The JNET Governance Structure consists of an Executive
Council, a Steering Committee and a JNET Office. Each entity will be
responsible for fulfilling specific activities, as outlined in this section,
necessary to support JNET.
(1)
JNET Executive Council. The JNET Executive Council is
responsible for establishing an overall policy and strategic vision for JNET.
This vision should complement agency operations and ensure ongoing interagency
cooperation and collaboration.
(i)
Composition. The JNET Executive Council will be comprised of
chief executives from the justice and justice-affiliated organizations
identified in this subparagraph. Agencies that provide information by means of
JNET to JNET Executive Council member agencies may petition the JNET Executive
Council and be granted membership based on a majority vote of the JNET
Executive Council. Given the significance of JNET to the administration's
overall public safety initiatives, participants will be required to regularly
represent their respective agencies at JNET Executive Council meetings. If the
participant on the JNET Executive Council is not the chief executive, the
designee must serve as a high-level decision maker from the agency.
(A) Department of Corrections.
(B) Pennsylvania State Police.
(C) Board of Probation and Parole.
(D) Commission on Crime and
Delinquency.
(E) Board of
Pardons.
(F) Juvenile Court Judges'
Commission.
(G) Department of
Public Welfare.
(H) Department of
Transportation.
(I) Governor's
Policy Office.
(J) Governor's
Office of Administration.
(K)
Office of the Budget.
(L) Office of
General Counsel.
(M) Office of
Inspector General.
(N) Office of
Administration, Deputy Secretary for Information Technology.
(O) Office of Administration, JNET Executive
Director.
(P) Although
participation on the JNET Executive Council by justice entities outside the
Executive Branch, or outside the Governor's jurisdiction, cannot be required
under Executive Order, representation by the agencies in this clause is seen to
be critical to the success of JNET and is strongly encouraged. As with the
other JNET Executive Council appointments, a non-Executive Branch agency will
be required to select a permanent designee who will represent the agency at
JNET Executive Council meetings.
(-i-)
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
(-ii-) Office of Attorney General.
(-iii-) Commission on Sentencing.
(ii)
Chairperson. The Governor's Policy Office representative will
serve as the Chairperson of the JNET Executive Council for the purposes of
convening meetings and conducting business. Except that the Governor may
designate, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, another person from JNET
Executive Council membership as Chairperson of the JNET Executive
Council.
(2)
JNET Steering Committee. The JNET Steering Committee shall
establish a tactical plan for the deployment of JNET functionality and
associated information sharing requirements. Policies set forth by the JNET
Steering Committee must reflect the means by which participating agencies will
share data stored in agency-specific information systems to maximize access to,
and the use of, existing databases and platforms.
(i)
Composition. The JNET
Steering Committee will include representatives from the following agencies or
any other agency granted membership on the JNET Executive Council, as selected
by agency heads:
(A) Pennsylvania State
Police.
(B) Department of
Corrections.
(C) Board of Probation
and Parole.
(D) Board of
Pardons.
(E) Juvenile Court Judges'
Commission.
(F) Commission on Crime
and Delinquency.
(G) Department of
Public Welfare.
(H) Department of
Transportation.
(I) Office of
Attorney General.*
(J)
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.*
(K) Governor's Policy Office.
(L) Office of Administration.
(M) Office of the Budget.
(N) Office of General Counsel.
(O) Office of Inspector General.
(P) Commission on Sentencing.*
(Q) At-large member.**
(R) At-large member.**
(S) At-large member.**
(T) Office of Administration, Deputy
Secretary for Information Technology.
(U) Office of Administration, JNET Executive
Director.
* Insofar as these organizations choose to participate on
the JNET Executive Council.
** The JNET Steering Committee Chairperson may appoint up
to three at-large members to the JNET Steering Committee. The at-large members
may represent Federal, State, county or local criminal justice agencies. The
at-large members will serve 2-year terms and will serve at the discretion of
the Chairperson. During the 2-year term, the Chairperson can replace at will or
reappoint as appropriate. At least two of the at-large members will be
representative of county or local criminal justice agencies, or both. JNET
Steering Committee members may not be representatives of nongovernment
organizations, quasigovernment organizations or associations.
(ii)
Chairperson.
In consultation with the JNET Executive Council, the Office of Administration
will designate the JNET Steering Committee Chair- person.
(3)
JNET Office. The JNET
Office will be managed by an Executive Director who will direct day-to-day
management, development and implementation of JNET.
(i)
Composition. The
Executive Director, in consultation with the Office of Administration's Deputy
Secretary for Information Technology and Deputy Secretary for Human Resources
Management and the JNET Steering Committee, shall determine the appropriate
staffing levels and associated classifications necessary to support JNET Office
operations.
(ii)
Organizational location. The JNET Office will be located
within the Office of Administration, Office for Information Technology, and
shall report to the Deputy Secretary for Information Technology. JNET Office
priorities shall be established by the JNET Steering Committee within the
overall strategic direction set forth by the JNET Executive Council.
