1000 PENTAGON
WASHINGTON , DC 20301-1000
MAY 2 0 2010
MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION

## Subject: Law Enforcement Suspicious Activity Reporting (Sar) System - Eguardian

Protecting our military service members, employees, families, and others on Department of Defense (DoD) installations from threats is a top priority. In August 2007, the Deputy Secretary of Defense tenninated the Threat and Location Observation Notice reporting system and directed the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs to explore a long-tenn solution to ensure access to appropriate law enforcement related threat infonnation in support of the Department's mISSIons.

Subsequently, the report of the co-chairs of the DoD Independent Review Related to Fort Hood, which reviewed the Fort Hood shooting, recommended that DoD "adopt a common force protection threat reporting system for documenting, storing, and exchanging threat information related to DoD personnel, facilities, and forces in transit."
After two years of analysis and the completion of a successful pilot program in June 2009, the Department has selected the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
eGuardian system for DoD unclassified threat reporting. The eGuardian system, which is FBI-owned and maintained, provides an unclassified, secure web-based capability to submit suspicious activity reports and will contribute to our overall force protection threat infonnation structure. The eGuardian system incorporates appropriate safeguards for civil liberties and enables infonnation sharing among Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, including interagency fusion centers.

Consistent with the guidance I recently issued on the interim report of the Fort Hood Follow-on Review, I direct that the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy will establish a plan and issue policy and procedures for the implementation of the eGuardian system as DoD's unclassified SAR system no later than June 30,2010.

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SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
UNDER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
DEPUTY CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER
CHIEFS OF THE MILITARY SERVICES
COMMANDERSOFTHECOMrnATANTCO~S
CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION
DIRECTOR, COST ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ASSISTANTS TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR, NET ASSESSMENT
DIRECTORS OF THE DEFENSE AGENCIES
DIRECTORS OF THE DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES