- Value [1] Collaboration and Inclusiveness
- The GAC works collaboratively and inclusively, bringing together representatives from the entire justice, public safety, and
first responder communities and related entities—including industry—to address and overcome the barriers to justice information
sharing across agencies, disciplines, and levels of government.
- Value [2] Facilitation
- The GAC supports the facilitation of law enforcement information sharing among local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement
agencies—large or small—through the exploration and promulgation of the most promising methods for developing and sharing
critical intelligence data.
- Value [3] Standards
- The GAC supports the development and implementation of standards that facilitate seamless exchange of information among justice,
public safety, first responder, and related systems.
- Value [4] Interoperability and Cost-Effectiveness
- The GAC provides information that supports sound business decisions for the planning, design, and procurement of cost-effective,
interoperable information systems.
- Value [5] Leverage
- The GAC recommends concepts that leverage existing infrastructure, capabilities, and functionality.
- Value [6] Constitutional Values and Individual Rights
- The GAC supports constitutional values and individual rights by ensuring the accuracy and security of justice information
and the implementation of appropriate privacy safeguards through the adoption of privacy and information quality policies
that promote the responsible collection, handling, management, review, and sharing of personally identifiable information.
- Value [7] Privacy
- The GAC acknowledges that while there is a strong national consensus that improved justice-related information sharing is
critically important, there is a commensurate desire to protect individuals’ privacy. Therefore, in the course of conducting
Global business, GAC members will adhere to applicable privacy principles, including the following: 1. GAC members will limit
access to shared information to authorized users. 2. GAC members will limit use of shared information to authorized purposes.
3. GAC members will take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of shared information. 4. GAC members will
take appropriate security measures to protect data integrity and reduce opportunities for abuse and unauthorized access by
hackers or other intruders. 5. If or when deemed necessary, GAC members will conduct privacy impact assessments of their participation
in Global activities.
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