Download or read book Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative written by Mark A. Randol and published by DIANE Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 9/11 Commission cited breakdowns in info. sharing and the failure to fuse pertinent intelligence as key factors in the failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks. Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) contain info. about criminal activity that may also reveal terrorist pre-operational planning. The Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI) is an effort to have most law enforcement org. participate in a standardized, integrated approach to gathering, documenting, processing, and analyzing terrorism-related SARs. This report describes the NSI, the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related SARs, and how the NSI seeks to achieve this objective. It also examines the privacy and civil liberties concerns raised by the initiative.
Download or read book Terrorism Information Sharing and Suspicious Activity Reporting written by Arnold C. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The imperative for the exchange of terrorism-related intelligence information among law enforcement and security officials at all levels of government is founded on three propositions. The first is that any terrorist attack in the homeland will necessarily occur in a community within a state or tribal area, and the initial response to it will be by state, local, and tribal emergency responders and law enforcement officials. Second, the plotting and preparation for a terrorist attack within the United States will also occur within local communities. Third, information acquired for one purpose, or under one set of authorities, might provide unique insights when combined, in accordance with applicable laws, with seemingly unrelated information from other sources. This book describes the Nationwide Sar Initiative (NSI), and the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and how the NSI seeks to achieve this objective.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative written by Laurits Hartmann and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The imperative for the exchange of terrorism-related intelligence information among law enforcement and security officials at all levels of government is founded on three propositions. The first is that any terrorist attack in the homeland will necessarily occur in a community within a state or tribal area, and the initial response to it will be state, local, and tribal emergency responders and law enforcement officials. Second, the plotting and preparation for a terrorist attack within the United States (such as surveillance of a target, acquisition and transport of weapons or explosives, and even the recruitment of participants) will also occur within local communities. Third, "information acquired for one purpose, or under one set of authorities, might provide unique insights when combined, in accordance with applicable laws, with seemingly unrelated information for other sources." Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) contain information about criminal activity that may also reveal terrorist pre-operational planning. Many believe that the sharing of SARs among all levels of government and the fusing of these reports with other intelligence information will help uncover terrorist plots within the United States. This book describes the Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI), the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related SARs, and how the NIS seeks to achieve this objective. It also examines civil liberties concerns raised by the initiative and identifies other oversight issues for Congress.
Download or read book Information Sharing written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, DOJ and its federal partners developed the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative to establish a capability to gather and share terrorism-related suspicious activity reports. GAO was asked to examine the initiative's progress and performance. This report addresses the extent to which (1) federal agencies have made progress in implementing the initiative, and what challenges, if any, remain; (2) the technical means used to collect and share reports overlap or duplicate each other; (3) training has met objectives and been completed; and (4) federal agencies are assessing the initiative's performance and results. GAO analyzed relevant documents and interviewed federal officials responsible for implementing the initiative and stakeholders from seven states (chosen based on their geographic location and other factors). The interviews are not generalizable but provided insight on progress and challenges. GAO recommends that DOJ implement formalized mechanisms to provide stakeholders feedback on the suspicious activity reports they submit, mitigate risks from supporting two systems to collect and share reports that may result in the FBI not receiving needed information, more fully assess if training for line officers meets their needs, and establish plans and time frames for implementing measures that assess the homeland security results the initiative has achieved. DOJ agreed with these recommendations and identified actions taken or planned to implement them.
Download or read book Information Sharing written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has largely implemented the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative among fusion centers--entities that serve as the focal point within a state for sharing and analyzing suspicious activity reports and other threat information. The state and local law enforcement officials GAO interviewed generally said the initiative's processes worked well, but that they could benefit from additional feedback from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on how the reports they submit are used. The FBI has a feedback mechanism, but not all stakeholders were aware of it. Implementing formalized feedback mechanisms as part of the initiative could help stakeholders conduct accurate analyses of terrorism-related information, among other things.
Download or read book Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Initiative as described in this Concept of Operations (CONOPS) builds on what law enforcement and other agencies have been doing for years--gathering information regarding behaviors and incidents associated with crime--and establishes a process whereby SAR information can be shared to help detect and prevent terrorism-related criminal activity. Although not specifically using the term "suspicious activity reporting," the 9/11 Commission Report is replete with examples of opportunities lost because available information was inaccessible outside a specific agency or narrow community of interest because of what the Commission referred to as "the human or systemic resistance to sharing information."The Commission recognized that Federal, State, local, and tribal (SLT) governments have access to information which could, when synthesized with information from other sources, help identify precursor activities of terrorist attacks. The challenge is to make this information available to those who need it in time to protect our people and institutions while at the same time ensuring that information privacy, civil liberties, and other legal rights are adequately protected."--Introduction.
Download or read book Information Sharing Federal Agencies are Sharing Border and Terrorism Information with Local and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies but Additional Efforts are Needed written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intelligence guide for first responders written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Sharing written by Eileen R. Larence and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its federal partners developed the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative to establish a capability to gather and share terrorism-related suspicious activity reports. This report examined the initiative’s progress and performance. It addresses the extent to which (1) federal agencies have made progress in implementing the initiative, and what challenges, if any, remain; (2) the technical means used to collect and share reports overlap or duplicate each other; (3) training has met objectives and been completed; and (4) federal agencies are assessing the initiative’s performance and results. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative written by Jerome P. Bjelopera and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the NSI, the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related SARs, and how the NSI seeks to achieve this objective. It examines the privacy and civil liberties concerns raised by the initiative and identifies other oversight issues for Congress.
Download or read book Homeland Security Intelligence written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Addressing Remaining Gaps in Federal State and Local Information Sharing written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Sharing written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In 2007, DOJ and its federal partners developed the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative to establish a capability to gather and share terrorism-related suspicious activity reports. GAO was asked to examine the initiative's progress and performance. This report addresses the extent to which (1) federal agencies have made progress in implementing the initiative, and what challenges, if any, remain; (2) the technical means used to collect and share reports overlap or duplicate each other; (3) training has met objectives and been completed; and (4) federal agencies are assessing the initiative's performance and results. GAO analyzed relevant documents and interviewed federal officials responsible for implementing the initiative and stakeholders from seven states (chosen based on their geographic location and other factors). The interviews are not generalizable but provided insight on progress and challenges. "
Download or read book Information Sharing Environment ISE suspicious Activity Reporting SAR evaluation Environment EE Segment Architecture written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) is sponsoring an Information Sharing Environment (ISE)-Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Evaluation Environment (EE) in furtherance of nationwide sharing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) determined to or deemed to have a potential terrorism nexus1. The ISE-SAR EE project extends current SAR activities in the ISE to support examination of a variety of operational ISE-SAR-related processes, such as law enforcement information gathering, processing, coordination, outreach/liaison, vetting and analysis, reporting, associated training, and facilitation. The ISE-SAR EE will also explore the benefits of training front line and supervisory law enforcement personnel regarding recognized behaviors and incidents associated with terrorism-related criminal activity. Finally, the project will focus on enhancing interconnectivity of systems to better enable sharing of ISE-SAR data. Benefits from this ISE-SAR EE effort will include inputs for the development and publication of a guide or template for Federal, and State, local and tribal (SLT) entities to use in establishing policies, common business processes, architectures, and technical capabilities for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing terrorism-related suspicious activity information. Results will also be used to provide updates to the ISE-SAR Functional Standard. Standardizing a SAR approach across the various levels of government will help meet the following objectives: A. Develop and document standing and threat-based priority information needs that will, once combined with existing national and regional needs, fully inform the gathering of terrorism-related SARs for a State or local area. These priority information needs will be developed through a coordinated information sharing effort involving Federal, State and local authorities at both a national and SLT level; B. Gather, document, process, vet, make available, share, and use terrorism-related SARs by individual local law enforcement entities with the Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) and Fusion Centers in a manner that ensures the appropriate operational and analytical responses while protecting the information privacy and legal rights of Americans; C. Federal field elements, regional and/or major urban area law enforcement entities post terrorism-related SARs in ISE Shared Spaces. These objectives cover the life cycle of ISE-SAR activity and reflect the need for an evaluation environment to help develop and test various business processes and procedures; to help identify and address a range of policy issues; and to assess selected architectural and technical concepts supporting the business processes, procedures, and policies associated with a nationwide SAR capability."--Overview.
Download or read book Moving Beyond the First Five Years written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-10-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data-such as phone records or Web sites visited-should be required to evaluate the programs' effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy. A framework is offered that agencies can use to evaluate such information-based programs, both classified and unclassified. The book urges Congress to re-examine existing privacy law to assess how privacy can be protected in current and future programs and recommends that any individuals harmed by violations of privacy be given a meaningful form of redress. Two specific technologies are examined: data mining and behavioral surveillance. Regarding data mining, the book concludes that although these methods have been useful in the private sector for spotting consumer fraud, they are less helpful for counterterrorism because so little is known about what patterns indicate terrorist activity. Regarding behavioral surveillance in a counterterrorist context, the book concludes that although research and development on certain aspects of this topic are warranted, there is no scientific consensus on whether these techniques are ready for operational use at all in counterterrorism.
Download or read book Information Sharing written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information is a crucial tool in securing the nation's borders against crimes and potential terrorist threats, with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the FBI, having key information sharing roles. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which (1) local and tribal officials in border communities received useful information from their federal partners, (2) federal agencies supported state fusion centers'-where states collaborate with federal agencies to improve information sharing-efforts to develop border intelligence products, and (3) local and tribal agencies were aware of the suspicious activities they are to report. To conduct this work, GAO analyzed relevant laws, directives, policies, and procedures; contacted a nongeneralizable sample of 20 agencies in border communities and five fusion centers (based on geographic location and size); and interviewed DHS and FBI officials.
