Meeting of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Federal Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Justice.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

This is an announcement of a meeting of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Federal Advisory Committee (GAC) to discuss the Global Initiative, as described at https://bja.ojp.gov/program/it/global. Due to ongoing COVID-19 mitigation restrictions, this meeting will be held virtually. Approved observers will receive the log-information prior to the meeting.

DATES:

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 8, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom for Government. Approved observers will receive the login/sign-in information via email prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. David P. Lewis, Global Designated Federal Official (DFO), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, 810 7th Street, Washington, DC 20531; Phone (202) 616-7829 [ Note: This is not a toll-free number]; Email: david.p.lewis@usdoj.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This meeting is open to the public, however, members of the public who wish to attend this meeting must register with Mr. David P. Lewis at least (1) day in advance of the meeting. [ Note: This notice was published with shorter lead time that usual due to the difficulty of rescheduling the various participants for a later date. Consequently, to mitigate this, registration will be accepted up until the day before the meeting instead of 7 days in advance as is typically required.] Access to the virtual meeting room will not be allowed without prior authorization. All attendees will be required to virtually sign-in via Zoom before they will be admitted to the virtual meeting.

Anyone requiring special accommodations should notify Mr. Lewis as soon as possible in advance of the meeting.

Purpose: The GAC will act as the focal point for justice information systems integration activities in order to facilitate the coordination of technical, funding, and legislative strategies in support of the Administration's justice priorities.

The GAC will guide and monitor the development of the Global information sharing concept. It will advise the Assistant Attorney General, OJP; the Attorney General; the President (through the Attorney General); and local, state, tribal, and federal policymakers in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The GAC will also advocate for strategies for accomplishing a Global information sharing capability.

Interested persons whose registrations have been accepted may be permitted to participate in the discussions at the discretion of the meeting chairman and with approval of the Global DFO.