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PLANS FOR NATIONAL DATA DIRECTORY (FROM PROJECT SEARCH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. 2D - PROCEEDINGS - SEE NCJ-25660)

NCJ Number
25697
Author(s)
W H Price
Date Published
1974
Length
8 pages
Annotation
OBTS/CCH DATA ELEMENT STANDARDIZATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES, AND PRESENTATION OF DETAILED WORK PLANS FOR THE INITIATION, DEVELOPMENT, FINAL REVIEW AND PREPARATION OF THE OBTS-CCH DATA ELEMENT STANDARDS DIRECTORY.
Abstract
THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE OBTS/CCH PROJECT IS TO IDENTIFY, COLLECT, CROSS-INDEX AND STANDARDIZE ALL CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA NEEDS, THUS IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AMONG CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF RELATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND REDUCING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING COSTS BY PROVIDING A MODEL FRAMEWORK FOR HANDLING CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA.