Tom Carlson Consulting LLC is a small consulting firm specializing in all things NIEM-related, including training delivery and development, tool development, IEPD development, and GJXDM to NIEM conversions and conversion assessments.Projects
Over the past six years, Tom Carlson Consulting has worked on a variety of projects:
- Corrections/PREA/SSV Exchanges
- Enhanced existing specifications for Correction exchanges, including implementation support.
- NIEM Training Videos
- Supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), we modified and enhanced existing training materials to present an entire NIEM training program via online videos.
- CYFS Domain
- We were instrumental in combining the existing NIEM Family Services domain with the Juvenile Justice XML Data Model to form the new Children, Youth, and Family Services (CYFS) domain.
- Juvenile Justice XML Data Model
- Along with Alpha Consulting Group, Inc. and Innovative Technology Solutions, LLC, we are creating a data model for juvenile justice exchanges, based on the GJXDM and NIEM.
- NIEM Committee Membership
- Company namesake Tom Carlson serves on the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC).
- NIEM Training Delivery
- We have long supplied teaching expertise to NIEM training efforts.
- NIEM Training Development
- We have been deeply involved in a complete redevelopment of the NIEM Training materials.
- NIEM User Guide
- We are a major contributor to the upcoming NIEM User Guide.
- NIEM Wayfarer
- NIEM Wayfarer is an online exploration tool for learning about the NIEM and how it's put together. This tool was developed in concert with the National Center for State Courts.
- Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) GJXDM to NIEM Migration Assessment
- This report assessed difficulties with and strategies for migrating the OACP's GJXDM-based repository to the NIEM.
- Rapsheet Conversion
- The large Nlets conversion project is creating a NIEM-conformant Rapsheet specification.
- Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) IEPD Development
- Directed by the IJIS Institute and Waterhole Software, the SAR conversion to the NIEM was one of the first NIEM-specific IEPDs created.