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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.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agriculture
2016 Best of NIEM winner

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.

While...

Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (KCJIS): Electronic Disposition Reporting for DUIs and Traffic Safety

Justice
Surface Transportation
2015 Best of NIEM winner

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...

Florida Court Clerks: Comprehensive Case Information System (CCIS 3.0)

Justice
2015 Best of NIEM winner

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...

Tactical Infrastructure Enterprise Services Coalition Warfare Program

Military Operations
2014 Best of NIEM winner

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...

Pima County, AZ Justice-Health Integration Project

Emergency Management
2014 Best of NIEM winner

Like many jurisdictions across the country, Pima County, Arizona faces challenges managing offender care and their successful re-entry into the community as service demands increase and budgets decrease. The Pima County Justice-Health Integration Initiative used NIEM to leverage participating...

Wisconsin Department of Corrections

Justice
2014 Best of NIEM winner

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...

Shared Computer Operations for the Protection and Enforcement II

Justice
2014 Best of NIEM winner

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...

North Carolina Families Accessing Services Through Technology

Human Services
2014 Best of NIEM winner

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...

Open Justice Broker Consortium – Subscription/Notification

Justice
2013 Best of NIEM winner

Probationers and parolees may have contact with law enforcement—such as an arrest—however, their probation or parole officers might not learn about this contact until days or even weeks later. Through an automated information exchange between the state’s booking system and probation and parole...

Maritime Information Sharing Environment

Maritime
2013 Best of NIEM winner

The Maritime Information Sharing Environment (MISE) has provided an internet-accessible, unclassified information sharing framework. Leveraging Business Information Exchange Components, implementation time for new exchanges has been reduced from weeks to days, and in some cases, to hours....