discussion by Information Sharing Directors from local, state, tribal and federal/national initiatives. The session will include frank discussion of personal experiences and questions/answers from audience members.
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PLANNING: Effective Security Policies and Procedures
Learn how to build policies and procedures that enable enterprise-wide information sharing while respecting the privacy rights of citizens and subjects, and the confidentiality of data. Security of information systems, and particularly for information sharing initiatives, requires effective policies and procedures, as well as technical solutions.
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ANALYSIS: Knowledge Management and Intelligence Analysis Tools
Analysis of large volumes of structured and unstructured data is a complex task requiring an array of tools and solutions. Hear the latest techniques, tools and solutions to support knowledge management and the effective analysis and reporting of intelligence information.
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IMPLEMENTATION: Leveraging Information Sharing and Interoperability Initiatives
Jurisdictions throughout the nation are undertaking a variety of information sharing and interoperability initiatives. Discuss how to coordinate these initiatives and leverage planning, development and implementation efforts to achieve success and efficient use of resources.
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TECHNOLOGY: Next Generation Technical Solutions, Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
Identify emerging technical solutions and tools, and receive an overview of issues, challenges and opportunities. Technology is ever-evolving. Therefore, navigating the complex landscape of new and emerging technologies, identifying those with the greatest promise for information sharing initiatives, leveraging existing technical solutions, tools and investments, and planning for the future is crucial to the long-term success of an organization.
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State Homeland Security Directors Roundtable: Integration and Interoperability
This roundtable session will feature lively discussion by State Homeland Security Directors regarding a range of information sharing and interoperability initiatives they are presently pursuing, as well as future directions and emerging programs.
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Homeland Security — Lessons Learned and Successes
Attend this session for a rapid-fire presentation of where and how our nation is making incredible progress toward our national Homeland Security goals. Secretary Chertoff just released the official report on the Federal response to Katrina and the lessons learned. One of the leading lessons learned is "We are not as prepared as we need to be at all levels: Federal, State, local, community, and individual. Hurricane Katrina obligates us to re-examine how the Federal government is organized to address the full range of potential catastrophic events - both natural and man-made." Microsoft understands the challenges but has also seen incredible progress where leaders in local communities and regions have reached across to their neighbors to lay the foundation for building state of the regional capabilities. The anatomy of these success stories can serve as a beacon to all as we consider our own local challenges and struggles.
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Case Study 7
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)
Pennsylvania, one of the original participants in SEARCH's JIEM research project, is continuing today with a County Justice Information Exchange Pilot (CJIEP) which will link to the state-level Justice Network (JNET). The PCCD CJIEP project is designed to build infrastructure within the counties to (a) enable horizontal integration within the counties (since most information exchange on a day-to-day basis occurs within the local communities), and (b) enable the counties to routinely exchange information with and access critical State information systems through JNET. The CJIEP initiative has begun with a pilot project in three counties (Lancaster, Warren and Allegheny), where they have conducted JIEM analyses. The expectation-one that will be validated in further research-is that the information exchanges being documented in these pilot counties are in fact universal, i.e., that they will transfer to other counties and enable PCCD to build service-oriented architecture solutions that can easily be transferred and adopted by other communities throughout the State. As a consequence, the counties are directly benefiting from the rapid development of information sharing solutions that are based on actual practice; the State is benefiting from the enhanced information exchange among and between the counties and with State systems; and information is improved for more effective decision-making. Further, there is a realistic expectation that making this information more broadly available in a more timely fashion will result in better public safety and homeland security, improvements in the quality of justice, and even greater efficiency, effectiveness and return on investment as this program rolls out to other communities throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Case Study 8
FBI National Law Enforcement Data Exchange Program (N-Dex)
N-DEx will provide law enforcement agencies with a powerful new investigative tool to search, link, analyze and share criminal justice information on a national basis to a degree never before possible. This session will describe the strategic context and value of the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Program.
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Case Study 9
Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB)
The CHSB has developed a GJXDM-conformant datacentric service representing more than 60 separate transactions, providing asynchronous data access to mobile data terminal users throughout the state. This project represents information sharing among the Massachusetts State Police, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Department of Corrections, and has resulted in a state level "office of Massachusetts Justice XML" which has permanent funding from state information technology bonds.
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Case Study 10
Ohio Local Law Enforcement Information-Sharing Network (OLLEISN)
OLLEISN is an information-sharing system designed to enable all 900-plus local law enforcement agencies in Ohio to share CAD/RMS information with each other (computer-aided dispatch/records management system). Records information from local law enforcement agencies is electronically sent by each agency's RMS to a database at the Ohio Attorney General's Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway (OHLEG) Office. In most cases, this process will be automated requiring no additional work for the sender. Law enforcement officers and their support personnel, can access the OLLEISN database by submitting queries through secure, computer-based applications developed by the agency's records management vendor or via an internet browser. OHLEG user names and passwords are required for access to OLLEISN. OLLEISN initially provides a means of sharing and retrieving multi-jurisdictional information about: Wants and warrants, Arrests, Alerts, Incidents. Eventually, OLLEISN will also provide Traffic citations, Field Interviews, and UCR/OIBRS Data.
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The 2006 Symposium represents the sixth such event held that SEARCH and BJA have co-sponsored since 1994 to address information sharing and new and emerging technologies in justice and public safety. This closing session will draw broad lessons learned from panel and plenary sessions held throughout the 2006 Symposium, as well as case studies, team building exercises and practitioner experiences shared throughout the course of the event.
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Speaker Presentations
