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The Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) serves as a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) and advises the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. Global was created to support the broad scale exchange of pertinent justice and public safety information. It promotes standards-based electronic information exchange to provide the justice community with timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment.
 
Global is a ''group of groups,'' representing more than 30 independent organizations, spanning the spectrum of law enforcement, judicial, correctional, and related bodies. Member organizations participate in Global with a shared responsibility and shared belief that, together, they can bring about positive change by making recommendations and supporting the initiatives of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). (Read more...)
 

News

Global Highlights, August 2010, Vol. 1

8/20/2010 6:00 AM

The August edition of Global Highlights spotlights Bart R. Johnson, a long-standing member of Global, who was recently presented with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Medal of Distinguished Service. In addition, the “top justice and public safety issues for the next year,” as voted on by attendees at the National Criminal Justice Association’s (NCJA) National Forum on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, are shared for widespread review.

Five States Selected for Justice Information Sharing Standardization Project using Global JRA

8/10/2010 6:00 AM

The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices has selected five states—Alabama, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia—among many applicants to participate in a Policy Academy on Interagency Standardization of Justice Information Sharing Systems. In particular, these states will use the Global Justice Reference Architecture, a framework developed and supported by the U.S. Department of Justice's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, to facilitate building standardized information sharing capabilities while minimizing investment in system upgrades.

Global Highlights, July 2010, Vol. 2

7/30/2010 4:50 PM

In this edition of Global Highlights, readers will learn about two new resources that offer insight to the future of information sharing and describe the critical elements necessary to keep related programs and initiatives thriving. BJA’s Justice Information Sharing: Strategic Action Plan (2010–2012) and the new Global White Paper offer key examples of resourceful nationwide partnerships and effective collaboration that have experienced measured success and collectively identify strategic priorities for the next three years.

Global Highlights, July 2010, Vol. 1

7/16/2010 4:56 PM

Spreading Global’s “good news” can be accomplished in many ways: recent and imminent outreach efforts include conference presentation to rural law enforcement, focused training for industry partners on the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI), and new intelligence-related recommendations for the field.

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Segment 6: Why Should I Care About Global? And Other Concluding Thoughts (MP3, 2.8 MB, Length 2:58)

12/16/2009 11:59:23 AM

GAC Chairman Boehmer and Vice Chairman Wicklund reemphasize the fact that the U.S. DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative is a for practitioner, by practitioner collaboration addressing justice business problems through more effective, more efficient information sharing for colleagues at all levels of government, across the justice and public-safety landscape. If you are a justice executive or practitioner, YOU are Global, so get involved! Contact global@iir.com or visit www.it.ojp.gov/global to learn more about participation opportunities.

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Segment 5: A Study in Global Success: Advancing Intelligence Sharing Capabilities (MP3, 1.4 MB, Length 1:27)

12/2/2009 11:59:34 AM

Chairman Boehmer discusses how intelligence sharing efforts over recent years– supported by fundamental Global-supported resources (such as the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector) have yielded unprecedented successes through partnerships of state, local, and tribal entities with Federal initiatives, with an emphasis reciprocal, "two-way sharing."

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