for State, Local, & Tribal Agencies

Your agency is likely challenged with ever-growing expectations, constantly-changing technology, and limited resources. Let the IJIS Institute assist you with these challenges. We bring the expertise of private industry to your agency in a customized, inexpensive, and company-neutral approach.

How the IJIS Institute Can Help You

Let us help you:

Receive advice and assistance from industry experts in a company-neutral setting facilitated by the IJIS Institute.
Optimize your use of technology and private industry resources.
Qualify for federal funding by adopting national standards (such as NIEM, GRA, GFIPM, and SAR).
Evaluate your current technology roadmap, systems, and processes.
Work through your strategy and governance structure.
Participate in nationally visible programs, presentations, and pilot projects.
Directly influence federal initiatives and funding in the development of consensus-based policies and standards.
Contribute to the national good while elevating the visibility of your solutions, agency, and personnel.

How to Use Our Services

The following IJIS Institute services are subsidized by federal funding, private contributions, and IJIS Institute member time and effort.

Invite a team of experts to your site to solve an information sharing challenge with a technology assistance assessment or engagement.
Attend a nationally recognized technology training course or host a regionally-attended event at your location.
Contact the National Information Sharing Standards (NISS) knowledge center where you will find online answers to many of your technology questions, or receive live personal assistance via telephone or e-mail.
Take advantage of seasoned project management professionals and a diverse team of technical resources across hundreds of private firms and government agencies in review, advancement, or auditing of your technology project.
Use our industry advisory resources to obtain general feedback and review of your RFPs, requirements documentation, and technology plans.
Benefit from prior research, documentation, resources, and ongoing programs.

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Multi-disciplinary and multi-firm IJIS Institute technology assistance teams have directly supported over 45 agencies with customized consulting and reports focused on:

Implementing governance structures
Developing technology strategies and roadmaps
Defining requirements for various law enforcement, integrated justice, and public safety systems
Identifying information sharing exchanges and priorities
Creating technical artifacts such as use cases, UML diagrams, schemas, XML instances and style sheets, and Web Service specifications

IJIS Institute trainers have educated over 1,100 students on XML, GJXDM/NIEM, Project Management, and SOA.

The National Information Sharing Standards (NISS) knowledge center has helped over 900 users resolve more than 1,200 issues dealing with technical information sharing, data exchanges, and data standards.

IJIS Institute projects bring national visibility to hundreds of local and state agency efforts—elevating the federated solutions while giving those who protect and serve our communities much-deserved recognition and support.