Robert Greeves 2014 Recipient of IJIS Institute Robert P. Shumate Award
Summary
As part of this effort, Mr. Greeves assisted Institute founders in determining an acceptable business model and persuaded officials in the DOJ to undertake the development of a true and lasting partnership with industry – a first for the Department of Justice.Prior to his retirement from BJA, Mr. Greeves was a constant and ever-present force for collaboration across the myriad disciplines involved in criminal justice and influenced many participants to work together to solve information sharing problems.He was an ongoing adviser to many working groups and committees and sparked innovation and interest in new approaches to solving information sharing problems, yet was attentive to the constraints of government in doing so.Mr. Greeves was at the center of many of the projects successfully implemented by the IJIS institute, including the recent focus on information sharing between corrections and law enforcement, as well as work on offender re-entry.Mike Davis, president of the IJIS Institute Board of Directors, said: “Bob was the sparkplug for the initiation of many innovative programs in corrections and in the joint world of justice and health information systems.