1. TIJIS Briefing Who is TIJIS? What is NIEM? What is the Texas Path to NIEM? What does it mean to me?

2. Who is TIJIS? • The Texas Integrated Justice Information Systems (TIJIS) Steering Committee is a statewide advisory group structured to assist in the coordination of statewide IJIS programs for information sharing by establishing a Steering Committee, Users Advisory Group and Users Advisory Group Sub-committees. • TIJIS consists of state and local organizations that have a desire to implement standards based information systems in Texas. • www.tijis.org

3. What is NIEM? • National Information Exchange Model • NIEM was launched on February 28, 2005, through a partnership agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Events of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina kicked off need for more information sharing • Builds on the success of the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) to include domains other than Justice and Public Safety • Designed to develop, disseminate and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes • Enable jurisdictions to share critical information in emergency situations

4. What is NIEM cont’d • A data dictionary and reference model in the form of an XML Schema • A framework that can be adapted/extended by local, state, tribal, and federal jurisdictions to support information sharing • A Common Vocabulary providing agreed-upon terms, definitions, and formats - independent of the way information is stored in individual agency systems • A Structured Approach to developing the reference documentation that expresses NIEM information exchange requirements in an implementation ready format – the Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD) development process

5. What is NIEM Cont’dThe Domains Former GJXDM domain

6. What is the Texas Path to NIEM? • A joint project between DPS, OCA, TDCJ and TIJIS to map out a strategy for reaching NIEM compliance for justice, homeland security, and other disciplines in Texas • A project to bring immediate value to Texas justice agencies • By performing a “gap analysis” of certain current exchanges within the Texas justice community • Developing IEPD’s and a data reference model of selected exchanges

7. What does it mean to Me? • Increased interoperability with other agencies • Increased reliability of information exchanges • Reduced costs in systems development • Enhanced funding opportunities • Increased service to your end users and ultimately the Community we serve

8. Questions? • www.tijis.org • greene@co.galveston.tx.us • Jim.phillips@txdps.state.tx.us