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 The Publications module is a listing of industry and government research reports and papers usually gathered from the public domain. CJIS GROUP experts focus their attention on gathering and posting relevant documents on industry trends, agency surveys, technical standards and models, case studies, white papers and other relevant technology information pertaining to the Criminal Justice, Public Safety and Homeland Security community. The purpose of this file is to provide our users with an understanding of issues and become knowledgeable in the standards and models being used within state and local government. |
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| Building a 311 System: A Case Study of the City of Minneapolis | This case study examines the process and impact of building a 311 non-emergency call system within the City of Minneapolis. | 311 Call System | COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications Systems |
10/01/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| California Ballistics Identification System Feasibility Study | DOJ study that to determine the feasibility and potential benefits to law enforcement of utilizing a statewide ballistics identification system. | Ballistics/Evidence Study | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Law Enforcement Systems |
01/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration Study - Colorado | Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System: Project Overview and Recommendations | CJIS | INTEGRATION | 01/10/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| FieldSearch: A Tool For Monitoring Sex Offenders | Monitoring sex offenders'computer use can reinforce prohibitions on access to sexual material; help treatment agencies understand and treat offenders; and provide evidence of new crimes, such as possession of child pornography. A powerful tool called Field Search enables law enforcement and community corrections officers to deal with sex offenders' ready access to the Internet and to monitor and manage their computer use. | Computer Forensics Software | INTEGRATION Data Storage |
April 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| An Introduction to Portal Contraband Detection Technology | This primer discusses correctional operations in prisons and jails with respect to portal contraband detection, and includes descriptions of related technology either available in the market today or under development. It will help the correctional professional increase understanding of contraband detection and hopefully generate new thinking related to this area. | Contraband Detection | SECURITY SYSTEMS | June 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| Emergency Management in County Government | A survey to assess key aspects of county emergency management, including organizational structure, budgets and funding, personnel and training, use of technology, and ways counties collaborate with other government entities and nongovernmental organizations. | County Emergency Management Agencies | UNCATEGORIZED | 08/16/2006 | |||||||||||||||
| National Consortium for Court Functional Standards Guide | Consortium for National Case Management Automation Functional Standards and National Center State Courts | Court Automation | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
02/02/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration - Study | Marin County, California Criminal Justice Information System Overview | Court Automation | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
01/10/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs | This report summarizes the high-priority needs for the criminal justice field in the area of technology. These needs are organized into five functional areas:
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Criminal Justice Technology | UNCATEGORIZED | March 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Cellular Device Data Recovery Preparation Considerations and Troubleshooting | The purpose of this guide is to provide the data recovery specialist with a basic knowledge of equipment setup and troubleshooting issues that may be encountered during mobile device data recovery. | Data Recovery | INTEGRATION Data Storage |
April 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Protecting the Realm: Confronting the Realities of State Data at Risk | This brief underlines the criticality of managing states’ digital assets and identifies key, high-level elements for establishing better data security programs within states. | Data Security | INTEGRATION Data Storage |
September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| MATRIX PILOT PROGRAM — Multistate Anti-TeRrorism Information Exchange | The $4M MATRIX pilot project involves 13 States and is an effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal agencies. | Data Security and Integration | INTEGRATION Data Sharing Data Storage |
02/21/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets | The Strategy identifies a clear set of national goals and objectives and outlines the guiding principles that will underpin our efforts to secure the infrastructures and assets vital to our national security, governance, public health and safety, economy, and public confidence. | Data Security/Surveillance Strategies | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
02/13/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| OJP The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan | Office of Justice Programs and the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global)Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) present Solutions and approaches for a cohesive plan to improve our nation’s ability to share criminal intelligence | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 10/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Sacramento Co, CA IJIS Strategy - Plan | Sacramento Co, CA Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS) Strategy Plan and Analysis | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 01/15/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| IACP Statewide Criminal Justice Information Sharing Study | International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Information Integration Planning Model and Study | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 01/04/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration - Report | National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration: Court Information Systems Technical Assistance Project to Identify Issues and Challenges to Justice System Automation | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 01/07/1999 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Federal Legislation – Criminal Justice Information Policy | BJS DOJ SEARCH NCSC: Established National Task to examine the extent and manner in which Federal legislation imposes reporting requirements and expectations on the criminal justice system. | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 01/09/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Share and Share Alike | Following the exploration of basic principles behind data sharing covered in the last edition of Police Product Review, Becky Ward delves deeper into architecture and initiatives currently being used in the US to ensure standardization of data exchange. |
Data Sharing | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
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| OJP/NIJ Privacy in the Information Age - Paper | A Guide for Sharing Crime Maps and Spatial Data | Data Sharing Guide | DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
07/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Ready for the Challenge? State CIOs and Electronic Records: Issues, Opportunities and Best Practices | This research brief underscores the need for enterprise collaboration for e-records management, provides information on fundamental concerns, outlines a framework for action and provides best practice examples from the states. | E-Records Management | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT | July 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| A Report on Technical and Operational Issues Impacting the Provision of Wireless Enhanced 911 Services | The purpose of this report is to convey the results of an independent inquiry into the technical and operational issues affecting the deployment of wireless Enhanced 911 (“E911”) services in the United States. The inquiry was carried out by the author on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) over a six month period beginning on April 15, 2002. | E911 Assessment/Analysis | DISPATCH SYSTEMS | 10/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Position Paper on The Emergence of E-Everything | This paper addresses some of the policy and logistical issues surrounding the electronic access revolution in the state courts. | Electronic Access in State Courts | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Court Systems |
December 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracking Sex Offenders with Electronic Monitoring Technology - Implications and Practical Uses for Law Enforcement | Defines and provides examples of electronic monitoring technology, discusses law enforcement involvement with electronic monitoring technology, outlines the benefits and concerns of using this technology, and highlights key considerations for the law enforcement community. | Electronic Monitoring Technology | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Corrections Systems |
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| State Homeland Security Directors Survey - 2006 | The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, NGA Center’s, second annual survey of the 55 state homeland security directors during December 2005 and January 2006. The survey reflects the responses, of 40 homeland security directors, to questions concerning state homeland security structures, governance, policies, and priorities. | Emergency Management/Homeland Security Priorities | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
04/03/2006 | |||||||||||||||
| A Framework for Improving Cross-Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response | Action Steps for Public Health, Law Enforcement, the Judiciary and Corrections | Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordination | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
July 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| National Governors Association Center for Best Practices SERC Profiles - Report | NGA State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) 2003 Profiles | Emergency Response | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
08/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| FIRST MAYORS’ REPORT TO THE NATION:Tracking Federal Homeland Security FundsSent to the 50 State GovernmentsA 168-City/50-State Survey | Mayors have been working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Tom Ridge, and with key members of Congress, on the homeland security issues that they consider most important. How best to get local first responders the resources they need tops their list of priorities. The survey points to improvements that need to be made to the current process. | Funding | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
09/30/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| A Report from the Task Force on State and Local Homeland Security Funding | Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge formed the Task Force on State and Local Homeland Security Funding to examine why federal funds were not reaching local governments and first responders in a timely fashion. The Task Force was brought together on a bipartisan basis to examine the funding process and to provide specific recommendations to expedite the flow of homeland security dollars to those responsible for preventing and responding to acts of terrorism. | Funding | COMMUNICATIONS | 06/05/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Information Technology Funding and Associated Management Issues | Information technology (IT) will play a critical role in strengthening our nation's homeland security against potential future attacks. Specifically, IT will help enable the nation to identify potential threats, share information more readily, provide mechanisms to protect our homeland, and develop response capabilities. | Funding | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
12/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Innovative Funding for State IT: Models, Trends, and Perspectives | Based on a survey of the states, this report examines the use of innovative, alternative and financing funding models for technology projects that enable states to deliver savings, and improve IT services to citizens. | Funding | UNCATEGORIZED | September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Stand By For Change | The country’s immediate future is fraught with political change - lots of change. There will be a new president, a new House of Representatives, a new Senate, new cabinet members, new departmental management teams, and new and different priorities. With all of this anticipated or feared change, what will happen to the grant programs that state and local first responders and justice officials have come to count on to do their part in meeting priorities set by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? | Funding | UNCATEGORIZED | September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| FDLE and Florida Division of Emergency Management - Domestic Security Strategic - Plan | Strengthening Domestic Security, Florida Strategic Plan and Funding Strategy | Funding | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
10/07/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| State and Local Law Enforcement Expenditures | A research project defining spending patterns and the use of E-Commerce by the law enforcement community. (October 4, 2000) | Funding | CONSULTING SERVICES | ||||||||||||||||
| US Conference of Mayors Tracking Federal Homeland Security Funds Survey | Homeland Security Monitoring Center Mayors’ Report to the Nation: Tracking Federal Homeland Security Funds sent to the 50 State Governments A 215-City/50-State Survey | Funding | INTEGRATION | 06/25/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| State Revenue Report | Sales tax decline in late 2008 was the worst in 50 years. Early data for 2009 show further, sharp drop in tax revenues for most states | Funding | UNCATEGORIZED | April 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| What Are the Feds Doing Anyhow? | What's the funding picture for FY 2010 going to look like? What impact will our country's economic woes have on grant funding programs next year? Have these politically charged times changed the approach the Federal Government will take to provide state and local justice and public safety grant assistance? In the September/October 2009 edition of Public Safety IT Magazine, CJIS GROUP partner, Gary Cooper, looks at potential FY 2010 DOJ and DHS state and local grant appropriations. | Funding | UNCATEGORIZED | October 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Fusion Centers at the Local, State, Tribal, and Federal Level | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security collaborated in the development of the fusion center guidelines contained in this report. Members of DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative and the Homeland Security Advisory Council also supported this project, which involved numerous law enforcement experts and practitioners from local, state, tribal, and federal agencies, as well as public sector and private entities from across the country. The intent of the alliance was to provide a consistent, unified message and to provide a comprehensive guideline for developing a fusion center within a state or region. |
Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/07/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS) collaborated in the developmentof these fusion center guidelines. The intent of the partnershipis to provide a consistent, unified message and to provide acomprehensive set of guidelines for developing and operating afusion center within a state or region. | Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/31/2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector - Executive Summary | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS) Executive Summary of the Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety and Private Sector report. | Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/31/2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Federal Efforts are Helping to Address Some Challenges Faced by State and Local Fusion Centers | This testimony focuses on the characteristics of fusion centers as of September 2007 and federal efforts to help alleviate challenges centers identified. | Fusion Centers | INTEGRATION | 04/21/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers | A Supplement to the Fusion Center Guidelines, this document identifies the baseline capabilities for fusion centers and the operational standards necessary to achieve each of the capabilities. | Fusion Centers | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the National Fusion Center Conference in Kansas City, Mo. on March 11, 2009 | Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discusses her view of the future of Fusion Centers and where the Department of Homeland Security is headed in light of that future. | Fusion Centers | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
03/13/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Principles and Promises - BJA's Plan for the Future | Sets out the principles that will guide BJA in the coming years. These principles will help us design our policies, administer our funding sources, and oversee our programs. No principle will be more important to us than providing for state and local control. President George W. Bush set out this principle well when he said that his vision is an “active but limited government: one that empowers states, cities, and citizens to make decisions." |
Future Plans | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 12/13/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Governance of Geospatial Resources: “Where’s the Data? Show Me” - Maximizing the Investment in State Geospatial Resources | This issue brief explores government’s demand for geospatial resources and offers recommendations and calls to action for the state Chief Information Officer to meet that demand. | Geospatial Resources | DISPATCH SYSTEMS Computer Aided Dispatch INTEGRATION Data Storage |
July 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Profiles of Progress 3: State Health IT Initiatives | This compendium is a product of NASCIO’s Health IT Working Group. It provides a state-by-state “snapshot” of progress that each state has made toward developing and implementing health information exchange and other health IT initiatives. It specifically examines the role of the state CIO in these efforts, and also includes an overview of the implications for health IT since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). | Health Information Technology | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Health and Human Services |
April 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange to Improve Care | A distinguished group of bipartisan health policy and technical experts released a report calling for accelerating adoption and use of health information technology (HIT) and electronic health information exchange (HIE) to speed improvements in the U.S. health care system. | Health Information Technology (HIT) | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Health and Human Services |
09/23/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Health Information Technology 2007 and 2008 Legislation | This report identifies and analyzes five major policy trends across the enacted legislation:
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Health Information Technology Legislation | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Health and Human Services INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
November 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| NIJ Inventory of State and Local Law Enforcement Technology Needs to Combat Terrorism - Brief | National Institute of Justice – The inventory is the first phase in a two-phase project sponsored by NIJ under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. | Homeland Security | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS SECURITY SYSTEMS VEHICLE SYSTEMS |
01/01/1999 | |||||||||||||||
| National Governors Association State Homeland Security - Analysis | NGA Analysis of State Homeland Security Organizational Structures established subsequent to September 11, 2001 | Homeland Security | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
01/01/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| FDLE Report on Progress by Executive Order #01-300 | Strengthening Domestic Security in Florida | Homeland Security | BIOMETRICS CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
11/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Progressive Policy Institute – Policy Briefing | The State and Local Role in Domestic Defense | Homeland Security | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
01/18/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Survey of 150 Cities’ Direct Homeland Security Cost Increases Related to War/High Threat Alert | The U.S. Conference of Mayors released data compiled in a survey of nearly 150 cities nationwide. These cities are geographically and politically diverse. They range in size from 30,000 to eight million people. As a group, they are spending over $21.4 million per week in additional homeland security costs attributable to the war and the increased threat alert level (code orange). Cities nationwide are spending nearly $70 million per week in additional homeland security costs due to the war and heightened threat alert level. | Homeland Security Cost Survey | CONSULTING SERVICES SECURITY SYSTEMS |
03/27/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| GAO Testimony- Homeland Security Information Sharing | US General Accounting Office: Homeland Security Information Sharing Responsibilities,Challenges, and Key Management Issues | Homeland Security Information Sharing | INTEGRATION | 09/17/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| State and Local Actions for Homeland Security | This report is a snapshot of the homeland security actions being taken at the state, county and city levels, including efforts to provide security, maintain public safety, protect public infrastructures and respond to the consequences of terrorist attacks through disaster relief and public health agencies. | Homeland Security Initiatives | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 07/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| White House Report: Securing the Homeland Strengthening the Nation | A new wave of terrorism, involving new weapons, looms in America’s future. It is a challenge unlike any ever faced by our Nation. But we are not daunted. We possess the resources and the determination to defeat our enemies and work to secure our homeland against the threats they pose. | Homeland Security Report | INTEGRATION | 02/13/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| SEARCH IJIS Planning and Implementation Paper | Organizing for Change: Integrated Justice Information Systems | IJIS | INTEGRATION | 01/06/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Assessing the Implications of the Terrorist Attacks on America for Justice Information and Technology | On December 11-12, 2001, three months after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, over 50 experts from local, state and federal governments, and the private sector gathered in Washington D.C., to assess the implications of the terrorist attacks on America for justice information and technology. | Implications of the Terrorist Attacks on America for Justice Information and Technology | BIOMETRICS Fingerprint Systems Recognition Systems Analysis INTEGRATION Data Sharing SECURITY SYSTEMS Access Control Surveillance |
01/03/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| IJIS Institute Priority Data Exchanges for Local Communication Centers | The goal of this project is to improve real-time information sharing capabilities in the emergency response environment. Primarily, the program aims to define a strategy for the adoption and use of NIEM as the standard for sharing critical information between emergency communications centers and public safety agencies, within and across jurisdictions, and with other relevant emergency management and intelligence domains of the federal government, as well as to define a CAD Exchange List of high-value exchanges. | Information Sharing | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| National Strategy for Information Sharing | Improved information sharing has been an Administration priority since the September 11 attacks, this Strategy reflects the first time the Administration has articulated the full contours of its vision in a single document. Memorializing the Strategy in a single document not only provides information to others about the Administration’s plans and outlook, but also guides our efforts as we continue to implement many programs and initiatives designed to advance and facilitate the sharing of terrorism-related information. |
Information Sharing | INTEGRATION | 10/13/2007 | |||||||||||||||
| IJIS Institute Guide to Information Sharing and Data Interoperability for Local Communication Centers | This document, authored by the Public Safety Data Interoperability (PSDI) committee, provides managers of public safety communications centers (to include Public Safety Answering Points or any agencies that answer emergency calls) with an overview of the issues and opportunities surrounding data interoperability. It provides practical insights and action‐oriented advice for managers looking to enhance data interoperability in their facilities. | Information Sharing and Data Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS Data Systems INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Integrated Information Sharing Focus Group Summary Report | This summary report contains views and observations of participants in the August 21-22, 2001 Focus Group on Juvenile Integrated Information Sharing held in Denver, Colorado….The purpose of the focus group was to identify information integration issues and challenges by identifying models, actions and solutions to integration information sharing. |
Information Sharing Assessment | INTEGRATION | 03/16/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Concept for Operations for Integrated Justice Information Sharing - Version 1.0 | This Concept for Operations for Integrated Justice Information Sharing (ConOps) provides a discipline-specific focus for justice information sharing, which in turn can be used to identify and expose broader IT architectural and infrastructure issues that must be addressed by state Chief Information Officers (CIOs). | Information Sharing Assessment/ Needs Analysis | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
07/30/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview | This report reviews some of the principal existing homeland security information sharing arrangements, as well as some projected arrangements in this regard, and discusses related policy, evaluations, and proposed legislation. It will be updated as events warrant. | Information Sharing Assessments /Recommendations | DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
01/10/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| MISSION POSSIBLE Strong Governance Structures for theIntegration of Justice Information Systems | Surveys were completed by 251 jurisdictional representatives of suburban, urban, and rural areas throughout the United States. The majority of respondents were engaged in some aspect of information systems integration with other departments and/or agencies, and most systems were integrated with their state justice system. However, one-third had no integration efforts underway and no governance structure in place to facilitate integration. | Integrated Justice Information Surveys | INTEGRATION | 02/14/2002 | |||||||||||||||
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The National Mandate For Interoperability CJIS GROUP Briefing Paper |
Billions are spent on projects to improve justice and public safety information sharing through interoperability. The intent of this CJIS GROUP Briefing Paper is to provide an overview and perspective on the national mandate for the interoperability of Justice & Public Safety communications and information systems. | Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS | 12/01/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin State Patrol Tests New Path to Radio Interoperability | By the National Institute of Justice - April 2010 The Wisconsin State Patrol, which oversees traffic incidents and state voice and mobile communications networks, has developed a strategy for adopting Project 25 (P25) radio interoperability standards for digital, two-way wireless communications products. WSP ran a four-site pilot program that exposed pitfalls of migrating to P25, namely the varying terminology, settings, and software provided by the manufacturers, and identified ways to improve implementation through collaboration between law enforcement agencies and vendors during product development and installation phases. P25-compliant products enable radios to communicate in analog mode with legacy radios and in either analog or digital mode with other P25 radios. P25 products can be upgraded gradually, as funding and time allow. |
Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS Voice Systems |
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| Let's Roll - A Call for State Action to Protect and Strengthen Our Democracy. | To assist in coordinating a response to issues raised in the aftermath of September 11, the National Conference of State Legislatures has created the Task Force on Protecting Democracy. This final report from the Task Force provides guidelines to coordinate the activities of, and facilitate exchanging information between and among, states, local governments, and the federal government to strengthen homeland security. | Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS | 07/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Department of Homeland Security Computer-Aided Dispatch Interoperability Project | CADIP addresses an issue that today’s emergency response agencies may face: CAD systems that are not linked across jurisdictions and, as a result, have difficultly responding to multi‐jurisdictional emergencies. | Interoperability and Information Sharing | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
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| FDLE and Florida Division of Emergency Management - Assessing Anti-Terrorism Capabilities | Assessment and Recommendations to Strengthen Florida’s Anti-terrorism Preparedness and Prevention | Interoperability and Information Sharing | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
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| HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE STATES: MUCH PROGRESS, MORE WORK | This report presents an overview and discussion of the survey results, which indicate that significant progress has been made in the three years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Interoperability/ Information Sharing | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
01/24/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| NIST Information Technology Systems Security Self-Assessment - Guide | National Institute of Standards and Technology: IT Security Assessment Framework standardizing criteria to determine levels of adequate system security | IT Security | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
08/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Desperately Seeking Security Frameworks – A Roadmap for State CIOs | This report provides an overview of the primary security standards, regulations, and laws that impact state IT security programs, highlights how states have used the frameworks to shape their security architectures, policies, standards, and controls, and identifies the key issues for CIOs as they establish and maintain IT security programs. | IT Security | INTEGRATION Data Storage |
March 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Justice Expenditure and Employment in the United States, 1999 | Data presented in this report is derived from the Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts, which is compiled from the Census Bureau's Annual Government Finance Survey and Annual Survey of Public Employment. The extracts present public expenditure and employment data pertaining to justice activities in the United States, including police, judicial and legal services, and correctional activities. |
Justice Employee Report | CONSULTING SERVICES | 02/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| LEITSC Compiled Justice Related Acronyms | A list of acronyms related to LEITSC standard functional specifications documents as well as other information sharing initiatives, associations, federal agencies and more. LEITSC has gathered these acronyms from the LEITSC standard functional specifications, grants, publicly available articles and Web sites. | Justice Related Acronymns | UNCATEGORIZED | November 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| International Association of Chiefs of Police - 2002 State Legislative Report | Report summarizes legislation pertaining to Law Enforcement that was enacted by state legislatures in 2002. | Legislative Bills | COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
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International Association of Chiefs of Police 2004 State Legislative Report |
The IACP prepares an annual State Legislative Report in order to provide members with a review of the major law enforcement-related legislative initiatives that were considered, or are currently under consideration, in each state. Although the IACP staff tracks all law enforcement-related legislation, this document provides information on only those legislative initiatives that were enacted or were the subject of significant legislative activity. | Legislative Bills | CONSULTING SERVICES | 06/06/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| State Fiscal Update | This report is based on information collected from legislative fiscal directors in early April. It covers the revenue and expenditure situation through March 2002. While most of this report addresses the FY 2002 budget situation, it also takes a look at projections for FY 2003 general fund revenue growth and actions or proposals to balance FY 2003 budgets. | Legislative reports | CONSULTING SERVICES | 04/16/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| The MITA Touch: State CIOs and Medicaid IT Transformation | How the MITA initiative can foster information exchange and improve healthcare quality outcomes. This brief, a product of NASCIO’s Health IT Working Group, examines the ways in which state CIOs can play a role in the MITA effort, and how their enterprise view contributes to the holistic vision that MITA promotes across state agencies and all levels of government. | MITA Initiative | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
August 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Mobile ID Device Best Practice Recommendation Version 1.0 | This Best Practice Recommendation (BPR) published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides explanatory information and guidelines for the capture, use, security, and transmission of mobile identification data that can be interoperable with similar and dissimilar systems. It also provides guidelines for environmental requirements for Mobile ID devices. This BPR has been developed for government applications and is intended to be used with both open and proprietary systems with the goal of promoting interoperability and data exchange. | Mobile ID | BIOMETRICS Fingerprint Systems Recognition Systems Analysis INTEGRATION Data Sharing VEHICLE SYSTEMS Mobile Computing |
August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| An In-Depth Look at GSA Cooperative Purchasing: The Benefits and Issues Surrounding State Usage of Schedule Contracts | This brief focuses solely on the federal government’s cooperative procurement program, known as the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program (also known as the Federal Supply Schedule), which the federal government has made available for state and local governments to purchase limited items. | Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Program | UNCATEGORIZED | September 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| SSA Overview of Identity Search and Matching | Search Software America: Solving the Identity Search and Matching Problem in Criminal Justice Applications - Introduction to Technology | Name Search | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
09/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Security in the Information Age: New Challenges, New Strategies | Computer networks connect and control everything from pipelines to stock exchanges. At a speech given on March 23, 2001 to the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Condoleeza Rice, United States National Security Advisor said, “Today, the cyber economy is the economy. . . . Corrupt those networks and you disrupt this nation.” This compendium represents a range of perspectives on infrastructure protection, from definitions and strategies to business challenges and policy actions. | National Security Systems | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
05/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System, 2001 Annual Report | In national press conferences the U.S. Attorney General begins mentioning the use of NLETS in his effort to disseminate critical information. Overnight NLETS is thrust into the spotlight. Staff begins to provide appropriate press releases and television interviews. The world has seemingly discovered a new criminal justice system…one that has existed for over thirty years. | NLETS Report | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS |
04/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| National Response Plan | The NRP represents a true “national” framework in terms of both product and process. The NRP development process included extensive vetting and coordination with Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private-sector entities, and the first-responder and emergency management communities across the country. The NRP incorporates best practices from a wide variety of incident management disciplines to include fire, rescue, emergency management, law enforcement, public works, and emergency medical services. The collective input we received from our public- and private-sector partners has been, and will continue to be, absolutely critical to the implementation and continued refinement of the core concepts included in this groundbreaking national plan. | NRP Best Practices | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
12/15/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Understanding Wireless Communications in Public Safety | A Guidebook to Technology, Issues, Planning, and Management - This guidebook is designed to help unravel the confusing issues, terms, and options surrounding wireless communications, particularly as it involves commercially available communications services. The target audience for this report consists of those middle and upper managers who are responsible for funding and/or managing communications at their agencies, but who have little or no technical background in wireless technology. | Planning Resource | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
01/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Using Technology to Make Prisons and Jails Safer | To help correctional managers detect contraband and run safer institutions, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is sponsoring several research projects and pilot programs, based on recommendations from expert practitioners, to test an array of technologies. | Prison Safety Technology | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Corrections Systems SECURITY SYSTEMS |
March 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| NIEM Conformance for RFPs | This paper is intended to be a resource for public safety practitioners who are making decisions with regard to procurement for public safety computer systems that have, or may in the future have, information sharing requirements with other systems. The goal is to help ensure RFPs meet federal grant requirements and national best practices for information sharing, and to provide help in understanding the technology standards and how they relate to product selection. | Procurement of Public Safety Computer Systems | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
10/28/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| OJP/COPS Information Technology Initiatives Overview | FY 2001 Information Technology Initiative covers projects in eight broad areas of concentration. | Project reports | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
06/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| BJA Program Brief: Regional Information Sharing Systems Program | The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program supports federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts to combat criminal activity that extends across jurisdictional boundaries. Six RISS centers currently provide member law enforcement agencies nationwide with a broad range of intelligence exchange and related investigative support services. RISS centers focus primarily on violent crime, terrorism, gang activity, organized crime, and drug trafficking. |
Regional Information Sharing | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
04/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| A Project Manager''s Guide to RMS/CAD System Software Acquisition | This no-cost guide was developed to provide law enforcement practitioners with a practical and high level overview of project planning, requirements development, and purchasing phases of RMS/CAD System software acquisition. This document is based on the LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Version I and Records Management Systems (RMS) Version II. Published with support from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). | RMS/CAD Acquisition | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Law Enforcement Systems |
05/07/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Challenges in Securing Transit Systems | Testimony of Peter Guerrero, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, before the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, September 18, 2002. The testimony focuses on challenges in securing mass transit systems, steps transit agencies have taken to enhance safety and security, and the federal role in transit safety and security. | Securing Mass Transit Systems | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 09/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Security Self-Assessment Guide for Information Technology Systems | Self-assessments provide a method for agency officials to determine the current status of their information security programs and, where necessary, establish a target for improvement. This self-assessment guide utilizes an extensive questionnaire containing specific control objectives and techniques against which an unclassified system or group of interconnected systems can be tested and measured. |
Security Assessment | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
08/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Strategically Monitoring Sex Offenders - Accessing Community Corrections' Resources to Enhance Law Enforcement Capabilitites | Effective mechanisms to regularly share information regarding supervision and monitoring of sex offenders in the community. | Sex Offender Management | INTEGRATION Data Sharing |
August 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Software Defined Radios Help Agencies Communicate | SDR is a type of radio that uses software to control a radio’s operating parameters and protocols, allowing the radio to be updated and reconfigured, thus minimizing the need to change existing hardware. SDR can overcome the challenges of incompatible communications systems by allowing radios to be easily updated with new functions, protocols, and standards. | Software Defined Radio (SDR) Systems | COMMUNICATIONS Voice Systems |
March 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Version I | The Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) - Version I tools provide guidance to agencies developing a request for proposal (RFP) for purchasing or upgrading a CAD or RMS. They are designed to inform law enforcement about the basic functional requirements that all RMS and CAD systems should have in order to achieve interoperability. | Standards | DISPATCH SYSTEMS Computer Aided Dispatch |
02/05/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems (RMS) Version II | The Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems - Version II tools provide guidance to agencies developing a request for proposal (RFP) for purchasing or upgrading a CAD or RMS. They are designed to inform law enforcement about the basic functional requirements that all RMS and CAD systems should have in order to achieve interoperability. | Standards | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Law Enforcement Systems |
02/05/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Public Safety Wireless Communications and Interoperability Standards 2006 | The DHS SAFECOM program serves to assist local, tribal, state, and federal public safety agencies improve public safety response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications. Communications interoperability is the ability of public safety agencies to talk across disciplines and jurisdictions via radio communications systems, exchanging voice and/or data with one another on demand, in real time, when needed. | Standards | COMMUNICATIONS | 01/26/2006 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 Best Practices in the Use of Information Technology in State Government Booklet | This booklet contains summaries of innovative state government programs in the following areas: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery; Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships; Data, Information and Knowledge Management; Digital Government – G to B; Digital Government – G to C; Digital Government – G to G; Enterprise IT Management Initiatives; Information Communications Technology Innovations; Information Security and Privacy; and IT Project and Portfolio Management. | State Government Programs | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION Data Sharing Data Storage |
September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| State CIO’s Top Ten Policy and Technology Priorities for 2009 | Each year NASCIO conducts a survey of the state CIOs to identify and prioritize the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The top ten priorities are identified and used as input to NASCIO’s programs, planning for conference sessions, and publications. | State Government Technology Issues | UNCATEGORIZED | October 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Strengthening Domestic Security in Florida - Making Florida Safer | November, 2002 Annual Report from Florida's Domestic Security Advisory Board | State Terrorism Study | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 11/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Uneven Implementation of Wireless Enhanced 911 Raises Prospect of Piecemeal Availability for Years to Come | When an emergency call is placed to 911, prompt response depends on knowing the location of the caller. Enhanced 911 (E911) service automatically provides this critical information. E911 is in place in most of the country for traditional wireline telephone service, where the telephone number is linked to a street address. Expanding E911 capabilities to mobile phones is inherently more challenging because of the need to determine the caller’s geographic location at the moment the call is made. Concerns have been raised about the pace of wireless E911 implementation and whether this service will be available nationwide. GAO reviewed the progress being made in implementing wireless E911 service, the factors affecting this progress, and the role of the federal government in facilitating the nationwide deployment of wireless E911 service. | Status Report | COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
11/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 State Homeland Security Directors Survey | The 2008 State Homeland Security Directors Survey provides an overview of the fifth annual survey of the 56 state and territorial homeland security directors. In addition to providing details of the state governance structures and homeland security priorities, this report presents an update of the state-federal homeland security partnership and examines states' recent experience with federal grant programs. | Survey of State Homeland Security Directors | UNCATEGORIZED | 03/06/2009 | |||||||||||||||
| NASCIO'S 2010 Top Ten Policy and Technology Priorities for State CIOs | Each year NASCIO conducts a survey of the state CIOs to identify and prioritize the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The top ten priorities are identified and used as input to NASCIO's programs, planning for conference sessions, and publications. | Technology Priorities | UNCATEGORIZED | November 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Voice, Video and Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and Its Impact on Consumers | Industry executives, economists, analysts, and local government officials offer a variety of perspectives on competition among providers of video programming delivery, local telephony, and broadband services. | Telecommunications Industry Developments | COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications Systems |
November 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| NEMA Reports on State Homeland Security Structures | The National Emergency Management Association and The Council of State Governments conducted a joint survey of the 50 states and District of Columbia to determine the organizational structure of each state to address terrorism preparedness. | Terroism Survey | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY SYSTEMS |
06/15/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Using Technology to Detect and Prevent Terrorism, by Shane Ham and Robert D.Atkinson | The purpose of this brief, rather,is to stimulate thinking about how technology can take domestic defense from its old economy model -bureaucratic,hierarchical and compartmentalized,and labor-intensive — and transform it to a New Economy model flexible,networked,and automated. |
Terrorism Technology | BIOMETRICS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
01/18/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Through-the-Wall Surveillance: A New Technology for Saving Lives | Through-the-Wall Surveillance (TWS) technology helps officers to determine if someone is in a room before putting themselves in harm’s way, using motion and images to differentiate between a hostage and a hostage-taker. It can also detect motion through floors and rubble following a building structure failure and help in the search for survivors. | Through-the-Wall Surveillance (TWS) | SECURITY SYSTEMS Surveillance |
October 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Communicating Across State and County Lines: The Piedmont Regional Voice over Internet Protocol Project | To help improve public safety, the City of Danville teamed up with surrounding law enforcement agencies to use Internet technology to bridge the gaps in their communications systems. | Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Systems | COMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications Systems |
September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Creating a Wireless Network Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications | White paper on hardware and software needed to compile a wireless toolkit. | Wireless Network | COMMUNICATIONS Data Systems |
August 2008 | |||||||||||||||
