• Thirty-five states adopt the ICAOS Compact in June.
• Governing body meets for the first time in Scottsdale, AZ.
• Transition rules, bylaws, and the first budget of $1.017 million were adopted.
• First general counsel and victims’ representative named.

• First executive director, Don Blackburn, hired.
• First annual report published.
• First Annual Business Meeting held in Little Rock, AR.

• First training session on ICAOS Rules occurs.
• Commission resolves first formal dispute between states.
• ICAOS’ first website launched.

• Massachusetts becomes the last state to join the Compact.
• First ad hoc committee to examine sex offender issues established.
• First bench book developed  for courts.
• The Commission wins landmark court cases – Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole v. Interstate Commission of Adult Offender Supervision; Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole.

• DCA Liaison Committee was established as a standing committee to ensure communication and training.

• Second executive director hired, Harry Hageman.
• Online training curricula implemented with self-paced training for staff and field officers.
• Budget approved to fund national offender tracking system.

• National data system (ICOTS) launched with first national accounting of individuals on supervision.
• 103,420 legacy cases and 110,507 active cases processed by 2009.
• 30,225 active users

• Commission established a uniform audit program to ensure compliance with ICAOS Rules.

• First public access to ICOTS for victims and law enforcement established.
• Ad hoc Committee on Violations and Retaking leads to the end of ordering voluntary return of violent crime offenders.
• First DCA training institute held

• ICOTS HelpDesk taken in-house, resulting in $100,000 savings.
• Long-term investment portfolio established.

• New learning management system and trained 20,000 staff.
• Up to 13 states offer continuing legal education credit for ICAOS training.

• FBI Ndex data project established to send Compact information to the FBI.
• New DCA mentoring program developed to pass valuable knowledge throughout the Compact.

Compliance dashboards launched to enable users to view state compliance on eight standards at-a-glance.

The national average in dashboard categories exceeds 80 percent, leading the Commission to alter audit plans and focus on specific challenges such as the discretionary transfer rejection rate.

The Commission ends its affiliation with the Council of State Governments to mitigate rising expenses and in recognition of the Commission’s independent capacity to meet its mission.

• Third executive director, Ashley Lippert, hired.
• Ad hoc committee evaluated risk assessment tools and standards implementation within the Compact.
• A single standard of supervision for probationers and parolees on Compact supervision is implemented.
• Behavior requiring retaking replaces the three-strike rule.
• Data quality and adherence to the ICOTS Privacy Policy is audited.

In recognition of the important role of deputy compact administrators and to facilitate more direct communication of issues affecting the Commission, a DCA is chosen to chair the DCA Liaison Committee.

• FY2020 Warrant Issuance Audit performed, examining state procedures for issuing Compact-compliant warrants for retaking.
• Warrant issues include scarce resources, inadequate system access, insufficient verification, and varied stakeholders.
• Comprehensive Online Reference Encyclopedia developed.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission approved an emergency policy and Rule, suspended timeframes for enforcement, reduced dues by 30%, and shifted to a virtual annual business meeting.

• National office hosts three round table discussions to review issues related to COVID-19 pandemic and state responses.
• New DCA Dashboard program launched, identifying practical learning opportunities to use ICAOS dashboards and improve ICOTS use.

• Annual Business Meeting held in-person for first time in three years, marking 20th anniversary meeting.
• First comprehensive academic evaluation of the Compact performed.
• First Compact documentary released in collaboration with National Institutes of Correction