Regional Justice Information Sharing National Governors Association New Orleans, Louisiana August 7,

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Regional Justice Information SharingNational
Governors AssociationNew Orleans, Louisiana
August 7, 2003Steve Correll, Executive
Director NLETS
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NLETS Mission Statement
The mission of the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunication System is to provide, within a
secure environment, an international criminal
justice telecommunications capability that will
benefit to the highest degree, the safety,
security, and the preservation of human life and
the protection of property. NLETS will assist
those national and international governmental
agencies and other organizations with similar
missions who enforce or aid in enforcing local,
state, federal, or international laws or
ordinances.
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NLETS

• Non-profit corporation chartered by the States
  funded by user fees collected from membership
• Members are all States and most Federal Agencies
  30,000 Agencies and 410,000 access devices in
  the U.S. alone, over 500,000 with Canada 35M
  trans/mo.
• NLETS Board of Directors is composed of State
  Police Executives
• All members make up the NLETS Council, 50 states,
  federal agencies, territories.
• Low bureaucracy factor nimble organization

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NLETS Services

• Private Network, no Internet
• Access to key State databases, particularly, MV
  and DL/DMV records, criminal histories, etc.
• Guaranteed Message delivery Terminal-to-terminal
  messaging and broadcast messages, e.g. National
  Alert, APB, Amber Alerts, etc.
• 7x24x365

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Who is NLETS?

• We are closely partnered with the FBI but we
  are not related - NLETS carries FBI-III traffic
  throughout U.S. and Canada, provide HIT
  confirmation capability for FBI.
• We dont hold data, we connect the databases
  that hold data.
• We are a state-of-the-art fractional T1 private
  VPN network, passing encrypted traffic, and
  utilizing fire-walls to ensure system and network
  integrity.

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NLETS Disaster Recovery Hot Site

• Redundant hardware housed at Idaho State Police,
  and T1 line into Idaho.
• Site is mirrored with Phoenix system.
• DR site supports TCP/IP states, with full
  functionality except RAND.
• Operational since June 2002, only national system
  with a full DR site.
• Full recovery of all critical services within
  twenty minutes of an outage in Phoenix.

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FACTS

• 35 Million transactions per month!
• Only way you get to Canadian Files
• Only way you get to NDPIX
• Only way you get to INS databases at LESC
• Only way to push admin. messages to all CJ
• Only way you get driver records and vehicle
  registrations
• Only way you get state only criminal histories
• Only way to confirm HITS electronically
• HAZMAT, FAA Aircraft Registration, NICB etc.

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Where is NLETS going?

• Embracing justice partners who have been held at
  arms length in the past (first responders, fire,
  EMS etc.)
• Investing in our infrastructure. New technology
  new capabilities (XML, web services, email
  etc.) Positioning ourselves to meet the ever
  changing needs of our users.
• Taking steps to ensure that technology will NEVER
  be the reason why NLETS does not meet a user need.

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NLETS and Information Sharing

• Involved in setting national standards, rapsheet,
  XML, web services, security - GLOBAL.
• National standards are key to improved
  information sharing efforts.
• Technology will allow the sharing of data
  business practices will be the true barrier.
• NLETS is strategically placed to play an
  important role in information sharing.

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NLETS and Information Sharing

• Created RISS/LEO interface with NLETS for
  improved access and intelligence sharing.
• Line Installed, Pilot states being contacted,
  meeting pending.
• XML for all NLETS inquiry transactions done,
  all responses are currently being programmed in
  XML (data format).

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NLETS and Information Sharing

• Web Services (data transfer), also support MQ and
  IP.
• Working with vendors in partnership to improve
  service to the justice community Datamaxx
  wireless with Satellite first NLETS/vendor
  alliance.

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Recent Accomplishments

• GSA Fleet (Government Vehicle Registrations)
• National Amber Alert Capability (Reciprocal
  Activation capability)
• AML Administrative messages to Law Enforcement
  only
• HSL Homeland Security messages to Law
  Enforcement only.

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Items in process

• NCMEC LOCATOR technology allowing faster
  dissemination of missing photos.
• NW3C Internet Fraud Center
• License Plate Reader program with NICB and
  Customs
• Standardized interstate Drivers History records -
  CANDLE

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Items in process

• National Weather Wire Service interface pilot
• Piloting regional information system interface
  with NLETS South Alabama
• Pilots with Voyageur, Lojack, Smith and Wesson,
  Locator Technologies and more.

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Why cant we..

• Supporting a GOOGLE type search capability
• Support latent fingerprint exchange between
  states.
• Connect the regional systems together, i.e.,
  CriMNet, JNEt, South Alabama Integrated Justice
  System.

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What do you want to see

• NLETS belongs to YOU
• You run NLETS through your NLETS Representative
• They CAN make things happen.

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• Steve Correll
• NLETS [phone]
• scorrell_at_nlets.org