E-JUS is the concept name for a new, integrated Justice system for the County of Marin and participating Justice Agencies.

Current Situation: The Marin Justice community is served by a growing number of discrete information systems, some of which provide cross-integration of data. As new systems are added, a great deal of effort will be needed to connect and share information.

The Future: As each agency pursues state of art information services, some thought needs to be given to the mechanisms which will allow access by all to critical data. The E-JUS concept provides two methods to achieve this integration:

• E-JUS Access: A search and display mechanism which crosses the boundaries of all systems and provides an integrated "view" of justice information.
• E-JUS Transfer: A data transfer mechanism which allows data to be passed from system to system as needed.

Schematic: This drawing sketches one possible view of the E-JUS environment.

Technical Issues: To achieve true integration, all participating agencies will have to agree on a common interchange design using XML. This will allow each agency to "own" their data, while allowing access and exchange of critical information as needed.