Homeland Security: Intelligence Support

Abstract

Legislation establishing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (P.L. 107-296) included provisions for an information analysis element within the new department. It did not transfer to DHS existing government intelligence and law enforcement agencies but envisioned an analytical office utilizing the products of other agencies both unevaluated information and finished reports to provide warning of terrorist attacks assessments of vulnerability, and recommendations for remedial actions at federal, state, and local levels, and by the private sector. In January 2003, the Administration announced its intention to establish a new Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC) to undertake many of the tasks envisioned for the DHS informational analysis element, but some Members of Congress argue that TTIC cannot be a substitute for a DHS analytical effort. This report examines different approaches to improving the information analysis function and the sharing of information among federal agencies. It will be updated as circumstances warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 06, 2003
Accession Number
ADA480082

Entities

People

  • Richard A.. Best Jr.

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysts
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Intelligence Community
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics