AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2003 Awards: Enterprise Information Architecture

RECIPIENT:
North Carolina
Adaptive Architecture For Criminal Justice Systems

The growing need for a central computerized network of criminal justice information for the state of North Carolina prompted the North Carolina General Assembly to enact legislation in 1969 authorizing the Department of Justice to collect, store, and disseminate criminal history and criminal statistical information.

Today, in addition to maintaining criminal history information and criminal statistical information, the North Carolina Department of Justice Information Technology Division serves as the statewide telecommunications center for North Carolina law enforcement agencies. This central computer network operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, linking local, state, national, and international criminal justice agencies with up to the minute information on crimes and criminals. From 10,000 devices throughout North Carolina, users of the network not only have the ability to transmit and receive any law enforcement related message within seconds, but they also have access to other law enforcement computers located throughout the state and nation, as well as Canada and Mexico.

"The North Carolina Department of Justice should be commended for being at the forefront in developing an innovative solution to a growing problem in state government. Their enterprise information architecture is an exciting example of bringing vendors together to create a viable, long-term environment." George Bakolia, Chief Information Officer, State of North Carolina

In 1998, the North Carolina Department of Justice management identified that existing technology did not afford North Carolina law enforcement end users access to newer available tools and products (such as NCIC 2000 standards, data security, and graphical imaging). To meet the expected needs, management formulated a long-range plan to replace the existing proprietary hardware with an adaptive architecture environment. They also chose to replace the proprietary-protocol end user interface with a browser-based interface that is capable of providing users with fast, efficient, and secure access to all currently accessible data via any web-compliant browser. The plan also specified that online computer-based operator training, testing, and certification be implemented. Once this new environment was established, the applications would be migrated from legacy code to JAVA.

The benefits recognized from the adaptive architecture for NC Criminal Justice Systems include:

• Reduction in costs,
• Effective management of funding,
• Increased availability of public safety officers,
• Greater responsiveness to new business requirements, and
• Unlimited growth potential for devices accessing the NC Criminal Justice System.

OTHER NOMINATIONS:
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Arkansas
GeoStor

Delaware
State of Delaware e-Payment Process

Florida
SUNTAX - System for Unified Taxation

Hawaii
Initial Business Registrations

Idaho
IdahoWorks

Illinois
Using the Medical Data Warehouse to Improve Health Care Services for Seniors

Indiana
An Architecture "Evolution": From PAIR to I-PRIDE to Enterprise Architecture

Kentucky
Kentucky's Geography Network: "Sharing GIS data with the People"

Missouri
Missouri Adaptive Enterprise Architecture

Pennsylvania
Human Services Network HNET

Texas
Texas PK -16 Public Education Information Resource

Virginia
Fire Service Training Record System (FSTRS)

West Virginia
West Virginia Education Information System (WVEIS)

Wisconsin
Using Simple Object Access Protocol to access statewide circuit court data via the Internet

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