The CJCC identified information technology integration as one of its top priorities as early as 1997. In 1998, CJCC began a Working Group “to develop policies, plans and a governance structure for the coordination, cooperative development, and administration of the city’s justice information technology; to encourage consensus on information systems development issues; to insure complete communications compatibility; and to identify funding strategies….” The CJCC recognized the need for “...comprehensive management information through integrated information technology systems…” The Interagency Agreement established an Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) was developed to serve as the governing body for system development. The Interagency Agreement also established a set of guiding principles:

• Recognize the primacy of each justice agency mission.
• Facilitate collaborative solutions to justice information challenges.
• Commit to the quality and integrity of justice data.
• Implement effective data and system security.
• Respect the confidentiality of information and individual privacy.
• Establish system-wide standards, supported by common identifiers and positive identification.