NIEM has model content for 17 sub-committees, which are community-specific business areas. In addition, several emerging communities are working toward developing data model content, which may lead to the establishment of new sub-committees.

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Agriculture

Improving information-sharing across the U.S. Department of Agriculture and with producers.
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Emergency Management

Improving decision-making by organizations that share info relating to emergencies.
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Intelligence

The standard of choice for exchanging intelligence among any federal, state, and local agencies on a foreign or domestic basis.
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Learning and Development

Enhancing the interoperability and standardization of information exchange between the gamut of learning and development systems.
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Surface Transportation

Supports information sharing and promotes interoperability among transportation regulators, operators, and stakeholders
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Biometrics

Supporting information-sharing through the joint development and alignment of XML Biometric Standards.
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Human Services

Promoting interoperability between and across social service providers at the federal, state, local, and tribal levels.
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International Human Services

Supporting info sharing and promoting interoperability between service providers in pension and benefits service delivery.
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Maritime

Supporting the global maritime domain that could impact the United States’ security, safety, economy, or environment.
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CBRN

Supporting the national effort to detect and interdict radiological and nuclear (Rad/Nuc) threats.
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Immigration

Supporting those entities with immigration-related services and benefits, such as naturalization and work authorization.
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International Trade

Standardizing international standards in data and messaging for transit, export, and import transactions.
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Military Operations

Manages those unique military operations and missions data components used to define NIEM-based information exchanges.
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Cyber

Supporting a coordinated community effort to increase broad visibility of cyber risks through info sharing.
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Infrastructure Protection

Supporting those entities protecting the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR).
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Justice

Providing the criminal justice system with the data it needs to share critical information between jurisdictions and levels of government.
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Screening

Supports, coordinates, and harmonizes the information needs of a number of homeland security mission areas.