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NCSC Documents  Recent NCSC reports and publications and NCSC seminal works. Also includes Trends articles, Court Executive Development Programs (CEDP) papers, Court Technology Conference Presentations, Justice System Journal articles and NACM Achievement Awards.

Digital Archive  Works on judicial administration accumulated since NCSC's inception in 1971 that have been digitized to preserve their historic value.

Global Justice   NCSC Technology Divisions' Global Justice References Web site. 

GJXDM Wayfarer 2.0   This access tool was developed for internal use at the National Center for State Courts. It was created by reverse engineering the data model from the official schema.  See also NIEM Wayfarer 2.0.

Information Exchange Packages Documention (IEPD)   IEPDs define "reference" information exchanges, intended as models for information exchanges that meet specific business needs. 

NCSC Child Welfare NET Project   NCSC is working with a number of local, state and federal organizations to develop a set of technical specifications designed to assist jurisdictions in the electronic sharing of information between the Child Welfare Agency and the Court

Court Technology Bulletins   Court Technology Bulletins from 1989 through 2003.

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National Information Exchange Mode (NIEM). U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.  NIEM is designed to develop, disseminate and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes that can enable jurisdictions to effectively share critical information in emergency situations,

The NIEM Practical Implementer`s Course . NIEM Web site.  This free online course instructs participants in how to use the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).  The course contains 17 content modules that include over 8 hours of video presentations

NIEM 2009 Training Event. Department of Justice  (September 2009).  This training event, to be held in Baltimore, MD.  September 30th - Octiber 2, 2009, to provide valuable guidance, tools, and resources via concurrent sessions covering subjects of interest to executives, program managers, system architects, and implementers.

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Global Justice XML

GTRI Justice XML Information Center. Georgia Tech Research Institute.  Global JXDM is sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), with development supported by the Global XML Structure Task Force (XSTF) which works closely with researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

GJXDM Release 3.0.3. Office of Justice Programs.  Document and Schemas of the core of the Global JXDM.

Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative. U. S. Department of Justice - Office of Judicial Programs.  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 Justice Reference Architecture . U. S. Department of Justice - Office of Judicial Programs.  The Global JRA Specification is intended to be a technical implementation architecture that addresses the full range of information sharing use cases, and provides a comprehensive blueprint for implementing interoperable data sharing services and capabilities,  Three publications are: Specification (February 2007); Web Services Service Interaction Profile (August 2007); and ebXML Messaging Service Interaction Profile (October 2007).

Global Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM). Office of Justice Programs (OJP) .  Official GJXML Web site that contains  information about GJXML progress and training nationwide.

Justice XML Resources. Search.org.  Justice XML is a tool to facilitate interoperability and information sharing among agencies and systems. It involves data, text, documents, transmission protocols and standards — really, a body of knowledge.

Building Exchange Content Using the Global Justice XML Data Model. Search.org (June 2005).  A User Guide for Practitioners and Developers. This User Guide is an effort to lay out the experience of the past year (2004) and to walk the reader through an explicit, step-by-step process of how to develop exchange content that will support the overarching goal of justice data interoperability

Update: The ICJIS implementation of XML and the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) . Maricopa County, Arizona (April 2005).  This report provides an update on how ICJIS has been incorporating XML, specifically, the GJXDM into justice data exchanges in Maricopa County, Arizona.

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Online Articles

"Asynchrony Solutions helps Missouri State Courts implement cutting edge data implementation program ." Asynchrony Solutions, St, Louis, Missouri .  The GJXDM approach in Missouri has reduced the time to conversion competition by 50% and potentially saved OSCA $1,600,000 on the remaining conversion.

"NIEM 2.1: The Road Ahead." NIEM Newsletter (July 2009).  The much-anticipated National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Version 2.1 is in the works. A release candidate is expected to be released for public review and comment late this summer

Heriaz, Domingo. "The Pathway to Success in Information Sharing: Where the Global Justice XML Data Model Is Today." Police Chief Magazine (June 2005).  Article gives background on GJXDM, an update on its progress, and a call for widespread adoption. Domingo Heriaz is the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in OJP. 

McKay, Jim. "XML: Out of the Shadows." Government Technology Magazine (June 2005).  The federal departments of Homeland Security and Justice recently agreed on a global data-sharing standard that could spur interoperability throughout the public safety community and beyond.

Newcombe, Tod. "How It Works: XML & Justice Integration." Government Technology Magazine (May 2005).  Now the justice community has extensible markup language (XML) in its sights, which will allow police, prosecutors, court clerks, judges and corrections officials to exchange information in a timely manner without breaking the bank.

Miller, Christa. "How Law Enforcement Agenices are Implemeting GJXDM." Law Enforcement Technology (May 2005).  Details the experience of the Northwest Indiana Criminal Justice Project and the RISA Project (California).

"New U.S. Department of Justice Information Sharing Initiative." Government Technology Magazine (June 2004).  Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have played a key role in developing the software foundations for a new U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed to facilitate sharing of criminal justice information among local, tribal, state, national and international agencies.

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Justice Information Sharing

Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) . Search.org.  JIEM was developed by SEARCH through funding from the U. S. Department of  Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to help jurisdictions across the country document their business information sharing requirements.

National Information Sharing Standards Knowledge Base and Help Desk . Office of Justice Sharing. Justice Information Sharing .  Lets you find the information you need regarding GJXDM/NIEM by searching on the topic of your interest. 

"Texas Justice Exchange Model Project (TJIEM)." Texas Integrated Justice Information Systems Advisory Committee.  Most information systems operated by Texas criminal justice agencies are discrete, and are often incapable of exchanging information effectively. Virtually all aspects of justice information systems are constrained by a lack of interoperability.

Pennsylvania`s Jusitice Information Network (JNET). IJIS Institute Case Study (September 2008).  The purpose of this case study is to highlight the successful development of a NIEM 2.0-conformant Information Exchange Package Document (IEPD) for Pennsylvania’s Court Case Event. 

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Funding

Juvenile Justice XML Report. The IJIS Institute (July 2005).  The IJIS Institute received a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to initiate the first effort in Extensible Markup Language (XML) development in the juvenile justice community

Funding Justice Information Sharing. National Conference of State Legislatures and U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (May 2005).  A report that highlights states’ approaches to funding crime information systems and sharing.

"Six States to Receive Grants for Technology Integration." National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices (February 2005).  News Release detailing the awarding of grants to six states (Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) for the development of GJXDM pilot projects.

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Date Last Modified: 7/22/2009
Creation Date: 2005

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