Foundational Projects

The following projects were originally created to address business needs outside the scope of eTRIP. These projects successfully established critical foundations upon which other eTRIP projects would build.

Bar Code Imprinting of Washington Driver Licenses

Provide needed hardware to licensing agents to issue Washington driver licenses with bar codes containing license information. This project addresses a number of business needs for the Department of Licensing and also keeps Washington on pace with Federal guidelines and initiatives for driver’s license identification. The bar code allows for automated access to driver license information. This proves especially valuable for law enforcement officers equipped with bar code readers to expedite the capture of more accurate driver information during traffic stops.

Project Status: Completed
Project Lead: Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL)
Office: Driver Services Division
Phone Number: (360) 902-3850
Implementation Schedule: 9/2001 – 9/2006

Bar Code Imprinting of Washington Vehicle Registrations

Provide required hardware to agents and sub-agents to issue vehicle registrations with bar codes containing document-level data. This project addresses a number of business needs within the Department of Licensing. The bar code allows for automated access to vehicle registration information. This proves especially valuable for law enforcement officers equipped with bar code readers to expedite the capture of more accurate vehicle registration information during traffic stops.

Project Status: Completed
Project Lead: Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL)
Office: Information Services Division
Phone Number: (360) 902- 3820
Implementation Schedule: 7/2004 – 9/2006

Collision Form Revision (PTCR) & accompanying database (CLAS) modifications

In 1997, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) in partnership with the Washington State Patrol revised the Police Traffic Collision Report (PTCR). This project resulted in a collision report that greatly expanded the amount of data collected by law enforcement for collisions. Since that time, the US Department of Transportation has revised and expanded the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) guidelines to incorporate a number of new and useful data elements. In 2004, the Washington Traffic Records Committee (TRC) initiated a revision of the statewide collision report to more closely adhere to the new MMUCC standards. This collaborative review process identified a number of needed changes in the content and format of the report. The new PTCR will be released in July 2006 and WSDOT will perform the required database modifications to reflect the new and/or changed fields in the report.

Project Status: Completed
Project Lead: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
Office: Transportation Data Office
Phone Number: (360) 570-2497
Implementation Schedule: 7/2004 – 6/2006

Justice Information Network Data Exchange (JINDEX) Information Sharing Platform

The Washington Integrated Justice Information Board seeks to improve information sharing among criminal justice agencies by establishing an integration broker hosted by the Department of Information Services (DIS). The Justice Information Network Data Exchange (JINDEX) utilizes Microsoft BizTalk 2004 and functions on existing networks for messaging services. Messages exchanged among agencies through the JINDEX messaging service are structured using XML and SOAP messaging standards. These standards have been established through the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) developed by the Department of Justice. Each document utilizes a subset of the GJXDM in constructing its message schema.

This project establishes the necessary hardware and software infrastructure at DIS for the JINDEX message broker. This infrastructure will serve as the primary exchange mechanism for electronic citations, infractions and collision reports.

Project Status: Completed
Project Lead: Washington State Department of Information Services (DIS)
Office: Management & Oversight of Strategic Technologies
Phone Number: (360) 902-3574
Implementation Schedule: 10/2004 – 12/2005