Project Initiation

Request for Certification and Release of Funds Form

All Certified Projects Must Follow NM State Policies and Procurement Code

Project Governance

Project Name

/ New Mexico Department of Public Safety Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program
Date / March 28, 2012
Lead Agency / New Mexico Department of Public Safety
Other Agencies / New Mexico County Sheriff’s

Executive Sponsor

/ Gorden E. Eden Jr., Cabinet Secretary
Agency Head / Gorden E. Eden Jr., Cabinet Secretary
Agency CIO/IT Lead / Ron Burton, Acting CIO
Project Manager / Teresa Hernandez, SOR Program Manager
Project Abstract (Provide a brief description and purpose for this project)
The New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS) seeks to implement The Adam Walsh Act/Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by George W. Busch on July 27, 2006. The Walsh Act organizes sex offenders into three tiers and mandates that Tier 3 offenders (the most serious tier) update their whereabouts every three months with lifetime registration requirements. Tier 2 offenders must update their whereabouts every six months with 25 years of registration, and Tier 1 offenders must update their whereabouts every year with 15 years of registration. Failure to register and update information is a felony under the law.
The Act also creates a national sex offender registry and instructs each state and territory to apply identical criteria for posting offender data on the Internet (i.e., offender's name, address, date of birth, place of employment, photograph, etc.). The Act was named for Adam Walsh, an American boy who was abducted from a Florida shopping mall and later found murdered.
DPS received a grant that will address the improvements needed in the registration, data collection, inter-agency messaging, and information-sharing processes within the state, in order to meet requirements of SORNA.
Planned Start Date / October 1, 2011 / Planned End Date / April 1, 2013
Requested amount this Certification / $35,000.00 / Remaining Appropriation not Certified / $365,000.00

Appropriation History (Include all Funding sources, e.g. Federal, State, County, Municipal laws or grants)

Fiscal Year
/ Amount / Funding Source
2011 Federal / 400,000.00 / Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program 2011-AW-BX-0007
Proposed Major Deliverable Schedule and Performance Measures

Major Project Deliverable and Performance Measure

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Due Date

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Project Phase

PCC Certification / $0 / March 28, 2012 / Initiation
Sole Source Approval / $0 / March 1, 2012 / Planning
Contract w/ Vendor / $0 / May 1, 2012 / Planning
Implementation / Implementation
Phase 1
Initial set-up of 33 counties with OffenderWatchâ license, creation of personalized web pages, testing of NM data load, establishment of Implementation Steering Committee, set up of NM state-specific parameters and values
24 month support program begins at end of this milestone / $115,129 / June 1, 2012
60 days ARO / Implementation
Phase 2:
Complete load of final offender data, completion of state and local training, counties “live”.
Time Frame to complete 30 days after Phase 1 / $115, 129 / July 1, 2012 / Implementation
Phase 3:
Creation of and testing of NM CJIS update; NSPOW, Exchange Portal and NCIC updates functional and operable, establishment of continuing New Mexico OffenderWatchâ user committee.
Time Frame to complete 30-60 days after Phase 2 / $115,129 / September 1, 2012 / Implementation
PCC Close / $0 / October 1, 2012 / Close
Description
/ FY11 / FY12 / FY13&After
Staff - Internal
/ Management Analyst - / $34,028.73
Consulting Services / Vendor to provide licenses, training, technical assistance, and support to implement planned program for 18 months. / $323,456.00
Hardware / Thirty-four (34) Epson Workforce Pro GT S50 Document Scanners @ $500.00 per scanner / $17,000.00
Software / Sex Offender Management Software for thirty-four (34) sites @ $645.00 per site / $21,930.00
Supplies / General office supplies to administer this grant / $360.27
Travel / The GMB will conduct site visits to ensure equipment is properly tagged and safeguarded and that the recipients of equipment have procedures and processes in place to account for the equipment purchases. Additionally, inventory will be performed to ensure the equipment is in the location as determined by the Sheriffs' Offices / $3,225.00
Total / $76,554 / $323,456.00

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