On June 30, 2008, the Connecticut Department of Information Technology (DOIT) released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for consulting services to help plan for the design and implementation of the Connecticut Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS). This RFP is part of a larger project coming out of the CT DOIT for the implementation of a Criminal Justice Information System. DOIT is also in the process of hiring an Executive Director to oversee the implementation and project direction.

The CJIS project was created under the State Criminal Justice Reform, Public Act 08-1, Sections 39 & 40. Section 39 created the CJIS Governing Board, which is comprised of criminal justice agencies. The Governing Board is co-chaired by the Lieutenant Governor and the Deputy Chief Court Administrator. The CJIS Governing Board also includes representatives from the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches, as well as a variety of municipal law enforcement agencies. Overall, the Board is concerned with justice information supportive of law enforcement and court functions involving apprehension, adjudication, incarceration, and supervision.

The goal of the CJIS Governing Board, stated in Section 40, is to create and implement a comprehensive, state-wide information technology system to facilitate the immediate, seamless, and comprehensive sharing of information between all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, and organized local police departments. The system will be a central tracking and information database, central electronic document repository, and possess centralized analytical tools. The system will integrate with current information, electronic monitoring units, global positioning, and offender registries.

More information can be found on INPUT's Opportunity Report for this project.