Compact Online Reference Encyclopedia (CORE)

Looking for information on a specific topic, training, rule, or process? Through one search here, you can find the information you need from ICAOS’ white papers, advisory opinions, bylaws, policies, Hearing Officer's Guide, training modules, rules, helpdesk articles and the bench book. All results are cross-referenced with links to make navigation easy and intuitive.

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Support - FY22 Q4 (April 2022-June 2022): User clean up (remove roles, deactivate after 12 months, etc.)
What is User Administration? With an average of 30,000 active ICOTS users at any given time, each state is responsible for user administration and user ICOTS training.  In FY2019, the Commission conducted an audit to ensure states have adopted and…
Support - ICAOS Rules Training Presentations & Resources
The Rules Training PowerPoint provides comprehensive information on the interstate compact in the various areas noted below.    Overview of the Compact Eligibility for Transfer Transfer Process/Investigation Supervision in the Receiving State/Closing a…
Support - Data Management of ICOTS-Dynamic PDF's Explained
ICOTS is a tool used to process Interstate Compact business, track offender movement and facilitate communication between states on Compact cases. ICOTS is not designed to replace a state’s offender or case management system. Once submitted, ALL data is…
Support - Transfer Reply Due Dates
The Transfer Reply Due Dates Report lists all compact cases in the receiving state that have a Transfer Reply due within the selected date range of the last data upload. Case details include sending state, receiving state, probation, parole, receiving…
Support - Confidential Records
Administrators exclude offenders from the public web portal via the offender management tab.  The offender profile will display "Confidential Record" in large red letters under the offender photo area.  To remove the 'confidential'…
Support - Removing Cases From Workload
Cases are deleted from the system or moved to historical status in three ways: The supervisory authority, or location of the offender, determines whether the assigned user in the Sending State or Receiving State can initiate the removal.  Junk cases (…
Support - Split or Divided States in ICOTS
Due to the differences in workflow and activity processing in ICOTS, states have requested that we publish a list of the states that are configured as split in ICOTS. This means there is an independent and separate workflow for probation and parole ICOTS…
Support - Adding new ICOTS Offender
Important! Duplicates and Junk records must be reported to your State Administrator within 5 business days of creation.  Failure to do so is a violation of the ICOTS Privacy Policy.  Only add new records after confirming the individual does not have an…
Support - Types of File Attachments Accepted in ICOTS
ICOTS accepts the following document file formats when uploading an attachment to a compact activity: DOC (Microsoft Word) DOCX (Microsoft Word 2007-2010) RTF (rich text format) TXT (text file) PDF (Adobe portable document format) ICOTS attempts to…
Support - Progress Reports Training Scenario
View the demonstration of the Progress Report  
Support - Case Closure Notice Training Scenario
View the demonstration of the Case Closure Notice  
Support - Subsequent State Transfers
Request for Reporting Instructions When the user selects the receiving state, only those cases between the sending state and selected receiving state will be displayed to choose from.  The new RFRI and compact case will already have the offender…
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