Yale Law School of New Haven, Connecticut, announces the Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment Conference, to be held March 26-28, 2004, featuring valuable discussion panels, such as The Digital Networked Environment; Rethinking Law Enforcement; and Design, Technology, Control, Data Mining, and Surveillance. Policymakers, security experts, law enforcement personnel, social activists, and academics will come together to discuss the emerging phenomena of cybercrime and law enforcement.

Pennsylvania's Justice Network (JNET), in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), debuts its online Driver History Record tool, JNET's first implementation using the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global) Justice Extensible Markup Language (XML) Data Dictionary. This is the most frequently queried tool of JNET's suite of online offerings, providing digital driver photos, demographics, and driver histories to authorized users.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a new way of getting important information and critical documents translated using the National Virtual Translation Center (NVTC). The NVTC provides timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for all elements of the intelligence community using a nationwide team of highly qualified linguists and translators connected virtually, over secure computer networks, to a program office in Washington, DC.

Government agencies are examining their Web pages against Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 which lays out rules and guidelines agencies must follow to protect the privacy of citizens using government Web sites. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agenices offering guidance on implementing the privacy provisions, since agencies must begin submitting annual compliance reports, with the first being due December 15, 2003.

In a unique county-city-university partnership, a database developed at the University of Southern Mississippi, called SWORD, is a valuable asset to Mississippi’s Forrest County Youth Court and the city of Hattiesburg in tracking youth through the juvenile court system. SWORD provides the various youth-serving agencies a single, integrated database for use in reporting and tracking caseloads, and includes youth demographics, counselor names, and offense types.

In a unique partnership between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, the Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN) will integrate transportation and public safety data and voice communication systems together in the first multistate transportation and public safety integrated wireless network in the United States. The expandable network will provide critical information, improve data sharing, promote interoperable interagency voice communication systems, and more.

A new single service multiagency multijurisdictional forensic laboratory, devoted entirely to analyzing computer evidence, opens in Chicago. The Chicago Regional Forensics Computer Laboratory, partnered and staffed by members of eight local, state, and federal government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is the fourth regional lab to open in the U.S., following Kansas City's. A fifth is slated to open in San Francisco this year.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy has purchased a portable digital simulator that will create real-world scenarios for indoor and outdoor firearms training. The system, which runs on a laptop computer and is projected onto a screen, generates sounds and images prompting an FBI trainee to make immediate decisions based on the situation. The events displayed are completely customizable by the instructor, who can change them based on trainee reactions.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Keith Slotter, Section Chief, Financial Crimes Section, held an online public discussion, June 17, 2003, to talk about the current increase in identity fraud and the ways that the general public could protect themselves from this type of crime.

Novelty, effectiveness, significance, and transferability are all terms that define the $100,000 grant winners of this year's Innovations in American Government Award, presented by the Institute for Government Innovation, celebrating outstanding examples of creative problem solving in domestic government.

This Newsletter highlights current initiatives within the justice community. This edition provides information for justice practitioners regarding XML technology, homeland security, and integration efforts.

The Missouri Police Chiefs Association (MPCA) has successfully implemented their online Virtual Learning and Educational Training Academy (VLETA) that provides law enforcement staff around-the-clock access to in-service training courses wherever Internet connectivity exists.

The National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) publishes the Beltway Short Takes newsletter semimonthly.

As part of a policy now being drafted, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may require agency project managers to qualify for their jobs.

Florida's State Technology Office said that it would conduct a weeklong training session for state information technology professionals on ethical hacking.

The Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing (WIJIS) Works Spring 2003 journal is dedicated to reporting technological advancements, within the state of Wisconsin, used to effectively exchange justice information.

Business cases can be either the hero or the Achilles' heel of information technology valuation success. Good business cases are management's beacon for cutting through the fog of value ambiguity, risk, and politics. Conversely, bad business cases dangerously confuse value fact and value fantasy.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) retains responsibility for gathering information about vulnerabilities in the nation's infrastructure. More than 80 percent of that information is in the hands of industry, which could be reluctant to give it up.

New information system privacy requirements of the E-Government Act of 2002 have spurred the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revive the Federal Chief Information Officer Council's privacy committee.

Governor Jennifer Granholm issued an order that will allow local law enforcement agencies to mount their own radio communications equipment on 181 radio towers erected around the state for the Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS).

The first rule for information technology leaders who are establishing the systems in the new United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is, ''Do no harm,'' said Steve Cooper, the Department's chief information officer.

Geographic information system officials at the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (OGDC) are testing a way to provide access to distributed data sets online.

Government has made substantial progress in information security since last year, but the same measurements that identify improvement also highlight that there is a long way to go, according to Mark Forman, Associate Director for Information Technology and e-Government, Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Guidance for how to integrate enterprise architecture into capital planning and the development of a component repository are among the top priorities for the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council's Federal Architecture and Infrastructure Committee.

The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) has recently published four white papers on enterprise architecture for government agencies.

United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) projects rest squarely on a base of information sharing for improved effectiveness, according to several DHS officials.

In 2002, 24 new governors were elected, and many are introducing new chief information officers. Additionally, a number of incumbents hired new executives to steer their information technology operations, wiping the technology slate clean.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will develop and use an electronic database to track and protect the information that companies and other organizations voluntarily submit about the nation's critical infrastructure.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are expanding their sensitive but unclassified law enforcement networks to share homeland security data across levels of government.

A new public safety communications system will get Center Line, Michigan, police officers and firefighters to emergency calls faster, connect the city to an information sharing network of 47 police departments, and, for the first time, closely pinpoint the locations of 911 cellular phone calls.

Several justice agencies within Kalamazoo County, Michigan, will utilize a new integrated information systems architecture that will enable them to effectively communicate with each other and address mission-critical public safety and security requirements.

The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is about to release its own version of a data reference model for a federal enterprise architecture.

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) assembled a task force to create a consensus on how states should prevent or detect fraudulent use of the credential. Additionally, Congress has introduced a number of bills proposing stronger federal requirements for driver's licenses.

Many of the September 11, 2001, hijackers held an United States driver's license--some obtained fraudulently and some legitimately. This revelation focused new attention on flaws in the system and has state and federal lawmakers working hard to improve the integrity and reliability of the driver's license.

The Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council will begin two or three pilot programs with state and local governments this summer to line up the government entities' enterprise architectures.

United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge has selected Nuala O'Connor Kelly as the privacy officer for the new department.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to complete an initial inventory of its entire information technology infrastructure by June--a critical step toward the ultimate creation of a nationwide architecture for homeland security.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division will be playing a significant role in the Bush Administration's cybersecurity strategy, according to acting chairman of the President's Cybersecurity Board, Howard Schmidt.

Alaska's Department of Administration has completed work on its myAlaska.gov online authentication service. The new system now allows citizens to conduct business with the state in a secure manner and is being used for online applications for the state's permanent fund dividend (PFD).

Well before the events of September 11, 2001, the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice began an ambitious initiative aimed at stimulating information sharing within the justice and public safety communities.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has made significant progress modernizing its information technology infrastructure, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Although the telecommunications boom has largely gone bust, computer-related crimes--from fraud and hacking to software piracy and child-pornography distribution--remain a growth industry for shady entrepreneurs who do not let morals or laws interfere with their efforts to make a buck.

The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) has released information on the Justice XML Data Model, including the prerelease of the Justice XML Data Dictionary, version 3.0. This effort was organized to explore and facilitate information sharing and technology integration in the justice and public safety communities.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working on guidelines that will help agencies track and fix information security vulnerabilities.

The signing of the E-Government Act of 2002 was muffled amidst the drumbeat of war talk with Iraq. With scant controversy over its passage, it was little more than a blip on the radar screen of the nation's media. Yet, by the simple action of signing the act, President Bush took a giant step toward launching the federal government into the information age.

The General Services Administration released a final rule that lays out a new policy for registering .gov domain names.

Two essentials are required for homeland defense: top-to-bottom communication and support among government agencies and the private sector, and eliminating the turf that has so often stopped cooperative efforts.

Attorney General John Ashcroft outlined the U.S. Department of Justice efforts against terrorism, including programs for information sharing and foreign visitor registrations, at a Senate hearing, on the fiscal 2004 budget.

The Bush administration soon will release its plans for implementing the E-Government Act of 2002, said Mark Forman, associate director of information technology and e-government at the Office of Management and Budget.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was faced with the usual problem government agencies face--an aging mainframe that was not built to share information. After some deliberation, the DOJ embarked on a modernization quest and settled on Extensible Markup Language (XML) as a way to migrate from the mainframe to a modern system.

Officials at the White House and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are discussing a possible new governance structure for critical infrastructure protection.

With the terror alert high and war raging in Iraq, American cities are spending about $70 million weekly on additional homeland security measures, according to projections based on a new U.S. Conference of Mayors survey.

Two robbers were jailed in Italy after being identified from a mobile phone text picture. The pair were thought to be the world's first criminals to be convicted using the new technology. A shopkeeper, who thought they looked suspicious, snapped their picture and sent a text message along with the picture to the police.

The Illinois Integrated Justice Information System (IIJIS) Project has begun its first efforts at cataloging the current state of justice information management and sharing. Information Management Surveys have been sent to 450 justice agencies including municipal police departments, sheriff's offices, state attorneys, circuit court clerks, and probation departments throughout the state.

Secretary Tom Ridge, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced that nearly $600 million has been made available to state and U.S. territories to better assist local and state public safety and law enforcement personnel to help them prevent, prepare, and respond to terrorism.

Legacy applications still stand as the major obstacle to rapid adoption of new technologies in the U.S. Navy's transformation plan, according to several high-ranking officers.

An Issue Brief from the National Governors Association (NGA), Center for Best Practices, Optimizing State Investments for Justice Information Sharing, provides strategies on how states can finance justice information sharing systems using the existing constraints of ''stovepipe'' funding.

Integrating justice information in Canada's criminal justice system is not a simple undertaking. It involves many partners (each with its own mandate to fulfill), new issues that emerge regularly, and a range of services that cover every component of the justice system. Therefore, it requires a sophisticated approach that is in keeping with the complexity of its subject matter.

A public/private partnership in Oregon, focused on homeland security information sharing, became one of the first grassroots efforts to move from concept to reality and is planning for an expansion to other states.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will begin testing a bioterrorism alert system for doctors and other health clinicians carrying handheld computers.

Whether used to pinpoint an offender's exact location or share information between agencies, technology is experiencing an increased presence in the field of community corrections. With a growing number of products on the market and dwindling funds, the task of matching innovation with streamlining operations has become increasingly difficult.

Several agencies are coordinating the use of uniform standards for the electronic exchange of health information to be used across the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief information officer has outlined his top priorities: help first responders do their jobs, develop better wireless systems, and use geospatial technology to keep America secure.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is working closely with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure privacy concerns are adequately addressed as new information systems and sharing mechanisms are developed.

Although the technology used to secure the nation's borders has progressed substantially, Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary for the Border and Transportation Division, notes that much work still must be done as immigration and border services are merged into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Even before September 11, 2001, government agencies were moving toward integrating their information systems. Those efforts accelerated during the past two years, especially among law enforcement agencies.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is on the verge of connecting 26 governors' offices with the Department for secure videoconferencing in the event of another terrorist attack.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) last week issued a Request for Proposals (RFPs) that will kick off the next phase of a project aimed at boosting the amount of high-speed bandwidth available to the military and intelligence communities.

The U.S. Navy is doing a good job of moving technology from the research phase to the war fighter, according to a recent report from the Defense Department Inspector General's office. However, the report noted that more can be done to ensure the best technology is pursued and distributed to those who can best benefit from it.

Representative Tom Davis, the new chairman of the Government Reform Committee, intends to introduce legislation to create an acquisition chief in every federal agency to help eliminate redundancies in purchasing information technology.

The General Services Administration wants one major federal agency to be using the coming Web-based eTravel system by December. The agency issued the final request for proposals late last month and has instructed vendors to submit proposals by the end March 2003.

The Office of Management and Budget has asked the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) to serve as the primary venue through which vendors can provide input on the government's enterprise architecture strategy.

The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) with a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, has developed a document defining functional standards to assist probation agencies in implementing effective automated case management systems. The document is now listed on the Justice Standards Registry for Information Sharing (www.it.ojp.gov/jsr, see view all standards, Functional Standards Development for Automated Case Management Systems) and on APPA's Web site (www.appa-net.org, see Project Announcements).

The winter 2003 edition of the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement (NCRLE) Review includes an article relating to the organization's involvement in developing an information sharing architecture in Indian Country. Through the ''Three Tribes'' Project, NCRLE is constructing the architecture for a network that will allow the justice communities within the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni tribes to exchange pertinent justice information.

Bush administration officials are considering the creation of a special coordinating committee to replace the now-defunct Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, which was eliminated in a recent executive order.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new Web site contains many resources related to departmental organization and operations. Listings of the agencies that are part of the department are included with links to each of their Web Sites. The ''News'' section includes news, statements from the Secretary, press releases, speeches and statements, legislation information, and a library.

The Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute posts current and past editions of their newsletter entitled ''Institute Letter'' on their Web site. These newsletters provide IJIS members with news and project updates periodically through the year, and the organization expects to use these publications to announce funding opportunities in future editions. The ''Institute Letter'' also offers members and agencies the opportunity to post Request for Proposals (RFPs), information about business opportunities that would be of interest to readers, and to contribute feature articles that address issues of significance to the integration of justice information systems.

The FBI has been working hard to upgrade its outdated and highly criticized information technology systems, and still has much to do, FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers.

The director of the National Security Agency (NSA) told a gathering of industry and government executives on March 3 that the super secret agency's transformation began in earnest in January 2000, when its system crashed for more than three days during a blizzard.

Having managed the merger of two information technology industry giants, the chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company has some advice for the Homeland Security Department: Get a plan and stick with it.

Larry Bernosky is singing the praises of how technology is helping streamline the criminal justice system in Arizona's Maricopa County. Population in the county, which encompasses the greater Phoenix area, grew by 50 percent during the 1990s.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has integrated online state and federal business applications, saving businesses time and money.

The International Biometric Group has presented its final report on using biometric technologies to secure the nation's borders to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy.

New Mexico state police have joined federal civilian and military users of a two-way satellite data radio with Global Positioning System tracking.

The Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Van Hitch, is pushing to centralize the culture in DOJ to promote information sharing and department-wide thinking to help combat terrorism. Mr. Hitch is looking to get the organizations under DOJ to work together, in part by sharing funding and operational practices.

The Pentagon recently issued the second part of its information assurance (IA) policy that sets guidelines on using U.S. Department of Defense networks.

Agencies merging into the Department of Homeland Security as well as others sharing information in the government's antiterrorism efforts are working to overcome cultural and technological barriers, but the work is going to take time, according to a panel of agency officials.

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) warned the Senate this week that the threats to America are going to become more diverse and technologically complex as the decade progresses.

Florida has become a national model for how law enforcement officers and first responders should organize their efforts to protect the homeland. Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; Florida has created a series of task forces in various regions to oversee threat prevention and response.

The White House officially unveiled its long-anticipated national plan for protecting computer networks, emphasizing the importance of collaboration among the public and private sectors to strengthen cyber security and avoid government mandates.

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge released the final versions of the Bush Administration's national strategies for the defense of physical and cyber-based critical infrastructures.

A dual approach of employing both fingerprint and facial-recognition technology is the best option for a biometrics system to make the nation's borders more secure.

The National League of Cities is calling on Congress to create a permanent public-interest trust fund supporting grants to promote state and local interoperability among first responders. Joining the National League of Cities in its request were the National Association of Counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) announced today that its interoperability consortium has approved the Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) as an OASIS open standard. XACML, a variant of Extensible Markup Language, allows Web developers to enforce policies for information access over the Internet.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)--as well as other national associations representing elected, appointed, and public safety officials at the local and state level--contributed to the National Task Force on Interoperability final report. The document addresses critical public safety communications interoperability issues facing the nation.

The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office is running some of the 25 e-government initiatives through two of the latest architecture reference models. OMB's use of the reference models on the Quicksilver initiatives comes as the office released the draft versions of these models to agencies for comment. The final piece of the Federal Enterprise Architecture, the Data Reference Model, is a couple of months away from being finished. The model might include the data area and data class layers, which would give agencies information at the metadata level, such as Extensible Markup Language schemas that can be shared among agencies in similar business lines.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on January 27 began deploying the wide area network that will support its Trilogy classified case management system. The FBI's Trilogy program eventually will involve the installation of about 22,000 desktop systems in FBI offices, almost all of which have been deployed.

The Defense Department and information technology product vendors struck an agreement on how to share a band of radio frequencies without jeopardizing vital military radars used, in part, to guide warships and provide weather forecasts.

The European Commission proposed the creation of a Europe-wide network and information security agency today. The European Network and Information Security Agency is to serve as an advice center for the 15 member states on matters relating to cybersecurity.

President Bush in his State of the Union address reiterated how much his Administration will depend upon technology for homeland defense.

The National Communications System, representing 22 federal agencies, has awarded the first contract for nationwide Wireless Priority Service to T-Mobile USA Inc. of Bellevue, Washington. The service is the cellular equivalent of the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service, which overrides normal wireline phone traffic for the benefit of national security and emergency personnel during a crisis.

Governor James McGreevey, Brigadier General Glenn Rieth, and members of the New Jersey National Guard opened the Homeland Security Center of Excellence in early January 2003. A cornerstone of the Center is the sharing of information.

Among the most pressing needs in law enforcement agencies nationwide is communication across jurisdictions. A main hurdle is turf battles. But in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, police chiefs have not worried about turf battles; they have been looking for an efficient information sharing system for nearly two decades.

The ''National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace'' is part of our overall effort to protect the nation. It is an implementing component of the ''National Strategy for Homeland Security'' and is complemented by a ''National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets''. The purpose of this document is to engage and empower Americans to secure the portions of cyberspace that they own, operate, control, or interact with. Securing cyberspace is a difficult strategic challenge that requires coordinated and focused effort from our entire society, the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and the American people.

Panelists at the Comnet trade show in Washington, DC, agree that in a few years, Web services will be silent fixtures inside computer screens, seamlessly translating and linking applications from different companies for different platforms.

CriMNet, a new justice information sharing system, in its early stages of implementation, has proven itself by making criminal records, such as fingerprints, more accurate in the state of Minnesota. The highly secure intranet network was identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, as being a key element in combating terrorism, and the National League of Cities has voted CriMNet its public safety model for all cities in the United States.

A new effort to bring wireless Web services to police officers' handsets are enabling disparate information systems to be accessed by Memphis and surrounding Shelby County, Tennessee, police forces. This effort is enabling field police officers greater access to critical data needed in everyday police duties.

Mark Forman, President Bush's point man on information technology, called 2003 ''a year of opportunity'' for improvements in the government's management of billions of dollars worth of information technology. However, Forman said the government needs to improve management in a number of areas, and that he would be stricter in requiring agencies to write business cases supporting the rationale for their information technology investments.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) celebrates its fifth birthday. On February 10, 1998, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Working Group gave birth to the information sharing language as part of a recommendation in a 25-page specification.

The Office of Management and Budget is still working on the five reference models that will make up the enterprise architecture, which essentially serves as a ''meta-architecture'' for all the agency efforts. It will serve as a framework, referring to all the data held in the agency-specific architectures.

The Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, partnered with the Industry Working Group and the National Criminal Justice Association, is holding a series of seminars in Baltimore, Maryland; Tampa, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky. The seminars' topics will be on multi-jurisdictional information sharing and data mining, Extensible Markup Language and security for integrated justice, and integrated justice technology for decision-makers. The seminars will be held in March, April, and May 2003 and are intended for practitioners in the justice field who want a detailed, in-depth look at the aforementioned topics. More information is available at http://www.ncja.org/Seminars.html.

Collaboration and information sharing are increasing between two of the nation's top information gathering agencies, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). This endeavor is part of the 'all-source intelligence' concept sought by the defense and intelligence communities.

A new partnership among segments of local, state, and federal governments has produced a collaboration of networks allowing functions ranging from secure e-mail exchange to expanded database searches. This effort is bringing sensitive, but unclassified intelligence to analysts and operational employees, allowing for greater information sharing and integration.

Oklahoma citizens can now receive electronic updates to changes in state and national threat levels. The Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security (OHS) Web site is the first state homeland security site to offer this service, which is available through computers, cellular phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, and any other device with e-mail capabilities. Highlighting the importance of this capability, Oklahoma OHS Director Bob Ricks stated, ''It will be only through the combined efforts of all state entities, working in conjunction with federal and local governments as well as with the citizens of Oklahoma, that we will be able to provide adequate assurance that we are maximizing our ability to provide security to the state.''

The state of Alabama has implemented a federally funded computer system, which gives law enforcement officers a more efficient way of querying information. This information can be acquired from any computer with Internet access.

The Office of Justice Programs Information Technology Initiatives Web site offers a fresh look and updated features designed to improve the quality and ease of your visit. It remains the fastest way to get the latest news on justice information sharing initiatives and related projects. The updated organization and revamped features allow for easier navigation and operation, so you are able to find what you need quickly. The News area enables you to view recent activities regarding information sharing and integration in the justice and public safety communities. The Upcoming Events section presents a quick overview of approaching events on the main page while further happenings may be viewed using the Event Calendar. The Recent Updates section allows easy access to the most current information added to the Web site. New to the Web site are the Training Opportunities and Conferences sections that can be accessed via the Resources menu. The Frequently Asked Questions and Links sections are also new to the redesigned site. All of these components are designed to increase the efficiency of your visit and facilitate your search for justice information sharing, information technology, and integration resources. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

The United States Department of Justice has provided the University at Albany, State University of New York − Center for Technology in Government with a grant award to identify successful tools to improve public safety through information sharing. The project entitled 'Information Sharing Effectiveness: Building an Assessment Model for Criminal Justice,' is designed to identify 'what works' in reducing crime, drug use, and violence, and to disseminate that information to local and state practitioners and communities across the country.