Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative

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Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative

SEARCH: The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics

January 25, 2006


Global Overview• The U.S. Department of Justice’s Global Justice Information

Sharing Initiative (Global) serves as the Federal Advisory Committee to the U.S. Attorney General

• Supports the exchange of pertinent justice and public safety information

• Promotes standards-based electronic information exchange

• Timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment


Global Advisory Committee (GAC) Membership

• Administration Office of the United States Courts

• American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

• American Correctional Association

• American Probation and Parole Association

• Association of State Correctional Administrators

• Conference of State Court Administrators

• Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council

• Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Board

• Executive Office for United States Attorneys

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

• IACP – Division of State and Provincial Police

• IACP – Indian Country Law Enforcement Section

• INTERPOL – United States National Central Bureau

• Major Cities Chiefs Association

• National Association of Attorneys General

• National Association of Court Management


Global Advisory Committee (GAC) Membership

• National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)

• National Center for State Courts (NCSC)

• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)

• National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)

• National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)

• National Governors Association (NGA)

• National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA)

• National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)

• SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics

• United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Justice Management Division (JMD)

• United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Association of Court Management


Global Working Groups• Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council and

Intelligence Working Group

• Privacy and Information Quality

• Infrastructure/Standards Working Group

• Security Working Group


The Global Intelligence Working Group


What Is a Fusion Center?• A collaborative effort of two or

more agencies that provide resources, expertise, and/or information to the center with the goal of maximizing the ability to detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity


Why Is the Fusion Process Important?• Supports an all-source, all-crimes, all-hazards, all-threats approach to

intelligence

• Blends data from different sources, including law enforcement, public safety, and the private sector

• Supports risk-based, information-driven prevention, response, and consequence management programs

• Supports intelligence-led policing

• Fusion is the overarching process of managing the flowing of information and intelligence across all levels and sectors of government and the private sector


What Are the Guidelines for Fusion Centers? 1. NCISP and the Intelligence Process2. Mission Statement and Goals3. Governance 4. Collaboration5. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)6. Database Resources7. Interconnectivity8. Privacy 9. Security10. Facility, Location, and Physical

Infrastructure

11. Human Resources12. Training of Center Personnel13. Multidisciplinary Awareness and

Education14. Intelligence Services and Products15. Policies and Procedures16. Center Performance Measurement and

Evaluation17. Funding18. Communications


Key Recommendations From the Focus Groups

• Intelligence is the foundation for the fusion center• Development of functional categories for public safety

and private sector participation• Further expand on the fusion process• Include examples of incorporating the public safety and

private sector components throughout the report• Two-way educational process between fusion centers and

participating organizations


What Resources Have Been Compiled for Fusion Centers?• The Fusion Center

Guidelines report

• A companion CD that contains sample policies, templates, checklists, resource documents, and Web site links has been developed in conjunction with the guidelines


Future Intelligence Issues

• Facilitation of a National Information Sharing Strategy

• Facilitation of Fusion Center Guidelines next steps

• Integration of the NCISP/FSG into CALEA

• Review of 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23

• Recommendations on a National Policy on Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Information

• Recommendations on Justice Information Gathering Practices in Immigrant Communities

• Support the Office of the DNI/PM in the Information Sharing Environment.


Privacy and Information Quality WG• The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Global recognize the

indispensable and primary role of local, state, and tribal justice leadership in enhanced information sharing

• Each justice entity must actively define privacy protection and information quality requirements for collecting, sharing, and managing the personally identifiable information that it controls in order to enhance sharing while protecting privacy

• Two related resources for privacy policy development include the Privacy and Information Quality Policy Development for the Justice Decision Maker and the Privacy Policy Development Guide

Privacy and Information Quality Policy Development for the Justice Decision Maker • Geared toward the justice executive• Engenders an awareness about the topic• High-level, easy-to-read booklet • Introduces the framework for a systematic

consideration of privacy and information quality policy and practices within a criminal justice agency

• The executive overview is an excellent primer and educational tool that applies settled privacy principles to justice information sharing systems.

Privacy Policy Development Guide• Geared toward the justice practitioner charged with

developing or revising an agency’s privacy policy• A practical, hands-on resource that provides

sensible guidance for developing a privacy policy• This guide is the next logical step for those justice

entities that are ready to move beyond awareness into the actual policy development process

• It assists agencies in articulating privacy obligations in a manner that protects the justice agency, the individual, and the public and makes it easier to do what is necessary—share critical justice information


Next Steps - Privacy & Information Quality• Identification of subject-matter experts

• Guidance on information quality issues & policies

• Focusing on the issues surrounding “information quality” and all of the complexities that term connotes


Global Justice Extensible Markup Language (XML) Data Model (Global JXDM)

• Provides law enforcement, public safety, prosecutors, public defenders, and the judicial branch with a tool to effectively share data and information in a timely manner

• Removes burden from agencies to independently create exchange standards

• Incorporates flexibility to deal with unique agency requirements and changes

• Enables access from multiple sources and reuse in multiple applications

Infrastructure/Standards WG


A Framework for Justice Information Sharing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)• Intended for the manager and

policymaker who are responsible for providing leadership, resources, and management of justice community

• Most likely to result in an infrastructure supporting Global’s vision of how information should be shared among the justice community

National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)• A collaborative effort of DOJ and the

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Provides the foundation and building blocks for national-level interoperable information sharing and data exchange

• Will develop partnerships, provide collaborations, and present a unified strategy that will enable the entire justice and public safety community to effectively share information at all levels

• Utilizes Global JXDM as the base technology

NIEM Concept• Embodies next-generation enterprise

data management technologies at the conceptual and implementation levels

• Key aspects of this concept include– Modularity aligned with common and

stakeholder-specific information needs

– Stakeholder consensus

– Collaborative development, sustainment, and reuse of sets of core data types


Benefits of NIEM• NIEM will provide the following value propositions

– Leverage the benefits of Global JXDM

– Facilitate growth of the data model through harmonization of new data components

– Coordinate independent project teams within DOJ and DHS

– Provide effective support and assistance for practitioners

– Facilitate discovery of reusable data components

– Facilitate assembly of exchange packages

– Maintain compatibility with Global JXDM


Next StepsInfrastructure/Standards Working Group

• Facilitate the creation of a Justice Reference Architecture (JRA)– At a very high level, the JRA consists of standards (such as the Global

Justice XML Data Model [GJXDM]), services, registries, and policies

• Re-architect the GJXDM into components

• Identify a low-risk migration strategy from the GJXDM to the NIEM

• Support recommendations on Messaging Standards Strategy

• Oversee production of an Executive Briefing on technology.


Applying Security Practices to Justice Information Sharing• Developed to educate justice executives

and managers in security practices

• For deployment within their agencies and between multiple agencies

• Contains background information, overviews of best practices, and guidelines to secure information sharing


So You Want to Set Up a Wi-Fi . . .• Presents quick steps for a system

administrator to utilize when setting up a Wi-Fi network

• Includes setting up the wireless access point, configuring a firewall, and assigning static Internet protocol addresses


Security Working Group Next Steps

• Facilitating the development of a security reference architecture for the justice community

• Update the Security Practices document, especially in wireless practices

• Supporting the development of a federated identity and privilege management recommendation


New and Expanding Global Issues• SEARCH’s Involvement

– Executive Staff– Membership

• Large Scale Disaster Recovery

• Institutionalization of Governance Issues

• Promoting Executive-level Education in Key Areas



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