Through its Information Sharing Programs, SEARCH helps justice and public safety practitioners and organizations at all levels of government improve their use of technology and information sharing capabilities. Our approach encompasses key success factors, such as—
- Good governance and service management
- Mission-oriented strategic and tactical planning
- Enterprise architecture development
- Service oriented architecture
- Business process modeling and analysis
- Service specification development
- Performance management
- Application of industry and national justice community standards
Collected here is a range of SEARCH-developed resources to support information sharing.Â
Self-paced Online Training in Information Sharing
Global Reference Architecture (GRA) Training
The GRA is a tool justice and public safety practitioners can use to make it easier and faster to design information sharing solutions that align with best practices and national standards. This interactive, scenario-based training helps stakeholders like you gain a common understanding of the GRA standards, tools, methods, and processes. It allows you to immediately put knowledge into action—showing you how to establish governance, development the architecture, model and document services, and create information models—and provides hands-on implementation labs to help tie it all together.
Podcast Series: Justice Information Sharing
Our Justice Information Sharing podcast series shares peer-to-peer best practices, challenges, and successes from across the country. See our Podcasts page for detailed descriptions of each podcast and the participants.
- The “What” and “Why” of N-DEx, (National Law Enforcement Data Exchange) – Part 1
- The “What” and “Why” of N-DEx, (National Law Enforcement Data Exchange) – Part 2
- N-DEx Now – Update on the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Program and System
- Information Sharing With Law Enforcement and Probation and Parole
Technical Brief Series
- Technical Brief-Tips and Tricks: Implementing the GFIPM Framework in Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services
- Technical Brief-Exploring the Semantic Equivalents In a NIEM and HL7 Message
- Technical Brief-A Comparative Analysis of HL7 and NIEM: Enabling Justice-Health Data Exchange
- Technical Brief-The Value of Using Intermediaries in a Service-Oriented Architecture
- Technical Brief: Comparative Analysis of Common Charge Tables
- Technical Brief: A Unified Modeling Language Approach to Modeling NIEM Exchanges
—Overview and Scenario Planning
—Analyzing Requirements - Technical Brief-Enterprise Strategic Planning for Justice Information Sharing: Why It’s Important
- Technical Brief-Enterprise Strategic Planning: A Methodology to Build a Shared Vision for Justice Information Sharing
- Download and use this modifiable Word template:
Enterprise Strategic Plan
- Download and use this modifiable Word template:
- Technical Brief-Global Reference Architecture Service Specification Development Workshops: A Primer for Facilitators
- Technical Brief-Using Java Tools to Implement the National Data Exchange(N-DEx) Information Exchange Package Documentation
- Technical Brief-Using Open Source Infrastructure to Implement the Global Reference Architecture (GRA)
- Technical Brief-Using Principles of Service Management to Manage Justice Information Technology Services
- Download and use these modifiable service catalog templates:
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Service Description-File, Print, and Document ManagementÂ
Service Description-Local Area NetworkÂ
Service Description-Database HostingÂ
Service Description-InternetÂ
Service Description-Criminal Justice Information System InterfaceÂ
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Service Description-Help DeskÂ
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- Download and use these modifiable service catalog templates:
- Technical Brief-Model-driven Development of NIEM Information Exchange Package Documentation
- Technical Brief-Web Services and NIEM: Realizing the Value of Available Tools
- Download these companion files: Code generation test artifacts
- Technical Brief-A Service-Oriented Architecture Primer for Executives: Why You Should Care
- Technical Brief-Using NIEM With Web Services
- Technical Brief–How to Display Suspicious Activity Reports in Google Earth
- Technical Brief–The Benefits of Using JIEM to Capture Privacy Requirements
- Technical Brief–Transforming Hierarchical Structures Into Associations
- Technical Brief–Modeling Exchange Requirements: Justice Information Exchange Model and Business Process Modeling Notation
Information Exchange Documents & Tools
- Released November 2017 by the NCS-X Team: The NIBRS Pre-Certification Tool
- Building Exchange Content Using the Global Justice XML Data Model: A User Guide for Practitioners and Developers
- Workshop Report–Law Enforcement Information Exchange Package Documentation
- Overview of NIBRS Incident Report to Incident Reference IEP Conversion Utility
- Information Sharing Case Study: Los Angeles County, California
- JIEM
Information Systems Integration: Core Documents
- Governance Structures, Roles and Responsibilities
- Information Systems Integration: A Library of SEARCH Resources for Justice and Public Safety Practitioners
- Integration in the Context of Justice Information Systems: A Common Understanding
- Measuring the Success of Integrated Justice: A Practical Approach
- Roadmap for Integrated Justice: A Guide for Planning and Management
- Justice IT Brief–Measuring Progress: A Summary of Key Milestones In Support of Justice Integration
- Keynote Presentations: 1999 Symposium on Integrated Justice Information Systems
- System Integration: Issues Surrounding Integration of County-Level Justice Information Systems
Tech Guides & Technology Documents
- Prosecutor Case Management System Functional Requirements
- Law Enforcement Tech Guide for Creating Performance Measures that Work
- Law Enforcement Tech Guide for Information Technology Security: How to Assess Risk and Establish Effective Policies
- Law Enforcement Tech Guide for Small and Rural Police Agencies: A Guide for Executives, Managers, and Technologists
- Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase and manage technology
- Justice Information Technology Forum: Assessing the Implications of the Terrorist Attacks on America for Justice Information and Technology. Executive Summary
- Case Study Series–Metro/Davidson County, Tennessee, Criminal Justice Information System: Project Overview and Keys to Success
- Case Study Series–Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System: Project Overview and Recommendations
- Case Study Series–Delaware Criminal Justice Information System: The Evolution of Integration
- Case Study Series–Marin County, California: Criminal Justice Information System
Enterprise Strategic Planning
Justice and public safety organizations that initiate an information sharing program with local, regional, state, and/or federal partners should develop an Enterprise Strategic Plan. SEARCH has prepared Technical Briefs that outline the importance of enterprise strategic planning, and offer a methodology for preparing enterprise strategic plans. Organizations can use this modifiable Word template to prepare such a plan.
Participation Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding
Jurisdictions can use this template to prepare a memorandum of understanding for participants in a justice information sharing federation. The agreement, which is a modifiable Word document, formally establishes the governance, responsibilities, and obligations of federation participants.