The IJIS Institute

Results: The IJIS Institute began with just 20 members in 1999. Today IJIS has engaged over 240 members and affiliates and worked to leverage their services to assist justice and public safety professionals. The IJIS Institute has doubled the original number of National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) trainings offered to local, tribal, state and federal agencies. The IJIS Institute was successful in facilitating the national Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) conference in April 2008.

Target demographics: Local, tribal, state and Federal government agencies and jurisdictions.

Geographic areas served: National

Programs: Project interoperability (pmise) - to further advance the utility of the ise interoperability activity reporting that is collected by a variety of governmental organizations.

training, technical assistance & hd (tta) - ijis provided numerous technology assistance engagements to state, local, and tribal governments related to the review of existing infrastructures and the implementation of information sharing initiatives by those governmental entities.

prea/corrections - the correctional agency information sharing improvement project and the justice information sharing projects sought to overcome the gap in information exchange capabilities among agencies by implementing a standards-based information sharing capability. These programs are essential to improve information sharing within correctional facilities nationwide.

national scope activities (all other grants) include the national crime statistics exchange; national fusion center training and technical assistance; national policy, practice, and technology project; criminal justice and health collaborations; and prescription drug monitoring program.