Russ Moody is a senior information systems engineer with Science Applications International Corporation.Russ has over 30 years experience in designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining data analysis, information processing, and data exchange systems for the intelligence community, the Department of Defense, and, most recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He was a charter member of the EIA-836 working group and received the GEIA President’s Award in 2002 in recognition of his contributions to the EIA-836 development.

Russ is the GEIA Team Leader for the DHS/BTS Data Exchange Working Group, principal contributor to the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) initiative, and program manager for the DHS Border and Transportation Security Data Element Dictionary (BTS DED) project.

Russ has an ASEE (Roger Williams University), BSEE (URI), and MSEE (Air Force Institute of Technology).

Presentation
National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
On February 28, 2005, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice announced a new joint initiative: the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). NIEM will provide a unified strategy, partnerships, and technical implementations enabling cross-domain information sharing at the federal, state, and local levels. This presentation describes the NIEM Program, processes, and products and services in the context of related information management and sharing technologies and standards, and demonstrates how NIEM can be extended and applied to support interagency data access and exchange. The presentation will cover current NIEM development activities and major milestones, and include information on how potential NIEM stakeholders can get involved and contribute to the initial NIEM development.