Technology Implementation - Deconfliction

Responding to the recognized need to measure effectiveness and efficiency of justice programs, a Global Performance Reference Model Task Team (PRM TT) is being assembled to develop guidelines, tools, and models for design, development, and implementation of performance measures, specifically for cross-boundary justice programs and initiatives. This task team’s outcome will be a series of free, easily accessible products housed in the Global Information Sharing Toolkit and geared toward a range of users, from executive decision makers to technology implementers.

IIR supports the efforts of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Training and Technical Assistance Committee (JTTAC) through the planning, agenda development, hosting, and action item follow-up of standing bi-monthly conference calls.

During the January – June 2016 reporting period, IIR staff worked closely with BJA, Global, and CICC leadership to determine the ongoing and new priorities for Global and the CICC. Significant discussions to advance these decisions occurred during the Spring 2016 GESC Strategic Planning Session, held May 18-9 at the Office of Justice Programs offices.

RAND conducted the third in-person meeting of the Criminal Justice Technology Forecasting Group, to include facilitating, dynamically capturing and analyzing the discussion and findings, and providing logistics and administrative support. The purpose of this meeting was to broadly survey inter-related technological, social, and political trends with the greatest impacts on criminal justice, discuss what the impacts are and will likely be in the near future (2-5 years), and develop potential responses.

Center staff conducted 2 email correspondence with the Mille Lacs Tribe. The purpose of the email correspondence was to discuss the process of organizing and coding data. Staff assisted in creating an outline of work that needed to be done to draft a needs assessment report based on the qualitative data of the Family Services interviews and focus groups.

Center staff attended a round table discussion hosted by Rand Corp discussing technology needs in small, rural, border, and tribal communities.

Center staff facilitated a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Lac du Flambeau Tribe to facilitate a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to conduct technology needs assessment.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Colorado River Indian Tribe and met with Judge King and the Community Court coordinator, Pete Sabori to discuss community court planning.