Spotlight on the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART)
July 2008
The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) was created in 2006 when the President signed the “Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006” into law.
The Adam Walsh Act established the SMART Office to provide guidance to states, local governments, territories, and Indian tribes regarding the implementation of the Act and specifically Title I of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
On July 1, 2008, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey released the National Guidelines on Sex Offender Registration and Notification. These Final Guidelines, designed to assist jurisdictions with their SORNA implementation efforts, will be published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2008. Following the public comment period on the Proposed Guidelines, the SMART Office reviewed the more than 275 comments received and incorporated several suggestions in the Final Guidelines. In conjunction with the release of the Final Guidelines, the SMART Office published a set of frequently asked questions about the Final Guidelines and Fact Sheets to explain significant changes from the Proposed Guidelines, including revised minimum registration requirements for juvenile sex offenders.
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