In the late 1990s, the U.S. Justice Department created the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, and the Global Advisory Committee (GAC) was chartered in 2002 to advise the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. The Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council (LEITSC) supports Global initiatives. Because of the importance of sharing electronic information throughout the justice community, many initiatives are underway to create electronic data transfers that are compliant with the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM). LEITSC developed and released the functional standards for computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems and record management systems (RMS), in order to help law enforcement agencies design and select these technologies. The CAD and RMS functional standards should be a guide as agencies tailor them to fit their specific needs. LEITSC offers technical assistance to any public safety agency that uses the CAD or RMS functional standards. Currently LEITSC, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, and the Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (IJIS) are collaborating to create new information exchange package documentations (IEPDs) for alarm systems, CAD systems, and RMS. The intent of each IEPD is to provide a reference model of consistently structured and reusable pieces of information that can be used by law enforcement agencies for information exchange with other justice partners, as well as for internal use.