The IJIS Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, has a membership of the information technology industry’s leading companies, who collaborate with federal, tribal, state, and local agencies to provide technical assistance, training, and support services for information-sharing and safeguarding.
The IJIS Institute was founded in 2001 as the Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute because of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) interest in raising private sector participation in the advancement of national initiatives affecting justice and public safety, and more recently, homeland security. The IJIS Institute is an intersection where a diverse group of technology and practice stakeholders are working together to advance information sharing and safeguarding. We are engaging our membership of technology industry leaders to apply the standards and technology available today to provide tribal, state, local and federal justice, health and public safety organizations with the information to save lives, protect property and infrastructure, and return home safely. Since our inception in 2001 and through their partnership with industry, IJIS has assisted justice and public safety agencies achieve the successful application of standards-based, information-sharing solutions.
The IJIS Institute continues to support justice information-sharing efforts through technology assistance and training and education engagements. IJIS also supports a myriad of initiatives in domains and disciplines including corrections, courts, law enforcement, health, homeland security, and cross-boundary sharing efforts. The IJIS Institute participates in interoperability initiatives across all aspects of government and the private sector with the goal of helping the government and private sector identify a baseline of terms, tools, standards, and techniques to create an information-sharing network in mission-agnostic terms for any type of information-sharing.
The IJIS Institute’s evaluation and certification program, Springboard, advances information-sharing in justice, public safety, and homeland security communities. Springboard provides independent services to industry and government for the evaluation and certification of implementation of standards-based information-sharing solutions. It enables better-informed agency procurement selections through compliance testing and product certifications.
Springboard Certification Initiatives include:
- Evaluation and certification of implementations of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Information Exchange (PMIX) Global Reference Architecture (GRA) Service Specification.
- Evaluation and certification of implementations of the Organization for the Advancement of
- Structured Information Standards (OASIS) Electronic Court Filing (ECF) Standard.
- Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) interoperability standard.
Information is a national asset. When shared, it supports critical decision making for those who serve and protect us by...
...putting criminals behind bars before they create more victims...
...helping responders get the right emergency resources to the scene faster...
...stopping a terrorist plot before lives, infrastructure, and economies suffer...
...keeping public safety professionals free from harm so they go home to their families at the end of the shift...
Our passion at the IJIS Institute is about doing all we can to help overcome the challenges of keeping our nation safe. We are engaging our membership of technology industry leaders to apply the standards and technology available today to provide those who need it with the information to save lives, protect property and infrastructure, and return home safely.