Webb Roberts is chief data governance architect and technical lead for NIEM, National Information Exchange Model: an extensible, multi-domain, cross-organizational, machine-to-machine data exchange model, managed as a collaboration between United States Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Justice (DOJ), Health & Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). NIEM currently has a core model and domain-specific content for 14 domains including international trade, justice systems, ground transportation, military operations, agriculture, biometrics and more throughout the United States Federal Government, state governments, Canada, NATO, and other countries. Within the core model and 14 domains there are currently over 15,000 data-definitions.Examples of NIEM implementations include:• Amber Alerts: allowing distribution of real-time alerts of child abductions to thousands of municipalities and millions of individuals and organizations.• Disaster Assistance Improvement Program: allowing organizations and individuals to request assistance from 17 US government agencies through one system.• Health & Human Services: allowing information exchange between social services departments to efficiently provide healthcare, housing, and child-placement services. Mr. Roberts is the technical lead of the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC) and technical liaison to the NIEM Business Architecture Committee (NBAC). In this capacity Mr. Roberts leads technical talks, writes technical specifications and white papers, and consults with government entities implementing NIEM as their data management and interchange strategy. Mr. Roberts collaborates with United States Generals, Chief Data Officers, Chief Information Officers, and technical specialists at all levels to bring the efficiency and power of NIEM throughout the world.