15PSMA22GK00945NSOP

Since the passage of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), the SMART Office has designed a national strategy for comprehensive sex offender registration and public notification. The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), the SORNA Exchange Portal (the Portal), the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS), and the Sex Offender Registry Tool (SORT) are integral parts of this strategy.

The challenges of managing the resources are numerous. They include managing elaborate technical applications and systems, fostering relationships with many different jurisdictions, providing technical support for a variety of issues, building flexible applications that can interface with a variety of systems, and identifying new strategies that improve collaboration.

Over the past 14 years, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) has worked with SORNA jurisdictions to overcome many of these challenges and has developed a strong working partnership with the various states, tribes, and territories that it supports through these programs.

Since the inception of NSOPW, the Portal, TTSORS, and SORT, IIR has worked at the direction of the SMART Office to develop, enhance, maintain, and operate these resources. To ensure that these technical programs are effectively managed, IIR employs a project strategy that includes diligent planning, constant effective monitoring, exceptional customer service, and efficient problem resolution, all tied together with IIR's unique technical expertise.

As a result of this strategy, NSOPW, the Portal, TTSORS, and SORT have become invaluable and trusted resources for the public and the organizations that use them. For these resources to continue to meet the goals and mission of the SMART Office, IIR will fulfill one all-encompassing goal with numerous supporting deliverables: Goal 1— "To provide the public with information about registered sex offenders and facilitate information sharing among jurisdictions."

The accomplishment of this goal, through the execution of the deliverables and tasks outlined in this application, will provide the SMART Office with the resources necessary to provide the training, technical assistance, and technical systems the SORNA jurisdictions need to effectively manage their registered sex offenders and share information with each other and the public.

In Institute For Intergovernmental Research

THIS PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF SORNA'S SCHEME TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. WITH A SINGLE QUERY FROM ANY INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICE, NSOPW.GOV ENABLES LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC TO SEARCH STATE, TERRITORY AND TRIBAL PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES FOR PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER DATA. NSOPW.GOV OPERATES SIMILARLY TO A SEARCH ENGINE AND USES WEB SERVICES TO ACCESS REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS. NSOPW.GOV LINKS TO ALL STATE, TERRITORY, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TRIBAL PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES, AND ALLOWS USERS TO CONDUCT NATIONWIDE SEARCHES FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WITH ONE QUERY RATHER THAN SEARCHING JURISDICTION BY JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF NSOPW.GOV, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SUPPORTS MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE SORNA EXCHANGE PORTAL, A SECURE INFORMATION-SHARING SYSTEM; THE TRIBE AND TERRITORY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY SYSTEM (TTSORS), A WEB-BASED SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY SYSTEM THAT IS FREE OF CHARGE TO U.S TERRITORIES AND INDIAN TRIBES; THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY TOOL (SORT), WHICH PROVIDES A FREE CUSTOMIZABLE ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTRY SYSTEM AND PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY WEBSITE FOR STATES AND TERRITORIES; AND TRAINING FOR EACH OF THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND RELATED RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR JURISDICTIONS.

16.750 - Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program

Office of Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring Apprehending Registering and Tracking (SMART) [DOJ - OJP]

Tallahassee, Florida 32317-2729 United States

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SMART FY 2022 Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (O-SMART-2022-171259)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/25 to 09/30/27 and the total obligations have increased 353% from $899,250 to $4,074,336.