What is the Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) Modeling Tool?
The Justice Information Exchange Model (JIEM) Modeling Tool, a software package developed by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, provides a Web-based user interface, business logic, and relational database designed to document information flow and business rules in criminal justice operational processes. The JIEM Modeling Tool allows justice practitioners to model current data flow (the AS-IS Model) among their systems and enter specific information about each data exchange. Once the data about all of the exchanges are entered into the tool, it is possible to generate tabular and graphical reports that help justice practitioners identify redundancy, bottlenecks, and opportunities to improve justice system work flow, as well as identify the specific data exchanges that are their highest priority for automation (the TO-BE Model). SEARCH, with Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) as its contractor, has developed a “Next Generation” JIEM Modeling Tool.
