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RECIPIENT: Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s Global XML 3.0 Document Creation Process (DCP)
The Pennsylvania's Justice Network is the commonwealth's primary public safety and criminal justice information broker. Conceived in 1997 by the Governor's Office of Administration to provide a "virtual single system" for the sharing of protected information, JNET's secure integrated web portal offers a common online environment to over 28,000 authorized practitioners throughout the commonwealth's 67 counties.
Dating back to 1999, the JNET Steering Committee established XML as an internal messaging standard and JNET began supporting "case file transfers" between agency data systems. By leveraging existing agency systems, JNET ensured that each agency independently controlled their data without compromising the ability to share critical information. Agencies shared information through Document Type Definitions; however information was shared without standard reference points. Delivery failure resulting from information validation became a key issue resulting from non-standardized data exchanges. "While the implementation of the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) was clearly the best thing to do from a technology best practice standpoint, it is equally important to acknowledge that the business benefits of this project are not isolated to a single purpose, but instead this project has created a data foundation for the enterprise to leverage." Kristen E. Miller, Deputy Secretary for Information Technology, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Therefore, JNET implemented a statewide Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) document and procedure process. This uniform process set standards and policies for statewide data exchange, and has resulted in tangible cost savings to commonwealth taxpayers. Several state agencies participated in this benchmark process, and have embraced the opportunity to implement a repeatable cost-effective solution for ongoing criminal justice and public safety integration initiatives.
Using the new toolset, the Pennsylvania team targeted child support warrants and began a six week implementation of a Pennsylvania Child Support Enforcement System Bench Warrant Message (PACSES). JNET was the first to offer this data in a statewide application, and for the first time, child support warrants were standardized to provide accessibility by practitioners throughout Pennsylvania. Two months following the message release, over 12,000 application queries and 8,900 confirmed notification event messages for offenders with outstanding child support warrants were confirmed. In one case, the message helped to locate a defendant with $70,000 in child support arrears.
Criminal justice practitioners have an additional application that supports the service and collection of over $2 billion in fiduciary responsibilities, the citizens of Pennsylvania experience more effective and dynamic child support enforcement; directly benefiting the children of Pennsylvania, and the commonwealth has a repeatable GJXDM process for all integrated technology solutions.
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