NNIJISP is an initiative of the Judicial Branch in partnership with the Division of Public Safety and the Office of the Chief Prosecutor.  The goals are to expand automated case management support to the courts, probation, corrections, prosecutors and public defenders; and implement NIEM and SOA based information exchanges between criminal justice entities. 

The design of NNIJISP follows a Needs Assessment Report generated by the National Center for State Courts following a site visit on March 20-23, 2007.  The overall strategic plan consists of modernizing to new technologies and integrating agency systems to foster collaboration and effective communication and sharing of information within and across agency and jurisdictional boundaries. The Technology Oversight Committee (TOC) will be responsible for development of NNIJISP.  

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On Friday October 24, 2008 the Navajo Nation Office of the Chief Prosecutor invited Terry Linkous, Project Manager for the NNIJISP, to deliver a presentation outlining status and expectations for the assembled group at the Navajo Nation Office of the Chief Prosecutor’s 2008 Annual Conference in Albuquerque New Mexico.  The event along with the presentation was well attended and provided important and timely information to the Office and the group. Click here for the MS PowerPoint presentation.

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Terry Linkous has joined the staff under the Office of the Chief Justice , effective July 21, 2008 as NNIJISP Project Manager. 

Terry has over 35 years of experience in the successful management of medium to very large IT software installations in the banking, finance, healthcare and state government entities.  Before taking early retirement from the State of Arizona after nearly 20 years, he was the Assistant Director and Chief Information Officer for the AZ Department of Administration.  While there he lead or provided operational services for the installation of a new Title, Registration, Drivers License integrated database system; AZ Supreme Court integration database, and a multi-year statewide new Human Resources Information/Payroll System covering nearly 50,000 employees and thousands of retirees.  All of these projects required considerable communication and cooperation which Terry will especially exercise this skill as he works with all the many entities involved with this project.

Terry has stated that he is looking enthusiastically forward to the project as not only the Judicial Branch will reap increased productivity from the project, but the entire Navajo government operations as the system is implemented over a period of time.  

Terry has 4 adult sons all married and 7 grandchildren.  They reside in Australia, Colorado, California and Arizona.  In his free time he enjoys following the Diamondbacks baseball, Cardinals football, clay targets shooting competition, and hanging out with his grandchildren.

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