Global Advisory Committee (GAC) Meeting Minutes

• CICC/GIWG Executive Summary
• Global Outreach Executive Summary 
• Global Information Sharing Toolkit (GIST) card
• GPIQWG Executive Summary
• GSC Executive Summary
• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Presentation for the GAC
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Brief
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Brief
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Brief

Agenda
Global Highlights

Global Working Group Items and U.S. Department of Justice Brief

• CICC/GIWG Items for the GAC 
• CICC Executive Summary
• Executive Summary and GISWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and Outreach Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GPIQWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GSWG Items for the GAC
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Brief 

Agenda

Global Working Group Items and U.S. Department of Justice Briefs

• Executive Summary and GISWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and CICC/GIWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GOWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GPIQWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GSWG Items for the GAC
• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Brief
• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Brief

Agenda

Global Working Group Items and U.S. Department of Justice Briefs

• Executive Summary and GISWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and CICC/GIWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GOWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GPIQWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GSWG Items for the GAC

Global Working Group Items and U.S. Department of Justice Briefs

• Executive Summary and GISWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and CICC/GIWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GOWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GPIQWG Items for the GAC
• Executive Summary and GSWG Items for the GAC

The April 10, 2008, GAC meeting consisted of a broad range of presentations and reports. The meeting included the following topics:

• Welcome and Introductions, Global Business (including recommendation for Global Bylaws revision), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Remarks.
   
• DOJ Briefing on Complementary Efforts, including OneDOJ and OneDHS (PowerPoint available).
   
• Working Group reports: Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group; Global Intelligence Working Group; Global Outreach Working Group (new Highlights newsletter available); Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group; and Global Security Working Group.
   
• Briefing by Global's industry partner, the IJIS Institute (PowerPoint available).
   
• Membership roundtable.
   
• Report from the Field--The Value of Information Sharing to Local Government Executives.
   
• Guest Presentation--State of Utah Implementation of a Service-Oriented Architecture, and How the Global Justice Reference Architecture Could Have Helped.
   
• Things You Should Know About Global Standards--National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) FAQs.
   
• Special Address by the United States Associate Attorney General, the Honorable Kevin O'Connor.

Operating under the guidance and support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Advisory Committee (GAC) held its spring 2007 meeting on April 18, 2007. The GAC is a Federal Advisory Committee to the highest-ranking justice officer in the nation-the U.S. Attorney General (AG)-on justice-related information sharing issues. The event took place at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia. This was the first GAC meeting presided over by Chairman Robert Boehmer, GAC member representing the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), who was elected to Global leadership in November 2006. At that same time, Colonel Bart Johnson, GAC member representing the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)-Division of State and Provincial Police and the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC), was elected Committee Vice Chair. This summary carefully describes, in detail, the business that transpired during the GAC meeting and includes a listing of members present and the meeting's working agenda. The GAC meets twice a year, in the spring and fall, in the Washington, DC, area. These events are open to the public and announced in the Federal Register.

The October 31, 2007, GAC meeting consisted of a broad range of presentations and reports. The meeting included the following topics:

• Welcome and Introductions, Global Business, and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Remarks.
   
• DOJ Briefing on Complementary Efforts (e.g., National Information Exchange Model [NIEM] and Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program [LEISP]), including the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Initiative [N-DEx]).
   
• Global Security Working Group (GSWG) report, including a status update on the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management Project; presentation on Implementing Privacy Policy in Justice Information Sharing: A Technical Framework -- report and Global recommendations; and delivery of new briefing sheets on these topics.
   
• Global Success Story -- Voices from the Field: The Ohio Local Law Enforcement Information Sharing Network.
   
• Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG) report, focusing on progress of the Justice Reference Architecture and associated Global recommendation.
   
• Briefing by Global's industry partner, the IJIS Institute.
   
• Global Success Story--GAC Member Agencies: Progress Through Partnership--Nlets and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   
• Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) report.
   
• Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG)/Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) report, including discussion of efforts related to 28 Code of Federal Regulations Part 23; release of the Tips and Leads document; and presentation and Global recommendation of the revised Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States.
   
• Release of the National Strategy for Information Sharing.
   
• Global Outreach Working Group report, including release of the new edition of Global Highlight, Fall 2007.
   
• Roundtable Discussion
   
• Adjourn

The spring 2006 Global Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting was held in Arlington, Virginia, on April 26, 2006. The April 2006 GAC meeting included the following topics:

• Convening Remarks and Introductions
   
• Welcoming Addresses by Domingo Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), John Morgan, Ph.D., Assistant Director, National Institute of Justice, (NIJ), and Regina Schofield, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General (AAG), Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
   
• Committee Business
   
• Federal Briefings:
  • Law Enforcement Information Sharing Plan (LEISP)
  • Regional Data Exchange (R-DEx)
  • National Data Exchange (N-DEx)
  • National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
  • National Gang Intelligence Center
     
• Information Sharing Environment (ISE), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
   
• National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Governance Structure
   
• Pandemics-Implications for the Justice Community
   
• New Global Activity: National Information Sharing Strategy (NISS)
   
• Global Working Group Reports

The November 2, 2006, GAC meeting consisted of a broad range of presentations and reports. The meeting included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
   
• Committee Business
   
• Global Security Working Group (GSWG) report:
  • Update on Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) activities and prerequisite reading for GSWG recommendations:
    • Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM): A Technical Concept Report
    • Applying Wireless Security Practices for Justice Information Sharing
       
• Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) report:
  • Information Quality: The Foundation for Justice Decision Making for GPIQWG recommendation
     
• Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) report and Update on the National Information Sharing Strategy
   
• Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG) report:
  • Discussion of the imminent interlocking of Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM)/National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
     
• Update on the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Initiative
   
• XML Success Story: The Arizona Integrated Criminal Justice Project (see presentation at http://www.ecorridor.com)
   
• Presentation by a representative from the Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council (LEITSC) on the release of functional specifications for law enforcement CAD/RMS
   
• Remarks from Federal Officials
   
• Update on the Information Sharing Environment (ISE)
   
• Biennial Global leadership elections
   
• Concluding Discussion
   
• Adjournment

The April 27-28, 2005 GAC meeting consisted of a broad range of presentations and reports. The meeting included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
   
• Committee Business
   
• Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG) report, including:
  • A Framework for Justice Information Sharing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA);
  • Update on SOA Sub-committees;
  • Global XML Structure Task Force (GXSTF) report;
  • Overview of the Global JXDM Users' Conference;
  • A presentation on the GJXDM Training and Technical Assistance Committee (GTTAC)
     
• Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) report, including the Recommended Fusion Center Standards report
   
• Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) report, including Privacy Policy Development Guidebook
   
• Global Security Working Group (GSWG) report, including primers for GSWG recommendations anticipated for fall 2005, such as Federated Identity and Privilege Management Security Interoperability Demonstration, Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) Trusted Credential Project, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Security and Identity Management Component
   
• Federal Briefing from: Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP)
   
• Local, State, and Tribal Briefings from:
  • TOPOFF Full-Scale Exercise - New Jersey Participation, Lessons Learned;
  • Justice Information Sharing in Indian Country (New Mexico Pueblo Crime Data Project);
  • Intertribal Integration Project;
  • Tribal Technology and Information Sharing Outreach Program;
  • Tribal Criminal History Records Improvement Program
     
• Success Stories from the Field, including State and Regional Success Story - Extending Project Passport; and Federal Success Story - National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
   
• Complementary Efforts, including Environmental Council of the States
   
• Featured Topic: Focus on Security
   
• Concluding Discussion
   
• Adjournment

The Global Advisory Committee meeting was held in Arlington, Virginia, on October 20, 2005. The October 2005 GAC meeting included the following topics:
 

• Convening Remarks and Introductions
   
• Welcome - Federal Official's Remarks by: Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Regina Schofield and Deputy AAG David Hagy
   
• Committee Business
   
• Federal Briefings:
  • National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) presentation by BJA Director Domingo Herraiz and Senior Policy Advisor Mr. David Lewis
  • National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) briefing by Mr. James Feagans, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and Mr. Michael Daconta, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
     

• Facilitated Roundtable Discussion-What's Hot in Justice Information Sharing
   
• Special Issue: In the Wake of Recent Disasters, What Have We Learned?
   
• Global Working Group Reports:
  • Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG) -- New GISWG Structure (GISWG Standards Subcommittee reconstituted into the Management and Policy (M&P) Subcommittee; New Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Resources for the Field; GISWG M&P Mission Statement
  • Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) -- GIWG Resources for the Field; Discussion: The Critical Need for a National Strategy for Information Sharing
  • Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) -- Privacy Policy Development Guide; Privacy and Civil Rights Policy Templates for Justice Information System
  • Global Security Working Group (GSWG) -- briefing on the Global Security Architecture Committee's (GSAC) activities
     
• Success Stories from the Field -- National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices' Global JXDM Policy Academy with guest presenters:
  • Mr. Shlomo Ginsburg, Kansas Department of Corrections
  • Mr. James Pingel, Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing Program
     
• The date of the spring 2006 GAC meeting was announced as April 26, 2006, at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel.

The April 2004 GAC meeting included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
• Special Guests' Remarks:
  • Honorable Deborah Daniels, Assistant Attorney General (AAG), Office of Justice Programs
     
• Committee Business
   
• U.S. Department of Justice Report: Update on LEIS
   
• Global Member Presentations:
  • COSCA/National Association for Court Management (NACM) Joint Technology Committee's (JTC)
  • 2004 SEARCH Symposium: Supporting the Homeland Through Integrated Justice
  • CJIS
  • NLETS
  • American Probation and Parole Association's (APPA) Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and related Information System Development
     
• Global Working Group Updates:
  • Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG)
  • Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG)
  • Global Outreach Committee
  • Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG)
  • Global Security Working Group (GSWG)
     
• Guest Presentations:
  • Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Project
  • National Guard Bureau (NGB): Crime Mapping
  • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
     
• Fall 2004 GAC Meeting logistics
   
• Adjournment

The September 2004 GAC meeting included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions, including new GAC representatives
   
• Special Guests' Remarks:
  • John Morgan, Ph.D., National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Science Advisor to Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Deborah Daniels
     
• Committee Business
   
• Update on Global Grant Incentives Efforts
   
• Update on Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) products:
  • Privacy and Information Quality Policy Development for the Justice Decision Maker document and the Perspectives on Privacy in the Justice Information Sharing Arena workbook
  • Demonstration of the Counterterrorism Collaborative Interoperability Project (CCIP)
     
• Global Security Working Group (GSWG) update on Wireless Security and the SAFECOM Statement of Requirement (SoR)
   
• GAC Leadership Elections
   
• Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GIWSG) recommended the document, A Framework for Justice Information Sharing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), for GAC approval
   
• Global XML Structure Task Force (GXSTF) report
   
• Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) report on recent accomplishments
   
• Adjournment

The April 2003 GAC agenda included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
• Chairman's Report
• U.S. Department of Justice Report
• Member Presentations
  • American Probation and Parole Association
  • International Association of Chiefs of Police
  • National Association of State Chief Information Officers
• GAC Working Group Updates
  • Global Security Working Group
  • Global Intelligence Working Group
  • Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group
  • Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group
• Global Elections
• Address to the GAC: The Honorable John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General
• Global Business
  • Next Meeting

The October 2003 GAC agenda included the following topics:

• Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
• Committee Business
• Global Member Presentations
• Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG) Briefing
• Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) Briefing
• National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Briefing
• Global Security Working Group (GSWG) Briefing
• Role of Public Defense in Creating Integrated Justice Information Sharing Systems
• Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) Briefing
• Grant Incentives
• GAC Business and Adjournment