Examples of technology scenarios supported by the AG’s CIO:
- When police or sheriff officer confronts a situation, they consult the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway for outstanding warrants and other criminal records.
- When an Ohio school district hires a bus driver, the candidate fingerprints are processed by the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).
- When crimes are committed, evidence is analyzed at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and supported by the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS.)
- When Ohio consumers are defrauded, the Attorney General can take remedial action. Searchable consumer complaints are managed by the AG’s IT section.
The Attorney General’s technology enterprise is unlike that of other agencies of the Ohio government. Since the Office of the Attorney General serves a “Constitutionally Elected” official, his agency must be separate and independent from the rest of the state government which serves a different and independent elected official, the Ohio Governor.
The Governor’s IT establishment is led within the Ohio Department of Administrative Services by the State of Ohio CIO. The Attorney General’s IT establishment is led by the Attorney General’s Chief Information Officer (CIO).
The Attorney General’s technology enterprise includes an extensive and independent IT infrastructure, a large set of mission critical applications supporting each legal and regulatory section, a service bureau and help desk operation serving thousands, a contact center serving all Ohioans, a debt collection operation that nets hundreds of millions of dollars in funds owned the state, and a highly specialized law enforcement technology enterprise serving the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy (OPOTA).