Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2008, $199,080)
The Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Program: National Initiatives, administered by the Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance, furthers the Department's mission by assisting state and local jurisdictions in improving the criminal justice system and assisting communities in preventing drug abuse and crime. In FY 2008, the program will focus on funding local, regional, and national efforts within five major categories: 1) preventing crime and drug abuse; 2) enhancing local law enforcement; 3) enhancing local courts; 4) enhancing local corrections and offender reentry; and 5) facilitating justice information sharing.
The SEARCH Group Inc. will implement the Privacy Policy Assessment and Development Technical Assistance Project under category 5: facilitating justice information sharing. The SEARCH Group will serve as a resource for state and local criminal justice agencies and fusion centers that recognize the fundamental importance of the relationship between privacy and automated personally identifying information and the quality of this information. The SEARCH Group will assist state and local criminal justice agencies and fusion centers to determine whether privacy policy development is appropriate for their existing and proposed information systems, and facilitate the development of their privacy policies.
CA/NCF