Thursday, August 9, 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Introduction Steve Ambrosini – Director of

Development and Delivery, IJIS Institute Major Topic Areas

The APCO / IJIS PartnershipInformation Sharing ImperativePublic Safety Data InteroperabilityRelevant National ProgramsResources and Information

The IJIS InstituteJoining the resources of industry with the interests of government to improve the systems that provide critical information to the justice and public safety professionals that protect and serve our communities.

A non-profit consortium representing industry’s leading companies

Funded by a combination of industry contributions and federal grants

Providing services to local, state, tribal and federal organizations Helping justice and public safety fully realize the power of

information

The APCO IJIS Alliance Our Alliance: In January of 2006, APCO and

IJIS established an Alliance Partnership for the purpose of collaboratively addressing the public safety data interoperability issue.

Our Joint Mission: Ensure that the approximately 6,500 emergency communications centers are an effective and integral component of the national public safety and homeland security information sharing environment

Our Joint InitiativeNo Communications Center Left Behind Advancing standards based information sharing in the

emergency communications domain Encompass the full range of public safety emergency

communications disciplines, including other relevant homeland security domains

Provide a critical linkages to the Emergency and Disaster Management domains being addressed by the Department of Homeland Security

Explore the appropriate use of emerging national standards (i.e. NIEM, EDXL, etc.))

Campaign to raise awareness as to the value of standards for data interoperability

Build upon the work of the IJIS Public Safety Technology Standards Council (IPSTSC

Strategy and PlanUtilize the IJIS Public Safety Technology Standards

Council (IPSTSC) as a foundation Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and delivered by

an IJIS consortium that included APCO, IACP LEITSC and other industry and government partners.

ISPTSC has set the basis for future cross-domain information sharing with the broader Fire and EMS “first responder” community

IJIS and APCO intend to continue to work in conjunction with BJA and allied organizations to raise awareness and advance information sharing in emergency response

Endorsement and active involvement of the relevant national industry organizations will continue

Submitted a joint grant to the BJA, as part of the 2007 Byrne grant solicitation, seeking funding to advance public safety data interoperability.

Information sharing is a national imperative

In detecting, preventing, responding to and investigating crimes, disasters and terrorist acts, the exchange of information among multiple engaged agencies must be timely and accurate and therefore highly automated.

Most existing computer systems are not designed to facilitate information sharing across disciplines and jurisdictions.

Automated information sharing between agencies requires the definition of common standards for linking disparate systems.

Local, state, tribal, and Federal agencies need to adopt common information sharing standards to facilitate information sharing

The Power of InformationHelping justice and public safety organizations reduce the impact of crime, terrorism and natural disasterSaving livesMinimizing injury and property damageHelping victims copeRestoring orderPreventing terrorismSolving crimes and prosecuting criminalsImproving the quality of life in America

National Program Funding Over $2 billion in DOJ and DHS grants will be

distributed to justice and public safety in 2007 A major portion of this funding is relevant to

interoperability, information sharing and technology, supporting major national programs:National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)Intelligence FusionFBI National Data Exchange (N-DEx)Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC)

What is Data Interoperability?The ability to exchange information between and among public safety computer systems – cross discipline, cross jurisdiction, cross sector.

Key Assumptions:1. Exchanges would benefit one or more agencies2. Philosophy of “need to know” is replaced by

“responsibility to provide” (ODNI’s 100 Day Plan)

Potential Scenarios

Non-Technical Willingness Collaboration MOU’s Security

Considerations Privacy

Considerations Governance

Technical Infrastructure

Public - WebPublic Safety - Nlets,

RISS Data Standards

GJXDMNIEMEDXL iEEE

How is Data Interoperability Accomplished?

Where have we been? Automating call-taking and dispatching

functions Implementing Enhanced 9-1-1 services

in PSAP’s Enabling field communications Implementing records and case

management systems Implementing state and national criminal

information systems and networks

Where are we today? Widespread automation of call-taking and

dispatching E9-1-1 in the majority of U.S. jurisdictions Advanced radio communications, including

interoperable voice and data infrastructure Records and Case Management systems available

from a broad group of industry suppliers Advanced data sharing networks on a national

level, with supporting standards for information sharing (NIEM/ GJXDM, iEEE, EDXL, NIMS)

Where are we going? Analog to digital communications – NG9-1-1 Cross discipline, cross jurisdictional and

cross sector information sharing Advancing national standards for public

safety and justice information sharing with all relevant business domains

Leveraging communications and technology infrastructures to support effective data exchange services

Most public safety professionals agree that CAD interoperability is essential.Standards play a key roleEmerging standards provide directionRequires support and contributions from

industry and practitioners

National Standards for PSAP Technologies

National Perspective: Most calls for assistance start with 9-1-1 Incidents are Multi –Jurisdictional CAD Data flows to other responders:

Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Secondary Responders – DOT,CDC, Emergency Management

Why data standards for PSAP’s?

Why data standards for PSAP’s?

Operational Perspective: COST Effective way to share data

Fewer Custom InterfacesLess Manual Intervention

Technical Support is easier for PSAP Vendors have common standards Federal Funding driving standards

What we need to do:Raise awareness nationally, keep moving forward:Educate the majority of PSAP’sEducate the majority of Fire & EMSEducate the majority of elected officials Continue to push at association levelExpand Functional Specifications for CAD and RMSBuild upon the IPSTSC accomplishments

Relevant National Initiatives GJXDM – Global Justice XML Data

Model NIEM – National Information Exchange

Model CAP – Common Alerting Protocol EDXL – Emergency Data eXchange

Language

Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) XML based data reference model Global IS Initiative/ISWG, XSTF, GTRI Sponsored by DOJ/OJP/BJA Common language, vocabulary, methodology Justice and public safety specific National Standard independent of technology Widely utilized today – Government/Industry

National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Built upon GJXDM Global Information Sharing Initiative Sponsored by DOJ, DHS, ODNI Embraces technology and application

characteristics of GJXDM Common Language, vocabulary, methodology

Designed to extend the reach of Justice and public safety to all relevant domains

Release 2.0 now available

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) OASIS/ EMTC Sponsored by DHS/FEMA Partners include Emergency Interoperability

Consortium (Industry) Format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts

and public warnings independent of technology and networks

Stand-alone protocol and payload for EDXL messages

Emergency Data eXchange Language (EDXL) OASIS EMTC Sponsored by DHS/FEMA XML based application Integrated framework designed for broad EM data

exchange application Provides a standard message distribution framework Utilized over all data transport technologies (SOAP

HTTP) Facilitates routing of XML formatted emergency

messages

Why Standards Matter Common Language and Understanding Coordinated Approach Modular Development Cost Savings and Reuse Support Infrastructure

Current Status of Programs and Projects National Standards Initiatives LEITSC Functional Specifications for

CAD and RMS IPSTSC CAD IEPD Project ITS/PS Information Exchange Project

(Transportation to Public Safety)

LEITSC Functional Specifications for CAD and RMS Law Enforcement Information Technology

Standards Council Major CAD Functions:

Law Enforcement Dispatch CAD System Administration Support Services Call Management & Management Reporting Interfaces (internal and external)

Benefits of Standard Functional Specifications

Serve as a basis for assessing the effectiveness of business processes and existing IT systems

Insure customer satisfaction by decreasing gaps in communication between solution provider and LE customer

Facilitate better responses to RFP because the product will relate to the Functional Standards

Serve as a guide to build to and help reduce the proliferation of systems that are expensive for both agency and vendor

Help identify common data and exchange points for sharing information with other agencies

Serve as a tool to ensure integration between law enforcement CAD and RMS Systems.

IPSTSC CAD IEPD Project IJIS Public Safety Technology Standards Council Promotes and contributes to the development of

technical and functional standards for public safety IT components

Provides industry input and policy review on technical matters facing the public safety community

Serves as the industry counterpart to the public sector’s Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council (LEITSC).

IEPD Lifecycle

A NIEM information exchange begins with a business need for

sharing information by a Community of Interest (COI)

within and across organizational and jurisdictional boundaries

A NIEM IEPD can also be reused in whole or in part to speed development and lower the cost of defining new information exchanges

The Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD)

is used to define how an exchange should be expressed

using NIEM

The IEPD Life Cycle provides a consistent process for introducing new elements to NIEM

and for reusing existing ones.

IEPD documents the Information Exchange Package (IEP) that will be implemented to support the information sharing needs for COI’s.

Business Driven Information Exchange

IPSTSC CAD IEPD Project CAD to CAD IEPD’s

Initial CFS Transfer Query resource availability Respond to resource availability Subscribe to Unit Update Unit Updates Request Resource Respond to resource request CAD to RMS

Some Additional IEPD definition efforts: Extension to Fire and EMS External Alerts & Request for Service CAD to RMS (transfers and queries) RMS to RMS Victim Notification Prescription Drugs

ITS / Public Safety Exchange ProjectPublic Safety to Transportation Partnership between the Department of

Justice and Transportation to standardize information exchanges between systems

Supports highway incident responders and traffic managers.Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)State and large metropolitan Public Safety agencies

Transportation to Public Safety Exchanges Notification of an Incident

AccidentLane obstruction

Requesting assistance Requesting an asset (resource)

Traffic ControlWrecker

Incident and Resource Updates Notification of an Event

ParadeA one time planned event

Request for Road Conditions

Where we want to be?

Practitioners and Industry involved!

Links and ReferencesAPCO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS

WWW.APCOINTL.ORGBJA BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

WWW.OJP.USDOJ.GOV/BJA EDXL EMERGENCY DATA EXCHANGE LANGUAGE

WWW.OASIS-OPEN.ORG GJXDM GLOBAL JUSTICE XML DATA MODEL

WWW.IT.OJP.GOVIJIS IJIS INSTITUTE

WWW.IJIS.ORGLEITSC LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS COUNCIL

WWW.LEITSC.ORG

Links and ReferencesNIEM NATIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE MODEL

WWW.NIEM.GOVNIMS NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

WWW.FEMA.GOVNISS HELP DESKNATIONAL INFORMATION SHARING STANDARDS HELP DESK

HTTP://IT.OJP.GOV/NISS/HELPDESK OJP OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, US DOJ

WWW.IT.OJP.GOV IACP TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE

WWW.IACPTECHNOLOGY.ORG IEPD CLEARINGHOUSE

HTTP://IT.OJP.GOV/IEPDITS/PS INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROJECTWWW.ITS.DOT.GOV/PS_TRANSINFOEXCHANGE

ContactsSteve Ambrosini

IJIS Institute

Steve.ambrosini@ijis.org

703-726-1908

This project was supported by Grant No. 2003-LD-BX-0007 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the United States Department of Justice.