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Criminal Justice

Analysts' Corner
A Blog for the Development of Crime and Intelligence Analysis in Policing.

Court-O-Rama
Information about courts.

Corrections Reporter
Blog of IJIS Institute member company Syscon Justice Systems

Court Technology Bulletin
Cutting edge information about technology and the court community. Hosted by IJIS Institute alliance partner NCSC.

Crime & Consequences
Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.

The Crime Report
Your complete criminal justice source.

Criminal Justice - Change.org
Criminal justice news, information, and nonprofits. Includes resources on the death penalty, war on drugs, wrongful convictions, sentencing laws, prison reform.

Criminal Justice Online
Providing criminal justice practitioners, students and academics with online information and resources.

Government Innovators Network
A portal for democratic governance and innovation.

Legal Informatics Blog
Scholarly & professional commentary on legal information systems.

Serving Justice
A blog from Justice Served about court management, court technology and judicial administration.

Public Safety

ConnectedCOPS.net
Law enforcement's partner on the social web.

Citizen Sensors: Mobile Social Networks for the Common Good
A resource and forum to discuss the latest solutions in crisis and public safety informatics.

D.C. Public Safety Radio and Television Shows
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Media Page

Public Safety Signals
A discussion of Public Safety issues and why they matter.

Homeland Security

The Blog @ Homeland Security
Inside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Emergency Management/Response

Critical Incident Management
Overview of the elements that organizations need to address in order to prepare for and respond to network and information security violations.

Critical Infrastructure Protection Blog
News, documents, papers, events and research in Europe and US on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) programs.

Disaster Zone
Emergency management in the blogosphere.

EMS Prime
The blog for emergency service responders.

In Case of Emergency, Read Blog
A citizen's eye view of public preparedness

Waiting for the Next Disaster
An emergency manager trying to make a difference.

Information Technology in Criminal Justice & Public Safety

Government Technology Blogs: IT Bloggers from the Public Sector

  • Lohrmann on Infrastructure
    Discussions on the virtual tsunami of technology challenges and options government faces today, from hot stimulus project to cloud computing.
  • GoV-log: Editor's Video Log
    News and video comment from the editors of Government Technology, Public CIO, Emergency Management and Digital Communities.
  • Securing GovSpace
    By Mark Weatherford: Musings on the latest rumors and news in the government cyber-security arena.
  • FastGov: Where Government is Going
    By Paul W. Taylor: Dispatches and observations from the field in the continuing campaign for government modernization.
  • Intelligent Communities
    Robert Bell, John Jung, Louis Zacharilla: Communities meeting the challenges and winning in the new, global broadband economy.
  • MuniGov 2.0
    By Bill Greeves: Exploring government collaboration via technology.
  • Notes from a City CIO
    By Bill Schrier: Making technology work for a city government.
  • In the Trenches
    By Carl Drescher: Technology trends and their impacts on the provision of government services.
  • Web 2.0 Convergence
    By Jim Stanton: The new dynamics of communication and collaboration under crisis.
  • Digital Citizen Pulse
    By Ulf Wolf: Citizen engagement and responsibility in the digital age.

New Dawn Technologies
Blog of IJIS Institute Member company New Dawn Technologies.

Nextgov.com
Technology and the business of government.

NIEM Guy—NIEM, XML, and .NET
Piecing it all together.

NIEM-O-Rama
A repository of information about NIEM.

NOWHERETOHIDE.org
Technology and business processes for law enforcement and national security.

Paul Wormeli's TechNotes
A commentary on disruptive technologies for public safety and criminal justice information systems.

Presto Vivace Blog
PR, Marketing, Communications, and Potomac Area Technology.