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FBI National Data Exchange (N-DEx)

The FBI’s National Data Exchange (N-DEx) program provides law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with a powerful new investigative tool to search, link, analyze, and share criminal justice information (such as incident and case reports) on a national basis to a degree never before possible. It will allow participating LEAs to detect relationships between people, places, things, and crime characteristics, link information across jurisdictions, and allow them to “connect the dots” between seemingly unrelated data without information overload.

N-DEx will offer a range of options to allow broad participation, spanning the spectrum from LEAs with automated records management systems (RMS) to those having paper-based systems. The initial focus for N-DEx integration is the incident data of the state and local law enforcement agencies that make up the front line of the nation’s defense against crime and terrorism.

To mitigate LEA costs and impacts, N-DEx will use nationally-developed standards (including NIEM IEPDs to support data collection) and existing systems and networks. It will also help agencies get started by providing implementation support, including cost modeling and other tools and training.

National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Projects

Examples of our work supporting the N-DEx program include:

N-DEx Cost Model
NIBRS/N-DEx Advisory Committee—IEPD Standardization
NIBRS/N-DEx Advisory Committee—N-DEx Industry Training

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IJIS Institute member companies make up the NIBRS/N-DEx Advisory Committee. The committee provides advice from industry to the FBI and other interested organizations on how solution and service providers can assist in the successful national deployment of the N-DEx system.

The IJIS Institute, working with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), has performed project planning and management, consulting, and software development services in the formulation of the N-DEx Cost Model.

IJIS Institute member company and selected subcontractor, Hunter Research, Inc., provided critical resources and expertise to the development of the N-DEx Cost Model effort.

IJIS Institute representatives developed recommendations on the standardization and nationwide adoption of the N-DEx IEPD. These recommendations hold the potential for large savings to state and local law enforcement agencies seeking to implement N-DEx.