2004 Annual Report - Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative - U.s. Department Of Justice Page 16
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GSWG members recommended production of
DOJ supported the National Criminal Intelligence
Electronic Technical Bulletins (ETBs) on
Sharing Plan (NCISP) through the activities of the
security topics. Essentially an electronic flyer,
Global Security Architecture Committee (GSAC). To
an ETB will be approximately one-page long,
facilitate justice community members’ information
comprising three key points about the chosen
sharing plans, GSAC is exploring a security framework
topic, a brief topic discussion, Web links, contacts,
in alignment with the tenets of NCISP. This security
and a statement about Global. ETBs will be
framework will assist practitioners in targeting the
distributed once a quarter, beginning in early
best security technologies, easing security deployment
2005. Topic areas for ETBs include:
challenges. To this end, GSAC has supported security
Common wireless attacks—eavesdropping
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framework documentation on the Problem Statement
and denial of service.
and Scope, Operating Concept and Target Architecture,
4.9 GHz.
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and Demonstration Project Concept Overview. The
Wireless Access Points (WAP): A “How To.”
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results of this foundation work will provide the basis
Wireless procurement.
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for GSAC’s recommendations in 2005 on a conceptual
While Global does not formally endorse
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security framework model, application of current
independent products from member agencies,
technology standards, and implementation of a pilot
the committee reviews complementary tools
project to research and develop trusted credentials—
and efforts and—if appropriate—includes them
again, in support of NCISP.
in its educational repository as “recognized
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resources.” To that end, GSWG members
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reviewed the SAFECOM Program’s
Through GWSSC, DOJ reviewed the literature on
Statement of Requirements (SoR). In
Web services implementation standards, protocols,
support of the initiatives and goals of SAFECOM,
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and requirements in the justice community. Their
SoR was crafted, outlining future public safety
findings were that very little existing information
wireless communications and interoperability
applies directly to justice practitioners and
requirements. SoR provides the public safety
decisionmakers. In response, the committee
community with a shared vision and describes
recommends continuing research and efforts to
how first responders can use in-the-field
supplement the body of justice-related Web services
information resources more efficiently when
knowledge through a series of white papers and other
responding to a variety of emergency events.
subject-driven resources.
The SoR’s other purposes are to encourage
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the communications industry to better align
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its research and development efforts with
In 2004, the OJP IT Initiatives/Global web site,
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public safety needs and to identify public safety
, has experienced dramatic growth.
operational issues when discussions regarding
When it was first launched in December 2002,
laws and regulations take place. As a result of
visits numbered 7,000. In December 2004, the site
the working group’s initial positive reaction,
received 45,000 visits. This comprehensive “one-
the SAFECOM SoR was ultimately presented to
stop-shop” was developed for interested justice and
the full GAC in September 2004 and received
public safety practitioners at all levels of government
unanimous support that the “GAC recognize and
and all stages of the information sharing process.
support the SAFECOM SoR as a valuable resource
The umbrella OJP IT web site contains an expansive
for justice information sharing and as a model
collection of Global-facilitated information and is
for the wireless information sharing initiative.”
divided into four sections:
Moving forward, DOJ, with support from GAC,
1. IT Initiatives—The IT site is an Internet-based
will contribute expertise to the SAFECOM SoR
resource that enables justice practitioners at
program through the participation of select
all levels of government to access timely and
members on the SoR-related Steering, User
useful information from information sharing
Needs, and Architecture/Standards Committees.
and technology integration processes, initiatives,
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