The value of information-sharing and exchange efforts can best be achieved through the active participation and collaboration of the many organizations involved in serving our nation and the world.
NIEM is community-driven. As new communities join NIEM, they bring with them innovative ideas and fresh perspectives—which contributes to the advancement of the program. This is the story of how streamlining crop reporting created an entirely new way of engaging with NIEM.
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NIEM’s reusable terms, definitions, and repeatable processes allowed the Department of Defense (DoD) to plan, develop, and implement an enterprise solution faster. The Warfighter Mission Area Architecture Federation and Integration Portal (WMAAFIP) is used by approximately 7,000 DoD staff...
Each year, presidentially declared disasters result in injury and death, destroy homes and businesses, and disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation. Using NIEM as the foundation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created the Disaster Assistance...
The Tactical Infrastructure Enterprise Services Coalition Warfare Program (TIES CWP) used NIEM to improve interoperability and information sharing between the U.S. and coalition partners. During a June 2014 demonstration, the U.S. Army successfully exchanged Position Reports, Air Track...
The North Carolina Families Accessing Services Through Technology (NC FAST) Program introduces new technological tools and business processes that will enable the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the 100 county departments of social services to spend less time...
The Shared Computer Operations for the Protection and Enforcement (SCOPE) II is a regional initiative to modernize and replace 35- and 45-year-old public safety legacy information systems.
SCOPE II enables 80 law enforcement and justice agencies at every level of government to share...
In an effort to standardize and centralize crucial court data and case files across the state, the Volusia County Florida Clerk of the Circuit Court piloted the Comprehensive Case Information System (CCIS 3.0). Previously, there was no way to access local court data on a real-time, statewide...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Kansas Department of Transportation utilized the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (KCJIS) to improve electronic disposition reporting for DUI offenses. Dispositions, including for DUI offenses, document the final status of the process...
Previously, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) shared offender information with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) via batch files once a day. Information was sometimes up to 36 hours old—a risk when law enforcement needed up-to-date information to make decisions on public and...
The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Consular Systems and Technology keeps one of the largest databases in government, growing by two terabytes each month. The office has overcome multiple data exchange challenges in validating identity through using Service-Oriented Architecture carrying...
