Bureau of Justice Assistance Training & Technical Assistance Resources

1. Bureau of Justice AssistanceTraining & Technical AssistanceResources NGA Executive Policy Forum Santa Fe, NM May 2-3, 2005

2. What is Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA)? • Provision or application of any strategy to provide the criminal justice community with practical or specialized knowledge to assist: • Identification of problems • Resolution of issues • Establishment or enhancement of programs or activities

3. How is T&TA Administered • On-Site Technical Assistance (T.A.) • Off-Site T.A. (phone, email, Internet, distance learning, etc.) • Peer-to-Peer information exchange and mentoring (individual, group, etc.) • Publication drafting and dissemination • Information Sharing • Conferences, Workshops and Training Events • Curriculum Development

4. What Types of T.A. are There? • Problem Assessment • Strategic Planning and Strategy Development • Program Sustainability • Cutting-Edge Practices identification and documentation • Evidence-based Practices identification and development • Team Building and collaboration • Community Partnership development • Staff development

5. Menu of Services on BJA Web Site (www.ojp.gov/bja) Compliance Corrections and Community Corrections Courts and Adjudications Crime Prevention CyberCrime Investigation and Forensics Drug Courts Gang Reduction Information Technology Law Enforcement Offender Reentry Prosecution/Community Prosecution Sex Offender Management Strategic Planning/Project Development Substance Abuse and Mental Health: Courts and Offender Management Task Force Activities Terrorism Awareness, Prevention, and Response Tribal Justice Telemarketing Fraud What T&TA is Available through BJA?

6. How Does Your Organization Request T&TA? • T&TA Form (Word or Word Perfect) outlining basic information about your agency, organization, or jurisdiction and the nature of your request: • Email to BJA T&TA Coordinator at BJATrainingTA@usdoj.gov • BJA Grantees coordinate through State Policy Advisor

7. Other Resources and Tools Available • Pre-RFP Toolkit (IJIS Institute and JISP) • Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Self Assessment Toolkit (CTG, Albany, NY) • Applying Security Practices to Justice Information Sharing (OJP I.T. Web Site – Global) • Government Information Sharing: Calls to Action – Perspectives (NASCIO) • Enterprise Architecture Video Library (NASCIO) • Enterprise Architecture Development Toolkit (NASCIO) • Information Privacy: A Spotlight on Key Issues (NASCIO)

8. Other Resources and Tools Available • Monograph and Report: eGrants Management Systems in State C.J. Administering Agencies • Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) (SEARCH) • Global Justice XML Data Model/Data Dictionary • Justice Standards Clearinghouse for Information Sharing • National Court Case Management Functional Standards • Probation and Parole System Functional Standards • CAD System Functional Standards

9. Other Resources and Tools Available • Performance Measurement Tools for Justice IT Projects (UNO Center for Society, Law and Justice) • Privacy Primer (OJP) • Privacy Policy for Executives (Global Privacy Working Group) • Privacy Policy Processes Workbook (Under Development by Global Privacy Work Group) • Privacy Policy Model and Templates (Under Development by Justice Management Institute) • Various SEARCH White Papers on Development of Information Sharing and Integrated C.J. Systems