National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center, Northeast NLECTC-NE and NIEM

1. National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center, Northeast NLECTC-NE and NIEM • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments • GIS Committee Meeting • October 10, 2006 • Ed Freeborn • NLECTC-NE

2. Overview • NLECTC Intro • The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)

3. Research & Development Agency of Department of Justice for State & Local Applications Focus on Needs of State and Local Law Enforcement and Corrections Most Law Enforcement & Corrections Are at the State and Local Level Many Law Enforcement Organizations Are Too Small to Fund Evolving Technology National Institute Justice Mission State & Local Federal FACT FACT 50% Law Enforcement Organizations have less than 12 sworn officers

4. National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Centers • Assist Agencies To Identify Requirements & Technology Needs • Develop, Evaluate & Demonstrate Applications Technologies • Publish Informational Bulletins On Technologies • Coordinate Conference & Advisory Group Activities • Facilitate Partnerships Among Private & Public Organizations • Operate Hotline/Information Response Center Industry Federal Laboratories Academia Law Enforcement & Corrections

5. The NLECT Center System NLECTC Rocky Mountain Denver, CO NLECTC Alaska Anchorage, AK NLECTC Northeast Rome, NY Counterterrorism Institute Dartmouth Hanover, NH Rural LE Technology Center Hazard, KY NLECTC National Rockville, MD Office of Law Enforcement Standards Gaithersburg, MD NLECTC West El Segundo, CA Office of Law Enforcement Technology CommercializationWheeling, WV NLECTC SoutheastCharleston, SC Border Research & Technology CenterSan Diego, CA Sandia National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque, NM Savannah River Technology CenterAiken, SC Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN National Center for Forensic ScienceOrlando, FL Counterterrorism Institute Oklahoma City, OK - NLECTC Regional Centers - Specialty Offices - Satellite Test Facilities National Forensic Science Technology Center St. Petersburg, FL

6. NLECTC-NE in Metro DC • Communications Interoperability • Alexandria PD • Pawnshop Database • Other programs

7. The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) • NIEM Development is Built on a Unified National Approach with “Joint Consensus” • NIEM was launched on February 28, 2005 • A partnership agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Signed by Chief Information Officers.

8. The Problem NIEM Addresses Canonical NIEM Standard Canonical Standard Point-to-Point • Data Sharing between Information Systems

9. NIEM is for National Information Sharing • Develop, Disseminate & Support Enterprise-wide Information Exchange Standards & Processes • Enable Jurisdictions to Share Critical Information Effectively • For Emergency Situations, as well as • Day-to-Day Operational Agency Support • Extends “grass roots” & “bottom-up” Global Justice Community Approach • Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model Synergy • Federal framework supporting a national approach to information sharing

10. NIEM Domains UNIVERSALCORE Major Domains Homeland Security Public Safety Common CORE - Law Enforcement,Intelligence, etc. Courts, Probation, Parole, Corrections, etc. Emergency Management,Border Security, etc. Common CORE - Welfare,Juvenile Justice,Education, etc. Common CORE PublicHealth, etc. Secondary Domains Transportation, Geospatial, etc. Other Domains

11. NIEM Core and Domains Universal: The minimally supported set for all participating domains Common: Harmonized for multiple domains thru consensus • Major Domains / Community of Interest – Universal Core • Secondary Domains – Common and Domain Specific • Domain: • NIEM Participants define domain content • Conform to NIEM Naming & Design Rules

12. How NIEM Works • Consistent & Repeatable Interagency Information Exchange

13. NIEM Governance & Community of Interest (COI) Participation • COI’s provide input thru NBAC and NTAC • Authoritative per FACA advise ESC

14. NIEM Program Goals • Overcome Obstacles to Information Sharing • Among all Levels of Government • Improve Shared Situational Awareness & Collaboration • Improve Operational Effectiveness & Officer Safety • Promote Timely Detection, Prevention, & Response for • Public Safety, Counter-Terrorism, Criminal, & Emergency Management • Leverage Success in Technology & Lessons-learned • Improved internal processes • Improved external sharing and productivity • Federal, State & Local Information Sharing programs • Implementation of National FEA Data Reference Model

15. NIEM Near Term Goals • Core Capability Development and Maintenance • Outreach and Implementation – www.niem.gov • NIEM Introduction – high level overview, business needs & value proposition • NIEM Conops – development approach, management and governance structure, and operational processes and procedures • NIEM Users’ Guide – In Development • Information Exchange Standard Development • Developing families of Information Exchange Package Documents (IEPDs), representing core, priority business areas at the national level. The initial focus areas will include: • Incident Reporting • People Screening • Suspicious Activities • Cargo Screening • Emergency and Disaster Management • Case Management

16. NIEM Geospatial Insertion Recommendations(FGDC HLSWG 2/06) • Add Geospatial Types to NIEM within a Separate Geospatial Namespace from those that currently exist. • Add Geospatial Standard-Based Definitions from the provided schema (see the associated proposed insertion package) under a target geospatial namespace for use in all NIEM Information Exchange Packages (IEP) if geospatial types are needed. • Existing NIEM processes can continue to use existing NIEM definitions for geospatial components, such as location type, but those definitions should be deprecated in favor of the standards-based, industry-compatible types described in the associated geospatial schema package. • Future NIEM processes should be designed and constructed to use the Geospatial Standard-Based Definitions for NIEM Geospatial Core Types.

17. Contact Info • Ed Freeborn • 315-339-6184 • edwin.freeborn@L-3com.com