Homeland security : federal efforts are helping to address some challenges faced by state and local fusion centers : testimony before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate / statement of Eileen R. Larence.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Larence, Eileen Regen

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-08-636 T.

Testimony ; GAO-08-636 T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Information networks--United States.

Information networks.

Intergovernmental cooperation--United States.

Intergovernmental cooperation.

Interagency coordination--United States.

Interagency coordination.

Terrorism--Prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

16 pages : digital, PDF file.

Other Title:

Federal efforts are helping to address some challenges faced by state and local fusion centers

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]

Summary:

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, state and local governments formed fusion centers, collaborative efforts to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal or terrorist activity. Recognizing that the centers are a critical mechanism for sharing information, the federal government -- including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), which has primary responsibility for governmentwide information sharing -- is taking steps to partner with fusion centers. This testimony focuses on (1) the characteristics of fusion centers as of September 2007 and (2) federal efforts to help alleviate challenges centers identified. This testimony is based on GAO's October 2007 report on 58 fusion centers and related federal efforts to support them as well as updated information GAO obtained in March 2008 by reviewing plans describing selected federal efforts and attending the second annual National Fusion Center Conference.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 5, 2008).

"For release ... April 17, 2008."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

227131149