Building on the adoption of the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF), NASCIO has partnered with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to pilot the NIEF QuickStart Program in multiple states to promote data exchange among law enforcement, public safety, and emergency management agencies. The goal of the pilot is to provide a standard, commoditized capability of trusted identity and attribute sharing. NASCIO has partnered with GTRI on education, outreach, and screening of potential candidates for the NIEF QuickStart Program. NASCIO and GTRI seek to quickly engage with interested states and begin executing on the selection process. States interested in submitting a readiness assessment profile for the NIEF QuickStart Program can go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/R8Z7CBN and submit an assessment profile online. For more details on NIEF, please visit https://nief.gfipm.net/.
This effort is a partnership between the US Department of Homeland Security, Program Management Office for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) and the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and is led by the GTRI/NASCIO team. Funding for this effort is provided by the PM-ISE through BJA.