General Information About the Global Advisory Committee

To help guide and facilitate the efforts of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global), the U.S. Attorney General reached out to key personnel from local, tribal, state, federal, and international justice entities to form the Global Advisory Committee (GAC). This "group of groups" of dedicated justice professionals, works collaboratively to address the policy, connectivity, and jurisdictional issues that have hampered effective justice information sharing. The GAC is comprised of justice agency executives and policy makers; justice automation planners and managers; justice information practitioners; and, most importantly, end users. This last group is vital because it distinguishes the GAC as a committee whose members are actively dedicated to the issue of information sharing precisely because they continue to be producers, consumers, and administrators of crucial justice data.

The GAC membership reflects the Global tenet that the entire justice community must be involved in information exchange. Experts represent the following constituencies:

• Law enforcement agencies
• Prosecutors
• Public defenders
• Courts
• Corrections agencies
• Probation and parole departments
• Additional agencies directly involved in the justice process

The GAC operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act provisions and convenes twice a year in Washington, DC. Meetings are announced in the Federal Register, and the public is welcome as observers.