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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 was created to support the broad scale exchange of pertinent justice and public safety information. It promotes standards-based electronic information exchange to provide the justice community with timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment.
 
Global is a ''group of groups,'' representing more than 30 independent organizations, spanning the spectrum of law enforcement, judicial, correctional, and related bodies. Member organizations participate in Global with a shared responsibility and shared belief that, together, they can bring about positive change by making recommendations and supporting the initiatives of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). (Read more...)
 

News

The Bureau of Justice Assistance: The DOJ’s Global Initiative and Partnerships as the Keys to Success

1/6/2010 9:28:23 AM

In the December 2009 issue of IACP’s Police Chief magazine, BJA Acting Director James H. Burch II highlights the Department’s Global Initiative. The importance of the “Global process” – the Initiative’s open, transparent, and collaborative method of operation – and resulting invaluable partnerships are discussed. An overview of the National Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) illustrates this collaborative principle and leveraging of Global-facilitated resources.

Global Working Group Update: Focus on Intelligence

12/8/2009 9:18:10 AM

The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) and the Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) met recently to continue efforts toward enhanced intelligence information sharing. Members focused their talents on issues that included gang-related data exchange, privacy protections and associated training, and outreach.

USDOJ’s Global Initiative Announces New GSWG Vice Chair

11/16/2009 12:10:08 PM

At the fall Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting, Mr. John Ruegg, Global Security Working Group (GSWG) Chair, announced that Mr. James Dyche, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) project, has been appointed to the position of GSWG Vice Chair.

Free Justice Reference Architecture Webinar

11/10/2009 9:22:11 AM

Justice practitioners: You are invited to participate in a free Webinar on Friday, November 13, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the U.S. DOJ’s Global Justice Reference Architecture (JRA). The Webinar will be presented by Thomas Clarke, Ph.D., Vice President, Research and Technology, National Center for State Courts and Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group Chair. The event is hosted by the Justice Information Sharing Practitioners (JISP) Network. Please visit the NCJA Web site to register.

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Segment 6: Why Should I Care About Global? And Other Concluding Thoughts (MP3, 2.8 MB, Length 2:58)

12/16/2009 11:59:23 AM

GAC Chairman Boehmer and Vice Chairman Wicklund reemphasize the fact that the U.S. DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative is a for practitioner, by practitioner collaboration addressing justice business problems through more effective, more efficient information sharing for colleagues at all levels of government, across the justice and public-safety landscape. If you are a justice executive or practitioner, YOU are Global, so get involved! Contact global@iir.com or visit www.it.ojp.gov/global to learn more about participation opportunities.

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Segment 5: A Study in Global Success: Advancing Intelligence Sharing Capabilities (MP3, 1.4 MB, Length 1:27)

12/2/2009 11:59:34 AM

Chairman Boehmer discusses how intelligence sharing efforts over recent years– supported by fundamental Global-supported resources (such as the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan and Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector) have yielded unprecedented successes through partnerships of state, local, and tribal entities with Federal initiatives, with an emphasis reciprocal, "two-way sharing."

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