Law and Criminal Justice Committee
"Justice Technology in the 21st Century: A Roundtable Discussion"
Moderator *& Speaker Biographies
Kelly J. Harris
Ms. Kelly J. Harris is Deputy Executive Director for SEARCH, The National
Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. She oversees the development,
implementation and management of all SEARCH programs and related projects,
which focus primarily in the areas of law and policy, justice information
technology services and high-technology crime investigation. She also has
written many articles, technical bulletins and reports on justice system
automation and integration for SEARCH and for publication by the U.S. DOJ.
She is co-author of the Law Enforcement Tech Guide: How to plan, purchase
and manage technology (successfully!). Ms. Harris is a member of advisory
committees such as the Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards
Council and the American Probation and Parole Association's Information
Sharing Committee. Ms. Harris joined SEARCH in 1991. She holds a bachelor's
degree in Political Science and Communications from the University of California,
Davis.
Brian LeDuc
Mr. LeDuc is the director of the Justice Information Network for Washington
State. Prior to his appointment as director he was counsel to the Electronic
Public Access Program of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Mr. LeDuc served as the Rule of Law Liaison to the Republic of Macedonia
on behalf of the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law
Initiative and was the Associate Chief Deputy Clerk of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. LeDuc received his law degree from
the University of Notre Dame Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Toronto.
Senator Steve Kelley
Senator Kelley served in the Minnesota House from 1992 to 1996, and
in 1996 he was elected to the Senate. Special legislative concerns to Senator
Kelley include property taxes, education, telecommunications and technology.
He serves as vice-chair of the Jobs, Energy & Community Development
Committee and serves on the Children, Families & Learning Committee;
Higher Education Budget Division Committee; Local & Metropolitan Government
Committee; and Property Taxes & Local Government Budget Division Committee.
His commission work includes the Information Technology Ad Hoc Committee,
the Intergovernmental Information Systems Advisory Council, the Minnesota
Education Instructional Telecommunications Council, the Telecommunications
Services Study Working Group, and the Y2K Ad Hoc Task Force. Senator Kelley
received his BA from Williams College and his JD at Columbia University.
Delegate Joe T. May
Delegate Joe May is currently serving his fifth term in the Virginia
House of Delegates. He is chairman of the Science and Technology Committee,
the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, and the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce and Technology. Delegate May, a member of the
Virginia Society of Professional Engineers who holds 18 patents, is founder
and CEO of the Virginia based electronic engineering and manufacturing
firm, EIT. He has authored numerous technology and commerce based laws
including UCITA which has become a model for e-commerce in the Commonwealth
and the Nation. He was a key participant in Governor Warner's recently
enacted IT reform-bill. In September 2000, he received the Governor's Legislative
Leadership Award in Technology. In 2001 he received the Greater Washington
Area "Engineer of the Year Award" and was named "Virginia Biotechnology
Legislator of the Year." Delegate May is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr.
Senator Giannetti was elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 1998.
In 2002, he was elected to the Maryland Senate. Senator Giannetti serves
on the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Joint Committee on Legislative
Ethics and the Joint Technology Oversight Committee. He is a commissioner
of the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy and serves
on the Transportation Planning Board of the Metropolitan Washington Council
of Governments. With a background in representing property-owners' interests
in negotiating telecommunication leases and agreements and in coordinating
telecommunication tower construction, Senator Giannetti's law practice
includes representation of wireless telecommunication companies and tower
companies in leasing and zoning matters, as well as general legal representation
of business through the D.C. metro area. Senator Giannetti received
his BS from Bucknell University and His JD from the University of Maryland.
Otto Doll, Commissioner
Mr. Doll was appointed South Dakota's first Chief Information Officer
(CIO) in July 1996 - responsible for all state government computing, telecommunications
and public broadcasting. As Commissioner of the Bureau of Information and
Telecommunications (BIT), he oversees development of all state government
information systems and networks. Mr. Doll has advised Fortune 1000, Federal,
State and Local Government CIO's on information technology assessment and
alignment to business needs. He has served as a Director with the United
States General Services Administration, developing information technology
strategic plans and oversight policy. Mr. Doll received his Computer Science
degree from Virginia Tech and is a Senior Executive Fellow of the Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past President of NASCIO
- a national organization of state CIO's.
David J. Roberts
David J. Roberts is Director, Integrated Justice Programs, Justice
& Public Safety Practice, Unisys Corporation. Mr. Roberts previously
served 17 years as Deputy Executive Director of SEARCH, The National Consortium
for Justice Information and Statistics, where he regularly provided technical
assistance to state and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing
integrated justice information systems, and directed a series of national
conferences, including the 2002, 1999 and 1996 Symposia on Integrated
Justice Information Systems. Mr. Roberts served as director of a host
of federally funded justice IT projects, including an OJP/BJA-funded project
to identify and define the information exchanges that enable integration
of justice information systems at the state and local levels, and director
of the joint BJS/FBI project on NIBRS implementation among law enforcement
agencies. Mr. Roberts continues to serve as co-chair of the Integrated
Justice Technical Committee, LegalXML Member Section, OASIS. He holds graduate
degrees in criminal justice from the State University of New York at Albany
and from Oklahoma City University.
Lieutenant John Aerts
Lieutenant Aerts is the Program Manager for the Los Angeles County,
California Consolidated Criminal History Reporting System under contract
to the Los Angeles County Information Systems Advisory Body (ISAB). Lieutenant
Aerts has initiated numerous integrated criminal justice system projects
including a Jail Classification System, Regional Allocation of Police Services
system, acquisition of a facial recognition mug shot application, implementation
of an XML Rap sheet program, interagency interface development with Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify previously deported criminal
aliens, Sheriff Imaging Record Retrieval System (SIRRAS) and other systems.
Lieutenant Aerts has responsibility for initiating and promoting criminal
justice enterprise initiatives with Law Enforcement and the rest of the
criminal justice enterprise. Lieutenant Aerts serves as the chair of the
Incident/Arrest sub committee of the OASIS LegalXML Integrated Justice
Technical Committee. Lieutenant Aerts has over 30 years experience as law
enforcement officer and over 15 years in promoting and managing integrated
technology projects.
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