Scott G. Matson is the Associate Director for Policy for the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) in the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Mr. Matson oversees the office's work in assisting all states, principal U.S. territories, eligible Indian tribes and the District of Columbia on adopting the standards of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). In addition, he leads the Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative and other research related projects for the office. Mr. Matson also provides training and technical assistance on sex offender registration, notification and other sex offender management issues to the SORNA jurisdictions and to national, state and local government entities and advocacy organizations.
Prior to joining the SMART Office in 2009, Mr. Matson served in a variety of roles at organizations focused on improving criminal justice policies and practices, including sex offender management strategies, sentencing and corrections policy, reentry planning, and criminal justice program evaluation and cost benefit analysis. Mr. Matson earned an M.A. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland, College Park and a B.A. in sociology from Western Washington University.