Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 20:00:00 -0400
From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@CANREM.COM>
Subject: File 9--police files conference

Here is a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

 National Criminal Justice Information Conference in New Orleans
 To: City and Assignment desks
 Contact: Stu Smith of the Office of Justice Programs,
          U.S. Department of Justice, 202-307-0784 or
          301-983-9354 (after hours)

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 23  -- A national conference on federal-state
criminal justice information sharing will be held from Wednesday,
Sept. 23, through Saturday, Sept. 26, in New Orleans, the Department
of Justice announced today.

   Jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), the conference
participants will discuss "Federal and State Information Sharing to
Effectively Combat Crime and Ensure Justice."

   Specific topics that will be aired include "New Measures in the
Criminal Justice System," "'Weed and Seed' and New Drug and Crime
Prevention Initiatives," "Challenges and Reforms to the Justice System
in the 90s," "Uses of Incident-based Reporting Systems," "Recent
Developments in Criminal History Improvements" and various research
issues in corrections, prosecution and law enforcement.  Among the
approximately 250 people expected to attend will be officials from
state and local government and various federal agencies as well as
leading criminal justice researchers and scholars.  Other participants
will be the directors of State Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) and
other members, associate members and guests of JRSA.

   BJS has provided funding to state justice statistics and
information systems through a network of SACs since 1972.  There are
currently SACs in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.  The SACs
provide a wealth of data about crime and the operation of the criminal
justice system to state and local governments, legislatures,

and Attorneys General for policy analysis and planning purposes.  This
 year is the 20th anniversary of the SAC program.  It also marks the
 beginning of a new initiative to establish a truly national system of
 federal, state and local government information-sharing and readily
 accessible data bases.

   Additional information about BJS programs and publications may be
obtained from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse, Box
6000, Rockville, Md. 20850. The telephone number is 800-732-3277.
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