IJIS Institute Programs and Services
The IJIS Institute has a wide variety of programs and support services to help accomplish its mission, including:
- Technology assistance services to state and local governments on technology and related issues. The Institute brings together the expertise and experience of private sector information technology firms to provide objective, timely, and cost-effective technology recommendations and guidance to government decision makers and project stakeholders.
- Training and education services for federal, state, tribal, and local governments on best practices, current standards, and technology issues. The technology training courses offered by the Institute are designed to meet the needs of both managers and technical staff and range from basic introductions to a more in depth review of technical components and concepts. The Institute can provide standard, off-the-shelf courses as well as design custom training and education.
- Desk and Knowledge Center services to support practitioners from both government and industry with information sharing standards on a national level. The National Information Sharing Standards (NISS) Help Desk is hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice in partnership with the Institute. The NISS Help Desk assists users in finding answers to technical questions regarding the content, principles, and best practices for using the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM).
- Project management] services to engage government and industry in the development of national strategies and solutions on key issues facing justice, public safety, and homeland security. The Institute’s Project Management team helps public and private professionals design and adopt standardized information sharing solutions through pragmatic, results-oriented technology services and projects.
- National scope issue management services supporting focus groups and committees working to advance the field of justice, public safety, and homeland security information sharing.
- Outreach and communication services to support information sharing initiatives and the national adoption and use of information sharing standards across justice, public safety, homeland security, and other communities of interest.
Some of the important national initiatives the IJIS Institute has worked on include the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI), the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and the development of numerous exchanges, National Fusion Center Technology Management, Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN), Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), and Public Safety Data Interoperability.
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