''Chris Rein, chief technology officer for the New Jersey State Police, said his state is building a NIEM-compliant system to continue sharing information with federal authorities. New Jersey is also building a NIEM-compliant database.

Rein said he sees two advantages to a standards-based approach: It’s vendor-neutral so it puts all of the vendors on a level playing field, and it provides common definitions to eliminate confusion about what different jurisdictions are referring to. ''

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