Free Crime Analysis Workshop March 25–26, 2015
On March 25–26, 2015, the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training will present “Building Analytical Capacity:  A Workshop for Law Enforcement Executives.”  This free training will be held at Wayne County Community College in Taylor, Michigan and the intensive two-day workshop is designed to support chiefs, sheriffs, and other police executives in the development, utilization, and enhancement of crime and public safety analysis intended to drive departmental operations.  To register, provide agency name, contact information, and number of attendees to IADLEST at Yvonne@iadlest.org or (208) 288-5491.

For more information, visit https://www.bja.gov/Events/IADLEST-CrimeAnalysisWS.pdf.

Department of Justice FY 2016 Budget Request
President Obama’s FY 2016 budget proposal totals $28.7 billion for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to support federal law enforcement priorities and the criminal justice priorities of DOJ’s state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners.  The proposed budget represents a comprehensive investment in DOJ’s mission and includes increases in funding for countering violent extremism and other national security areas; civil rights and advancing equality under the law; Smart on Crime activities, including increased funds for prisoner reentry initiatives; and other key enforcement initiatives.

For more information, please visit http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-fy-2016-budget-request.

President Obama Expands Info Sharing With Executive Order
On February 13, 2015, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to further encourage the sharing of cyberthreat information between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the private sector. The executive order is the most recent initiative by the administration to foster a clearer view among corporations and federal agencies of malicious cyberthreats that officials say have intensified in recent months.

This article is available at http://fcw.com/articles/2015/02/13/obama-cyber.aspx.

Obama Announces Initiatives to Curb Recruitment of Terrorist Groups
In his keynote speech at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, President Obama spoke on the need to strike a balance between addressing the risk of the radicalization of disaffected youths and the need to reassure Muslim Americans that their communities are not being targeted as a source of terrorist plots. The President outlined a multipronged approach to countering the pull of terrorist groups, highlighting the perspectives of moderate Muslims, and addressing the economic and political grievances disaffected youths may have.  This approach also includes bolstering the resources of local communities so that they can compete with the savvy social media campaigns the Islamic State and al Qaeda are waging.

This article can be viewed at http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-announces-initiatives-to-curb-recruitment-of-terrorist-groups/2015/02/18/bc4800ca-b792-11e4-9423-f3d0a1ec335c_story.html?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z10.

ICAM Summit Final Report Announcement
In October 2014, state, local, and federal justice and public safety leaders participated in an Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) National Strategy Summit to discuss how to improve critical information sharing from the wide variety of systems technology to make the best possible decisions and protect first responders and the public.  The summit focused primarily on the development of an ICAM strategy for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).  The final report recommends principles and actions for developing an ICAM strategy that can register, verify, and authorize network users.

This blogpost is available at http://www.ise.gov/blog/chief-harlin-r-mcewen/icam-summit-final-report-announcement.