FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? BJA
Monday, July 23, 2001????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 202/307-0703
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FUNDS TO 26 STATES FOR
INFORMATION SHARING INITIATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Justice Department grants
to 26 states totaling more than
$16 million will help them share information across jurisdictional and
criminal justice system component lines and lead to improving the way they do
business.? The funds will help states
link key information systems that include crime and offender information that
will lead to better sentencing decisions, enhanced public safety and other
benefits derived from more comprehensive, better coordinated criminal justice
information systems.
"For
too long, the different arms of the criminal justice system at the federal,
state, and local levels have not known what the others were doing,? said Office
of Justice Programs (OJP) Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou
Leary.? ?By helping law enforcement,
courts, probation and parole agencies, and other components of the criminal
justice system to more effectively share information, we will exponentially
enhance public safety.?
The grants are being made under a program
authorized by the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998?more commonly
referred to as CITA.? The program is
being administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of
OJP, in cooperation with the National Governors? Association?s Center for Best
Practices.?
In Fiscal Year 2000, BJA and NGA?s Center for
Best Practices provided Information Integration program planning grants of
$25,000 to 42 states and hosted a series of information integration workshops
that were attended by representatives of state implementation teams? from 45 states.?
These 26 grants will allow selected states to
build on that work and lay the groundwork for future national information
integration efforts.
?Rapid advances in technology have allowed
police, prosecutors, courts, and corrections to build impressive information
systems,? said Leary.? ?The key is to
allow these systems to share information.
Judges who have reliable up-to-date arrest records will be able to make
better sentencing decisions.? In turn,
police who have complete information about outstanding warrants and criminal
histories will be in a better position to detain dangerous criminals, who do
not belong back on the street.?
The projects being funded with the grants
being announced today range from $40,000 to $1 million initiatives.? The projects will last between 12 and 24
months and must contribute directly to improving information sharing among all
or some of the law enforcement and criminal justice agencies at the state and
local levels.
Additional information about BJA is available at: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja
Additional information about NGA?s Center for
Best Practices is available at:
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FY 2001 Justice Information Technology
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Implementation Project
? State |
???????????????????????????? Grantee |
????? Award ??? Amount |
?????????????????? Contact |
?????????????? Phone |
???? AZ |
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission |
$? 230,000 |
Michael D. Branham |
??????? 602/728-0752 |
???? AR |
Arkansas Integrated Justice Information System Coordinating Council |
$? 910,563 |
Brenda Barber |
??????? 501/682-0053 |
??? CO |
Colorado Department of Public Safety |
$? 700,000 |
C. Suzanne Menncer |
??????? 303/239-4398 |
???? CT |
The State of Connecticut |
$ 705,000 |
Theron Schnure |
??????? 860/418-6340 |
???? FL |
Florida Technology Office |
$1,000,000 |
Roy Cales |
??????? 850/410-4777 |
???? HI |
State of Hawaii |
$1,000,000 |
Carla T. Poirier |
??????? 808/586-5330 |
???? IL |
&nban> State of Illinois |
$?? 973,660 |
Matt Bettenhausen |
??????? 312/814-2121 |
???? KS |
Kansas Bureau of Investigation |
$?? 239,000 |
Charles W. Sexson |
??????? 785/296-8200 |
??? KY |
Commonwealth of Kentucky |
$1,000,000 |
Aldona Valicenti |
??????? 502/564-1201 |
??? MD |
Maryland Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board |
$?? 460,352 |
Stewart Simms |
??????? 410/339-5000 |
??? MA |
Massachusetts Office of Public Safety |
$?? 850,000 |
Jane Perlov |
??????? 617/727-7775 |
???? MI |
Michigan Department of State Police |
$?? 750,000 |
Nancy Becker |
??????? 517/336-6641 |
??? MO |
State of Missouri |
$?? 510,815 |
Gerry Wethington |
??????? 573/526-7741 |
??? MT |
Montana Department of Justice |
$???? 40,000 |
Wulbur Rehmann |
??????? 406/444-6194 |
???? NE |
State of Nebraska |
$?? 336,200 |
Michael Overton |
??????? 402/471-3992 |
???? NJ |
New Jersey Dept. of Law and Public Safety |
$?? 350,000 |
Steven Talpas |
??????? 609/984-0634 |
??? NM |
Supreme Court of New Mexico |
$?? 800,000 |
Bob Stafford |
??????? 505/476-0400 |
??? NY |
New York Division of Criminal Justice Services |
$?? 757,600 |
Clyde Deweese |
??????? 518/485-2295 |
??? NC |
State of North Carolina |
$?? 600,000 |
Robert Brinson |
??????? 919/716-3501 |
??? ND |
State of North Dakota |
$?? 310,000 |
Nancy Walz |
??????? 701/328-1991 |
???? PA |
Pennsylvania Justice Network |
$?? 795,000 |
Linda Rosenberg |
??????? 717/705-0760 |
???? RI |
Rhode Island Justice Commission |
$?? 150,000 |
Joseph Smith |
??????? 401/222-2620 |
???? TN |
Tennessee Office for Criminal Justice Programs |
$1,000,000 |
Pat Dishman |
??????? 615/741-8277 |
???? UT |
Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice |
$?? 650,000 |
Jennifer Hemingway |
??????? 801/538-1055 |
??? WA |
Office of Financial Management |
$?? 495,000 |
Gary Robinson |
??????? 360/902-0528 |
???? WI |
State of Wisconsin |
$?? 739,365 |
Annette Cruz |
??????? 608/266-1736 |