Technology Standards - NIEM

IIR staff participate in biweekly NIEM PMO status calls to discuss a broad range of topics pertaining to the NIEM program, such as technical issues, user support, outreach, etc.

IIR assisted in the coordination of a face-to-face meeting with members of the NIEM PMO, the NBAC, and the NTAC in Rosslyn, Virginia. The meeting included separate NBAC and NTAC sessions, as well as joint sessions of both groups and the NIEM PMO.

Center staff conducted 2 email correspondence with the Mille Lacs Tribe. The purpose of the email correspondence was to discuss the process of organizing and coding data. Staff assisted in creating an outline of work that needed to be done to draft a needs assessment report based on the qualitative data of the Family Services interviews and focus groups.

Center staff attended a round table discussion hosted by Rand Corp discussing technology needs in small, rural, border, and tribal communities.

Center staff facilitated a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Lac du Flambeau Tribe to facilitate a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to conduct technology needs assessment.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Colorado River Indian Tribe and met with Judge King and the Community Court coordinator, Pete Sabori to discuss community court planning.

Center staff conducted 2 phone calls and 6 email correspondence with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians to discuss possible locations for a site visit for their DV court advisory board. Center staff suggested other tribal domestic violence programs they could meet with to discuss strategies for implementing culturally responsive programming. Center staff also set up several calls with the LTBBO DV court coordinator and our contacts at 2 other tribal DV programs.

Center staff conducted one phone call and twenty three email correspondence with Mille Lacs discussing questions and structure of the community survey draft. Staff also reviewed the proposed survey draft and gave the team suggestions to tailor the survey.