Newsletters & Publications
Newsletters
SMART Watch is SMART’s newsletter, highlighting ongoing activities, resources, funding opportunities, and upcoming events.
- SMART Watch, Spring 2012
Read about SORNA implementation, the reallocation of penalized Byrne JAG funds, International Tracking of Sex Offenders, funding news, new SMART Office staff, the office’s Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative, as well as technology updates and new information for Indian Country.
- SMART Watch, Spring 2011
Read about new supplemental guidelines and a revised implementation checklist, measuring implementation costs, submitting implementation packets, failing to substantially implement SORNA, tracking offenders leaving and entering the country, and the 2011 National Workshop. - SMART Watch, Summer 2010
Since the last issue of SMART Watch, the SMART Office has added staff, increased outreach efforts, and issued a series of documents to provide further definition, guidance, and direction to SORNA jurisdictions. Additionally, supplemental guidelines have been proposed that address, among other things, public notification of juveniles adjudicated delinquent for serious sex crimes, posting of sex offender information (e.g., email addresses, Internet identifiers), and reporting of international travel requirements. This issue of SMART Watch highlights these new developments and provides an update on the status of SORNA implementation in the registration jurisdictions. - SMART Watch, Winter 2010
This issue of SMART Watch provides tips and resources to help jurisdictions move toward substantial implementation, focusing on issues relating to information sharing and the complex area of tribal-state communications. This newsletter also contains a "Spotlight on Indian Country" section that offers additional guidance and resources for the 197 tribes that are preparing for substantial implementation of SORNA.
- SMART Watch, Summer 2009
This issue of SMART Watch addresses several challenges that jurisdictions are encountering, including offense tiering, juvenile registration and notification, and retroactivity.
- SMART Watch, Winter 2009
SMART’s Winter 2009 newsletter includes a discussion of myth versus fact in the implementation of SORNA, as well as additional information on offenses that jurisdictions must include under SORNA.
- SMARTWatch Receives MarCom Award, November 2008
- SMART Watch, Summer 2008
The inaugural issue of SMART Watch provides background information about SORNA and the SMART Office, and introduces a variety of resources available to jurisdictions responsible for implementing SORNA.