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SEARCH News December 2006 SEARCH Featured in New Public Safety IT Magazine
The new bi-monthly publication, Public Safety IT, focuses on information, communication and identification technologies in the justice, public safety, and homeland security fields. More »

November 2006 SEARCH Welcomes New Justice Information Systems Specialist
SEARCH is pleased to announce that Mr. Andrew T. Owen joined our organization as a Justice Information Systems Specialist on December 1. More »

National Criminal History Operations Workshop Provides Solution-Sharing Opportunities
Dozens of representatives from 36 states attended The 2006 Criminal History Operations Workshop sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and SEARCH and held in Miami Beach, Florida, November 15-16. More »

Communications Interoperability Tech Guide is Published!
The 420-page Guide is designed to give agency executives or project managers background on the subject of communications interoperability and tools to carry out technology initiatives that make interoperability possible. More »

SEARCH Welcomes New Staff
SEARCH has recently hired two new employees in an effort to meet the expanding needs of the justice and public safety community we serve. More »

SEARCH Welcomes New Virgin Islands Member
Ms. Giselle C. Richardson was appointed to the SEARCH Membership Group on September 5, 2006. More »

October 2006 Longtime SEARCH At-Large Member Alfred Blumstein
Selected for Prestigious International Criminology Award

Member Professor Alfred Blumstein has been selected to receive the 2007 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his pioneering research into the development of criminal behavior. More »

SEARCH Focus Group Looks at Katrina Criminal History Checks
One of the more controversial developments following Hurricane Katrina—criminal record checks of evacuees, aid providers and others—was the topic of a focus group meeting convened by SEARCH and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 17-18. More »

SEARCH Updates Repository Survey
Online Entry Slated for Early 2007

The revised survey is undergoing final review by the Office of Management and Budget, and is tentatively expected to be available to repositories in early 2007, to collect data for year-end 2006. More »

September 2006 SEARCH Maintains Valuable ISP List
SEARCH Training Services is now maintaining and updating an Internet Services Provider (ISP) list, which has become an essential resource for law enforcement investigators. More »

New Director of Systems and Technology Joins SEARCH
SEARCH is pleased to announce that Scott M. Came is joining SEARCH as our new Director of Systems and Technology. More »

SEARCH Publishes 2006 National Interoperability Summit Proceedings
The 2006 National Interoperability Summit Proceedings is now available on the SEARCH Website. More »

SEARCH Prepares for four BJA Regional Information Sharing Conferences
Four regional conferences focus on planning, managing, and implementing technology solutions for information sharing systems. Attendees can choose from conferences held in San Diego, California, Houston, Texas, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, Florida. More »

August 2006 SEARCH Releases Three New High-Tech Crimes Publications
SEARCH Training Services staff has authored three new publications that help law enforcement investigators in their efforts to combat high-tech crimes. More »

SEARCH Staff Interviewed by Local CBS Affiliate
A local CBS television affiliate interviewed SEARCH staff about the proliferation of child porn on computers. More »

July 2006 BJS Publishes Biannual Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, has published a biannual survey of state criminal history information systems, which was prepared by SEARCH. More »

June 2006 SEARCH Welcomes New Staff
Two new staff members have recently joined SEARCH, and will be working in the Sacramento office. More »

SEARCH Receives Funding Appropriation Authorization
SEARCH is pleased to announce that the House Judiciary Committee has specifically included funding appropriation authorization for SEARCH’s National Technical Assistance and Training Program as part of reauthorization legislation for the U.S. Department of Justice. More »

May 2006 SEARCH Offers New Training Course: Cell Phone Investigation
In response to a need in the law enforcement community to keep current with criminals who use the latest technology to commit crimes, SEARCH is offering a new course designed to offer investigators an understanding of the basics of cellular telephone investigation. More »

Criminal Record Backgrounding the Focus of New SEARCH Report
The Report of the National Task Force on the Criminal Record Backgrounding of America is now available on the SEARCH Website. More »

April 2006 SEARCH Assists in "Thunder Over Louisville" Tactical Interoperable Communications Exercise
On April 22, Dan Hawkins, SEARCH Director of Public Safety Programs was lead evaluator on a Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan (TICP) exercise, which was held during a live event in Louisville, Kentucky. More »

SEARCH Welcomes New Staff
SEARCH has recently hired five new employees in an effort to meet the expanding needs of the justice and public safety community we serve. More »

March 2006 SEARCH Annual Awards Spotlight Contributions to Justice and Public Safety
The SEARCH Board of Directors have selected U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) and Colonel Kenneth A. Bouche, Illinois State Police, to receive SEARCH's top honors in 2006. More »

January 2006 SEARCH Receives Software and Training Donation
Guidance Software, the leading provider of commercial and law enforcement computer forensics tools and training, has donated 40 licensed copies of its Encase Computer Forensics software to SEARCH's National Criminal Justice Computer Laboratory and Training Center, and has offered space in its training software courses for SEARCH Training Division staff. More »