Exploring Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to Support Justice-Related Information Sharing Steven E. Correll, Chair Global Infrastructure/Standards Working.

Exploring Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)to Support

Justice-Related Information Sharing

Steven E. Correll, ChairGlobal Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG)

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Where We Have Been—Global Support• September 2004—The GAC is presented with the GISWG

report, recommending SOA for the justice community’s information sharing needs. In response, the GAC unanimously adopts the following resolution.– “The GAC adopts this report (as amended to address

privacy and information quality issues) of the Global Infrastructure/Standards Working Group, titled A Framework for Justice Information Sharing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) [located at http://it.ojp.gov/documents/20041209_SOA_Report.pdf].

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Where We Have Been—Global Support (continued)

• GAC’s resolution statement (continued)

– Recognizes SOA as the recommended framework for development of justice information sharing systems.

– Adopts the report’s action agenda for its activities to further the utility of SOA for the justice community.

– Urges the members of the justice community to take corollary steps in the development of their own systems.”

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GISWG RespondsNovember 2004 and February 2005—• First meetings post-GAC endorsement of SOA• Activities

– Continuing in-house education by industry experts regarding SOA – Division of GISWG talent into key SOA-issue subcommittees

• Registries• Services• Standards• Interagency agreements (staff project/future subcommittee)

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Registries Subcommittee• Leadership—Kael Goodman

Chief Information Officer and Deputy Commissioner, New York City Departments of Correction and Probation

• Subcommittee Mission Statement – To clarify the role and use of registries– To help drive deployment in the justice community

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Registries Subcommittee (continued)

• Action Plan– TASK 1: Draft description of a SOA registry—expanding

on the GISWG SOA document paragraph• Role• Necessary functions• How this fits with the other SOA components and

other work being done – Audience – Policymakers

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Registries Subcommittee (continued)

• Action Plan (continued)

– TASK 2: Environmental assessment of SOA registries (product maturity and state of the art)

• Buy vs. build• Assess range of availability• Assess available products• Inventory relevant implementations

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Registries Subcommittee (continued)

• Action Plan (continued)– TASK 3: Implementation/deployment strategy

• Plan for registry implementation/development• Make recommendations to BJA and OJP• Make recommendations to other audiences

– State and local policymakers– State and local technology managers– The vendor community– Other federal funding agencies

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Services Subcommittee• Leadership—Tom Clarke, Ph.D.

Chief Information Officer National Center for State Courts

• Subcommittee Mission Statement– To develop a process to identify, define, and deploy a

consistent set of justice services– To validate the process through the identification and

definition of an initial set of justice services

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Services Subcommittee (continued)

• Action Plan– Executive Overview: SOA Services Paper—GAC,

Policymakers– Services Implementation Road Map—associations, DOJ,

DHS, decision makers, and technology managers – Services Implementation Scenarios—associations, DOJ,

DHS, decision makers, and technology managers

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Standards Subcommittee (continued)

• Leadership—Jennifer ZeunikProject Manager IACP – Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council Technology Center

• Subcommittee Mission Statement– To identify applicable standards currently available– To identify gaps in available standards (based on the Global vision)– To identify the appropriate process(es) to address any gaps

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Standards Subcommittee (continued)

• Action Plan– Develop a document that identifies, clarifies, and promotes the development and

utilization of standards for a SOA environment – Develop a model interagency agreement for sharing data in a SOA environment– Make recommendations to Global to promote incremental SOA implementation– Develop an outreach strategy– Subcommittee hopes to accomplish

• Acceptance by the justice community of standards in support of a SOA• Acceleration of the sharing of information within the justice community and other

appropriate entities• Establishment of an awareness and value of an incremental deployment strategy• Creation of presentations in multiple mediums to promote awareness and

acceptance

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Ongoing GISWG Standards Efforts• Evolution, Promotion, and Leveraging of the Global

Justice XML Data Model (Global JXDM)– Global XML Structure Task Force – GJXDM Training and Technical Assistance Committee– DOJ/DHS Partnership: National Information Exchange

Model (NIEM)

Exploring Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)to Support

Justice-Related Information Sharing

Steven E. Correll, ChairGlobal Infrastructure/Standards Working Group (GISWG)