To enhance its sorna compliance, the nevada department of public safety's SEX offender registry (SOR) unit continues to work toward 100% case file digitization

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) provides $175,000 to the Nevada Department of Public Safety's (NV DPS) Office of Criminal Justice Assistance. The funding supports digitizing hard-copy sex offender registration records to enhance data sharing and tracking capabilities for Nevada's sex offender registry. Specifically, the grant will fund temporary contract staff to audit, scan, and digitize case files, as well as obtain OffenderWatch licenses to improve local law enforcement's ability to monitor registered sex offenders. This three-year project aims to reach 100% digitization of Nevada's 33,733 active and inactive sex offender records, of which 22,659 are currently maintained as hard copies.

Through digitization of hard copy files, nevada will have the ability to share SOR records with other criminal justice agencies and law enforcement in an electronic format through automated means. AWA funding will support temporary contract staff to complete the ongoing tasks of auditing, scanning, digitizing, and boxing of hard copy case files for nevada state library and archives storage and retention. In addition, NV DPS requests funding to obtain offenderwatch licenses to help local law enforcement agencies to better track offenders and share that information with other law enforcement agencies.