Information Sharing Environment 

Interim Implementation Plan 

Prepared Pursuant to 

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

Section 1016(e)

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Preface .......................................................................................................................... iii

1 Purpose ............................................................................................................... 1

2 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2

2.1 Today's Environment for Sharing Terrorism Information and Why It Needs 

Improvement.............................................................................................................. 2 

2.2 Recent Accomplishments Enabling Information Sharing Efforts ........................ 3 

2.3 Section 1016(e) Requirements .......................................................................... 4 

3 Interim Implementation Plan ............................................................................. 7

3.1 A Vision for the Future ....................................................................................... 7 

3.2 Implementation Approach.................................................................................. 9 

3.2.1 Implementation of Presidential Guidelines and Requirements................. 10 

3.2.2 Information Sharing Evaluation Environments ......................................... 10 

3.2.3 Integrating Results into the Broader ISE Implementation ........................ 11 

3.3 ISE Governance .............................................................................................. 12 

3.3.1 The Program Manager............................................................................. 13 

3.3.2 The Information Sharing Council ............................................................. 13 

3.3.3 The Information Sharing Policy Coordination Committee ........................ 13 

3.3.4 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board............................................. 14 

3.4 Status of IRTPA Requirements........................................................................ 14 

3.4.1 Progress Towards Meeting IRTPA Requirements ................................... 14 

3.4.2 IRTPA Requirement To Be Addressed .................................................... 15 

3.5 Tasks Associated with Presidential Guidelines and Requirements.................. 16 

3.5.1 REQUIREMENT 1 – Leveraging Ongoing Information Sharing Efforts in 

the Development of the ISE................................................................................ 16 

3.5.2 GUIDELINE 1 – Define Common Standards for How Information is 

Acquired, Accessed, Shared, and Used within the ISE ...................................... 16 

3.5.3 GUIDELINE 2 – Develop a Common Framework for the Sharing of 

Information between and Among Executive Departments and Agencies and 

State, Local, and Tribal Governments, Law Enforcement Agencies, and the 

Private Sector..................................................................................................... 17 

3.5.4 GUIDELINE 3 – Standardize Procedures for Sensitive but Unclassified 

Information.......................................................................................................... 18 

3.5.5 GUIDELINE 4 – Facilitate Information Sharing Between Executive 

Departments and Agencies and Foreign Partners.............................................. 19 

3.5.6 GUIDELINE 5 – Protect the Information Privacy Rights and Other Legal 

Rights of Americans ........................................................................................... 19 

3.5.7 REQUIREMENT 2 – Promoting a Culture of Information Sharing ........... 20 

3.6 Overarching ISE Integration Tasks .................................................................. 20 

3.6.1 ISE Functions, Capabilities, Resources and Conceptual Design............. 20 

3.6.2 Enterprise Architecture ............................................................................ 21 

3.6.3 ISE Funding Strategy & Resource Requirements.................................... 22 

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3.6.4 Performance Measurement ..................................................................... 24 

3.6.5 Electronic Directory Services ................................................................... 24 

4 Required Program Manager Recommendations............................................ 26

5 Conclusion........................................................................................................ 27

Tab A: Cross-References to Requirements of Intelligence Reform and Terrorist 

Prevention Act of 2004 .................................................................................. 28

Tab B: December 16, 2005 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments 

and Agencies ................................................................................................. 29

Tab C: Due Dates of ISE Interim Implementation Plan Tasks ................................ 35

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Preface 

This document, developed in consultation with the Information Sharing Council (ISC), 

represents an interim implementation plan and serves as a roadmap for developing the 

comprehensive implementation plan for the ISE, which is expected to be submitted to the 

Congress in July 2006. 

In the past four years, the Administration has taken significant steps toward advancing our 

ability to share terrorism information. Through Executive Orders 13311 and 13356, the 

Administration laid the foundation for improving information sharing. On October 25, 2005, 

President Bush added to this foundation by publishing Executive Order 13388, Further 

Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans. That order makes 

clear the President’s intent to ensure that the heads of all Federal departments and agencies 

who “possess or acquire terrorism information shall promptly give access to the terrorism 

information to the head of each other agency that has counterterrorism functions” unless 

directed otherwise by the President or are forbidden from doing so because of statutory and 

other legal restrictions. 

In parallel with these efforts, Congress enacted three laws providing the U.S. Government with 

greater authority for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating terrorist information: the USA 

PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and the Intelligence Reform and 

Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA). In addition, the Administration has adopted the 

majority of information sharing recommendations put forth by the Commission on the 

Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. 

Today, the sharing of terrorism information takes place within multiple sharing environments 

within individual communities of interest such as law enforcement; homeland security; State, 

local, and tribal; defense; intelligence; diplomatic, and the private sector. Over time, each of 

these communities of interest has developed its own unique policies, rules, guidelines, 

standards, architectures, and systems to meet its specific mission requirements. In every case, 

the goal was delivery of functionality and capabilities to accomplish their specific mission 

requirements. As a result, the current information sharing environment is not as integrated, 

interconnected, or as robust as the nation requires. The challenge, therefore, is to transform the 

current ISE to one that better facilitates and expedites access to terrorism information and 

enables the sharing and integration of information across appropriate Federal, State, local, and 

tribal governments and private sector entities. 

The vision for tomorrow’s ISE consists of creating the conditions by which information can be 

accessed across agency and jurisdictional boundaries and between the Federal Government 

and its State, local, tribal and private sector partners in a timely, efficient, and frictionless 

manner while protecting the information privacy and other legal rights of Americans. The ISE will 

leverage existing information sharing capabilities to the maximum extent possible, build a 

centralized governance structure and a decentralized environment, and focus on more than 

intelligence information. This transformation will occur through a series of directed incremental 

steps. 

Section 1016 of IRTPA provides for a phased development process for the ISE -- the 

appointment of the Program Manager (PM), the Program Manager’s issuance of a Preliminary 

Report, and the issuance of Presidential Guidelines and Requirements address the first three 

phases. Section 1016(e) represents the fourth and perhaps the most important phase of the 

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development process, by requiring an implementation plan for the ISE that addresses eleven 

requirements. 

These requirements for the implementation plan call for detailed answers that can only be 

provided after significant coordination between the PM and all departments and agencies, as it 

is the departments and agencies that ultimately are responsible for implementing the ISE. 

Adding to the complexity of this task is the fact that the needs of State, local, and tribal 

governments and private sector entities must be taken into account as well. Moreover, several 

of the descriptions and policies required for the implementation plan are being developed under 

the direction provided by the Presidential Guidelines and Requirements. Thus the report being 

submitted at this time is an interim report – a necessary step in an incremental, iterative process 

to achieve a more robust and more effective ISE. 

My office, under the leadership of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), is committed to 

creating an effective information sharing environment that meets the needs and requirements of 

all levels of government and the private sector: a national ISE. This task will include the 

development of policies that will enable individual Federal agencies and key partners to begin to 

adopt practices that reflect effective terrorism information sharing capabilities and procedures. 

State, local, and tribal governments and private sector entities must be full partners in this effort. 

I look forward to the continued support of Congress as we collectively begin to make 

incremental progress in providing decision makers access to the best possible information to 

enable the best possible decision making to protect this Nation from terrorist attacks. 

John A. Russack 

 Program Manager

Information Sharing Environment

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1 Purpose 

Section 1016 of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA)1 calls for the 

President to “create an Information Sharing Environment (ISE) for the sharing of terrorism 

information”2

 among Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, and, where appropriate, with 

the private sector entities and foreign allies, in a manner consistent with the protection of 

homeland and national security and with the protection of information privacy rights and other 

legal rights of Americans. To assist in the development of the ISE, IRTPA provides for the 

designation of a Program Manager (PM) “responsible for information sharing across the Federal 

Government.”3

 

As the President recently noted in his Message to Congress, creating the ISE is a “difficult and 

complex task.”4

 The Congress also recognized the difficulty of translating generalized calls for 

improved information sharing into a functioning and fundamentally altered system when it 

drafted Section 1016 to provide for a phased development process, with periodic reporting to 

the Congress.5

 One such phase is the development of the Implementation Plan for the ISE.6

This document, developed by the PM in consultation with the Information Sharing Council (ISC), 

represents an interim implementation plan and serves as a roadmap for developing the 

comprehensive Implementation Plan for the ISE, which is expected to be submitted to the 

Congress in July 2006. This interim plan identifies a vision and strategy for the development of 

the ISE, and describes the corresponding activities to be undertaken by the PM, Federal 

departments and agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, and private sector entities. 

 

1 Pub. L. No. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638 (Dec. 17, 2004) [hereinafter IRTPA]. 2 See IRTPA at §1016 (a) and (b). "Terrorism information" is defined as, “all information, whether collected, produced, 

or distributed by intelligence, law enforcement, military, homeland security, or other activities relating to: (A) the 

existence, organization, capabilities, plans, intentions, vulnerabilities, means of finance or material support, or 

activities of foreign or international terrorist groups or individuals, or of domestic groups or individuals involved in 

transnational terrorism; (B) threats posed by such groups or individuals to the United States, United States persons, 

or United States interests, or to those of other nations; (C) communications of or by such groups or individuals; or (D) 

groups or individuals reasonably believed to be assisting or associated with such groups or individuals.” Id. at (a)(4). 3 See IRTPA, § 1016 (f). 4 Message to the Congress of the United States, December 16, 2005. 5

 Pages S11972-S11974 of the Congressional Record, December 8, 2004 - “INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND 

TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004--CONFERENCE REPORT”. 6 See IRTPA, § 1016 (e). 

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2 Introduction 

2.1 Today's Environment for Sharing Terrorism Information and Why 

It Needs Improvement 

The 9/11 attacks demonstrated that terrorists have the desire and capabilities to carry out 

attacks with catastrophic consequences within the United States. Moreover, it exposed 

substantial deficiencies in the sharing of terrorism information among Federal, State, local, and 

tribal authorities and the private sector. Specifically, the Final Report of the National 

Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States7

 identified several instances in which 

potentially useful information was (1) available but no one knew to ask for it, (2) distributed only 

in compartmented channels, or (3) requested but withheld due to a determination that sharing 

was not permitted.8

Legislative changes and executive orders have reduced some of the barriers to information 

sharing, and progress has been made in strengthening the government’s sharing capabilities, 

while protecting the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans. However, the 

current environment that supports the sharing of terrorism information remains overly complex 

and not sufficiently robust to meet the needs of its users. This environment includes a variety of 

organizational structures, policies, business rules, and technologies for gathering, analyzing and 

sharing terrorism information. This situation can best be characterized as a collection of 

multiple sharing environments within separate but overlapping communities, each providing 

important and unique contributions to the war on terror, including law enforcement; homeland 

security; intelligence; defense; diplomatic; State, local, and tribal; and the private sector. 

Currently, departmental and interagency communities of interest facilitate terrorism information 

sharing within a specific discipline or a particular component of the counterterrorism community, 

with the goal of making information and capabilities available to accomplish mission-specific 

requirements. In this regard, many of these entities have achieved some degree of success. 

The result, however, is the emergence of multiple, mission-specific information sharing systems, 

with disparate policies, business rules, cultures and technologies, which has unintentionally 

impeded the sharing of terrorism information between the various communities and across 

counterterrorism domains. This situation is exacerbated by the fact that the counterterrorism 

roles, responsibilities, and missions of departments, agencies and non-Federal entities overlap, 

are unclear and have interdependencies that are not fully understood. These factors result in 

conflicting requirements that obstruct consensus on which policies, business rules and systems 

best facilitate the sharing of terrorism information. 

The ISE of the future must transform, integrate and connect existing elements into a cohesive 

framework by providing common policies, guidelines, systems and architecture. Leveraging 

existing initiatives will be critical to getting this task done in an expedited manner. The 

challenge herein is that terrorism information is not limited to intelligence. The counterterrorism 

mission will require the integration of classes of information from multiple communities of 

interest. Each of these classes of information possesses its own unique legal requirements, 

business rules, technical architectures, standards and capabilities. The success of the effort will 

be directly related to the commitment that each participant makes to foster a culture that allows 

for the collective to be greater than the sum of its parts. 

 

7

 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT (2004), available at http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm. 8 See id. 

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2.2 Recent Accomplishments Enabling Information Sharing Efforts 

The Congress and the Administration have taken a number of steps to advance the nation’s 

ability to share terrorism information more effectively, including the enactment of the USA 

PATRIOT Act of 2001,9

 the Homeland Security Act of 2002,10 and IRTPA of 2004. Through 

Executive Orders 13311,

11 1335412, and 13356,13 President Bush further established a 

foundation for improving terrorism information sharing, and on October 25, 2005, the President 

built upon this foundation with Executive Order 13388, Further Strengthening the Sharing of 

Terrorism Information to Protect Americans.

14 This order reflects and conforms to the 

information sharing provisions in Section 1016 of IRTPA and formed the Information Sharing 

Council by designating the Program Manager as the chair. Since the issuance of Executive 

Order 13388, departments and agencies have approved a charter, which further outlines how 

the ISC will fulfill its statutory purpose of assisting and advising the President and the PM in 

carrying out their duties under Section 1016 of IRTPA; heads of departments and agencies 

have designated their representative to the ISC; and the ISC has met to consult on this Interim 

Implementation Plan.15

The PM’s statutory responsibilities for the planning, oversight and management of the ISE allow 

for the authorities and directives described in the paragraph above to be implemented in a 

coordinated manner – which is crucial to the ISE transformation process. Since the 

appointment of the PM in April 2005, a number of steps have established the support structure 

necessary for the PM to address the existing challenges and assist in the creation of the 

Information Sharing Environment. These steps included: 

• The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as part of the fiscal year 2006 (FY2006) 

budget process, conducting a Budget Data Request to departments and agencies as a 

first step in compiling a list of Federal information technology investments that support

terrorism information sharing (April-September 2005); 

• Formally establishing and housing the Office of the PM (June-December 2005); 

• Establishing an Information Sharing Policy Coordination Committee (ISPCC), cochaired by the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and the National Security Council 

(NSC) with the PM as a member, to address policy information sharing issues, including 

departments’ and agencies roles and responsibilities (June 2005); 

• Issuing the Program Manager’s “Preliminary Report on the Creation of the Information 

Sharing Environment,” which provides a description of the technological, legal and 

policy issues presented by the creation of the ISE (June 2005); 

• Issuing a Request for Information (RFI) to industry for Electronic Directory Services 

(EDS) as required by IRTPA (August 2005) and determining the appropriate EDS 

development activities (November 2005); 

 

9 UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS REQUIRED TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT 

TERRORISM, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (Oct. 24, 2001). 10 Pub. L. No. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (Nov. 25, 2002). 11 HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING, 68 Fed. Reg. 45149 (July 29, 2003). 12 NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, 69 Fed. Reg. 53589 (Aug. 27, 2004). 13 Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans, 69 Fed. Reg. 53599 (Aug. 27, 2004). 14 70 Fed. Reg. 62023 (Oct. 27, 2005). This Order amends Exec. Order No. 13311 and revokes Exec. Order No. 

13356. 15 Id. 

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• Issuing Executive Order 13388, creating the Information Sharing Council and identifying 

the PM as the chair (October 2005); and

• Holding the initial meeting, and subsequent follow-on meetings, of the Information 

Sharing Council (November-December 2005). 

Implementing a robust ISE requires leveraging all of these accomplishments and authorities. 

Specifically, rules must be established to govern how and under what conditions information will 

flow across interdepartmental, interagency and intergovernmental boundaries, as well as who 

can authoritatively act on that information. To facilitate this process, the President recently 

issued guidelines and requirements, which represent a significant step forward in the 

establishment of the ISE. The implementation of these guidelines and requirements will:16

• Clarify roles and authorities across executive departments and agencies; 

• Implement common standards and architectures to further facilitate timely and effective 

information sharing; 

• Improve the Federal Government’s terrorism information sharing relationships with 

State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and foreign allies;

• Revamp classification and marking systems, as they relate to sensitive but unclassified 

information; 

• Ensure that the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans are 

protected in the development and implementation of the ISE; and 

• Ensure that departments and agencies promote a culture of information sharing by 

assigning personnel and dedicating resources to terrorism information sharing. 

While the task ahead is complicated, the fundamental principles are in place to guide future ISE 

development. 

2.3 Section 1016(e) Requirements 

As noted above, Section 1016 of IRTPA provides for a phased development process for the ISE 

-- the appointment of the Program Manager, the Program Manager’s issuance of a Preliminary 

Report, and the issuance of Presidential guidelines and requirements address the first three 

phases. Section 1016(e) represents the fourth and perhaps the most important phase of the 

development process by requiring an implementation plan for the ISE that addresses the 

following eleven requirements: 

(1) A description of the functions, capabilities, resources, and conceptual design of the 

ISE, including standards;

(2) A description of the impact on enterprise architectures of participating agencies; 

(3) A budget estimate identifying the incremental costs associated with designing, testing, 

integrating, deploying, and operating the ISE; 

 

16 Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Subject: Guidelines and Requirements in 

Support of the Information Sharing Environment, (December 16, 2005). 

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(4) A project plan for designing, testing, integrating, deploying, and operating the ISE; 

(5) f the ISE, as well as

the metrics and enforcement mechanisms that will be utilized; 

(6) able the assessment of progress 

d to ensure that the ISE will be 

h privacy and civil liberties will be protected in the 

(9) 

and under what conditions, the ISE should be expanded to include 

(10) 

encies that will deliver the infrastructure

(11) il,

ISE, including whether the position of PM 

should continue to remain in existence. 

ion of the ISE, and addresses, at least in part, 

blishing 

an I

• mplementation of

• egree of cooperation, coordination and alignment 

•

ure cannot be separated from 

The policies and directives that govern the content and usage o

Objective, system-wide performance measures to en

toward achieving the full implementation of the ISE; 

(7) A description of the training requirements neede

adequately implemented and properly utilized; 

(8) A description of the means by whic

design and operation of the ISE; 

The recommendations of the PM, in consultation with the Information Sharing Council, 

regarding whether,

other information; 

A delineation of the roles of the Federal departments and agencies that will participate

in the ISE, including an identification of the ag

needed to operate and manage the ISE; and 

The recommendations of the PM, in consultation with the Information Sharing Counc

for a future management structure for the

These requirements call for detailed answers that can only be provided after significant 

coordination between the PM and the departments and agencies, as it is the departments and 

agencies that ultimately are responsible for implementing the ISE. Adding to the complexity of 

this task is the fact that the needs of State, local, and tribal governments and private sector 

entities must be taken into account as well. Moreover, several of the descriptions and policies 

required for the implementation plan are being developed under the direction provided by the

Presidential guidelines and requirements. Accordingly, this is an interim implementation plan – 

a necessary step in an incremental, iterative process to achieve a successful ISE. This plan 

provides a vision and strategy for the implementat

all of the Section 1016(e) reporting requirements. 

In developing this vision and strategy for implementation, it became apparent that esta

SE represents a challenging and complex undertaking for the following reasons: 

No single organization is solely in charge of, or responsible, for the i

the ISE, yet each participating organization has a role and a stake; 

Mission success depends on a high d

among a diverse set of participants; 

The ISE must align with, complement and support the individual missions of the ISE 

participants. The nation’s terrorism information infrastruct

existing infrastructure supporting other mission priorities; 

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• Organizations are expected to use existing resources to meet the demands of the 

counterterrorism mission, creating competition for resources; 

• cultures within organizations and redefining 

tribal governments and private sector entities 

arrive at a common understanding of the solutions that are necessary and achievable within 

an evolving ISE. 

• New business rules must be established to create cross-organizational operational 

efficiencies; and 

Effective sharing will require changing the

the policies, processes and technical systems that currently exist within the 

counterterrorism operating environment. 

Members of the ISC recognize the need to design a robust concept of operations before 

submitting a comprehensive Implementation Plan. The concept of operations will identify 

impediments and accompanying solutions to ensure the successful evolution of the ISE. 

Moreover, it will provide a platform to encourage the communities participating in the ISE to 

adopt a common lexicon and shared philosophical approach regarding how the sharing of 

terrorism information best supports national efforts to detect, prevent, respond to and recover 

from acts of terrorism. Prior to the release of the comprehensive Implementation Plan, there 

must be a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities, identified deliverables, and 

corresponding performance measures to allow for the implementation of effective solutions that

meet IRTPA requirements. To accomplish these objectives, this Interim Implementation Plan 

outlines a roadmap for Federal, State, local, and

to

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3 Interim Implementation Plan

3.1 A Vision for the Future 

IRTPA calls for the creation of an ISE for terrorism information in a manner consistent with 

national security and the information privacy and other legal rights of Americans. In accordance 

with IRTPA, the ISE will reflect the combination of policies, procedures and technologies 

connecting the resources (information, organizations, services and personnel) of the Federal, 

State, local, and tribal governments, and as appropriate, the private sector and foreign allies, to 

ensure terrorism information sharing, access and collaboration among users is readily available. 

Further, the President has directed that the development of the ISE take into account the 

counterterrorism missions, roles, and responsibilities of executive departments and agencies, 

and that State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector 

have the opportunity to participate as full partners in the ISE. In so doing, there must be a clear 

understanding that in some cases, ISE participants fulfill their counterterrorism responsibilities 

within a broader law enforcement, public safety or public health context. Additionally, there 

must be an understanding that any actionable terrorism information, where appropriate and 

possible, should include unclassified content that can be utilized at the local level. 

Therefore, the ISE, created and maintained in full partnership by all levels of government and, 

as appropriate, with the private sector, will effectively support the detection, prevention, 

disruption, preemption and mitigation of the effects of terrorism activities against the territory, 

people and interests of the United States of America.17 It will accomplish this by enabling the 

trusted exchange of terrorism information between and among appropriate Federal, State, local,

and tribal governments and private sector entities at multiple security levels,18 while also 

safeguarding the information, protecting sources and methods and the information privacy rights 

and other legal rights of Americans in the conduct of these activities.19

To achieve these goals, the ISE will have the following attributes: 20 

• Connects existing systems, where appropriate; provides no single points of failure; and 

allows users to share information among agencies, between levels of government, and, 

as appropriate, with the private sector; 

• Ensures direct and continuous online electronic access to information; 

• Assures the availability of information in a form and manner conducive to its use in 

analysis, investigations and operations; 

• Builds upon existing systems’ capabilities currently in use across the government; 

• Employs an information access management approach that controls access to data 

rather than just systems and networks, without sacrificing security; 

• Incorporates strong mechanisms to enhance accountability and facilitate oversight, 

including audits, authentication and access controls; 

• Facilitates the sharing of information at and across all levels of security; 

• Allows authorized users to locate people and information; and 

 

17 See Exec. Order No. 13388, § 1(a)(i) (Oct. 25, 2005). 18 See id. at § 1(a)(ii) and 1(a)(iii). 19 See id. at § 1(a)(iv) and 1(b). 20 See IRTPA, § 1016(b)(2)

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• Incorporates protections for the information privacy rights and other legal rights of 

Americans. 

While a large amount of terrorism information already is stored electronically in systems, many 

users are not connected to those systems. In addition, there remains an unknown quantity of 

relevant information not captured and stored electronically. Thus, the information about 

terrorists, their plans and activities is fragmentary. The ISE will connect disparate electronic 

storehouses so we can take advantage of what already exists. Additionally it will provide 

mechanisms for capturing and providing access to terrorism information currently not available 

electronically. 

Terrorism information encompasses a wide array of information with disparate characteristics 

and uses. In today’s environment, the relevant community of information collectors, analysts 

and users extends beyond the Federal government to include State, local, and tribal 

governments, foreign entities, and the private sector. Information available to any single 

member of the ISE may prove essential to understanding the current terrorism threat picture. 

Accordingly, the ISE must provide a framework to determine the appropriate means and scope 

of access to the many different categories of terrorism information. 

Finally, along with improving terrorism information access, the ISE must also incorporate 

abilities to measure and account for the value of the information being shared and ensure that 

the information being provided has the greatest impact on the nation's ability to address 

immediate and emerging terrorist threats and events. To do so, the ISE will fully incorporate 

performance and accountability measures that directly relate to reducing the risk of terrorism 

today and in the future. 

To realize these attributes, the ISE will provide a disciplined, integrated and trusted structure for 

the creation, protection, dissemination and use of actionable terrorism information across all 

related communities. Each of these communities—law enforcement, homeland security, State, 

local, and tribal, defense, intelligence, diplomatic, and the private sector—provides important 

and unique contributions to the war on terror, and each presents its own set of requirements on 

the proposed environment. 

The ISE must, therefore, provide capabilities that allow terrorism information to be integrated so 

users across all the communities can better detect threats relevant to their missions. At the 

same time, the ISE policies, procedures and technologies must fully support the specific 

functions that each community uses to achieve its mission. To do this, the ISE will, at a 

minimum, provide the following key capabilities for all communities comprising the environment: 

• Easier User Access. Users face a wide variety of systems and tools with different 

policies, procedures and access controls. The environment must simplify access for 

users regardless of their point of entry into the environment. 

• Security and Privacy Safeguards. The environment must protect privacy and civil 

liberties while permitting access to appropriate data from the public and private sectors. 

• Information Discovery and Search. Currently, users typically must know where 

information is likely to be located and then search for it using query mechanisms that 

assume they know what questions to ask. The environment will allow information users 

to discover the information they need without knowing its location or even if the 

information exists. 

• Information Access. Actionable information does not always get to the people who need 

it when they need it. The environment will enable users to get the information they need 

whether it is pulled as a result of a search or automatically pushed to them. 

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• Knowledge Extraction. There is too much information and there are too many 

interrelationships to link disparate information, and draw real-world actionable 

conclusions from the enormous amount of data available. The environment must be 

able to work with all sorts of information, from highly structured relational databases, to

semi-structured materials, to unstructured textual content as well as provide tools to 

enable users to make sense of the information they obtain. 

• Collaboration. Users need to be able to collaborate more effectively with other users in 

order to make the best use of the information provided to them. The environment will 

support the creation of ad-hoc collaboration groups, and incorporate tools to enable 

multiple people to communicate on areas of mutual interest across organizational 

boundaries. 

Successful implementation and continuous improvement of Electronic Directory Services (EDS) 

is a critical component to achieving these ISE capabilities. EDS must be fully integrated and 

connected to the ISE, with multiple directory services working together and sharing information. 

This will ensure that people and organizations have easier user access and collaboration 

capabilities, and service and data directories are supporting information discovery and search, 

information access and knowledge extraction. 

Success of the ISE also depends upon the creation and incremental improvement of these 

capabilities while protecting the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans in 

a manner that provides transparency to the public about the purpose and operation of the ISE. 

The ISE must address the accuracy of data about individuals, provide appropriate controls to 

access information about individuals, ensure the appropriate use of such information, and 

provide an appropriate mechanism for individuals to request corrections to errors of any kind. 

The ISE will improve the United States’ ability to produce and disseminate accurate, timely and 

validated terrorism information, and thereby enhance the nation's ability to address immediate 

or emerging terrorist threats and events. It will continually evolve as it adapts to changes in the 

terrorist threat, national risks and mission requirements. 

3.2 Implementation Approach 

Given the complexity and size of the ISE, an incremental and iterative implementation 

approach⎯fully grounded in the overall ISE vision⎯offers the most practical and cost efficient 

strategy to achieve the vision of the ISE. This type of approach, instead of a top-down 

approach, enables a continuous assessment and integration of programs, evolution of an ISE 

architecture, and timely performance monitoring and resource management to achieve the longterm vision and goals of the ISE. 

To respond to the requirements in Section 1016 of IRTPA, ISE implementation will be based on 

a three-pronged strategy: 

• Implementation of Presidential Guidelines and Requirements; 

• Support and augmentation for existing information sharing environments, such as the 

National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC); and 

• A process for integrating the Presidential Guidelines and Requirements with the needs 

of the broader ISE, addressing overall ISE functions, capabilities, resources, conceptual 

design, architecture, budget, and performance management. 

A view of the implementation approach is depicted in Figure 3.1. 

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PRESIDENTIAL GUIDELINES

AND REQUIREMENTS

IMPLEMENTATION

PRESIDENTIAL GUIDELINES

AND REQUIREMENTS

IMPLEMENTATION

INFORMATION SHARING

EVALUATION ENVIRONMENTS

INFORMATION SHARING

EVALUATION ENVIRONMENTS

INTEGRATION INTO FULL

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

INTEGRATION INTO FULL

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

ISE GOVERNANCE

Figure 3.1 ISE Implementation Approach

3.2.1 Implementation of Presidential Guidelines and Requirements 

As discussed in Chapter 1, the guidelines and requirements set forth in the December 16, 2005 

Presidential memorandum include specific actions and deliverables that address critical issues 

affecting the design and implementation of the ISE. Collectively, they provide a roadmap by 

which the PM, ISC and Federal departments and agencies will address a number of 

longstanding information sharing issues. The specific tasks, timelines, accountability and 

deliverables associated with each guideline and requirement are detailed in Section 3.5. 

Existing and newly established working groups already have begun working on the assigned 

tasks. 

3.2.2 Information Sharing Evaluation Environments

Individual counterterrorism missions require accessing information from varying sources with 

differing granularity and classification levels. Given the variety of operational missions that rely 

on terrorism information, ISE implementation must be flexible and adaptable. Accordingly, 

effecting substantive improvements in the flow of information requires a pragmatic approach to 

evaluate, prioritize, propose and implement solutions. 

ISE implementation will be grounded in practical applications in order to identify requirements, 

performance elements, capabilities, and standards. As discussed below, the identification of 

information sharing evaluation environments creates opportunities to address these issues (and 

others as they arise) and make immediate improvements to terrorism information sharing. 

Several mission-specific organizations already operate their own information sharing 

environments that encompass a number of the attributes and capabilities of the larger ISE, 

reflecting both progress and impediments to information sharing. These existing, individual 

environments enable the development and application of policies, business processes, 

procedures and technology solutions that will provide a baseline for positive change across the 

ISE. 

In order to extract lessons learned and apply them to the ISE as a whole, it is essential to 

identify environments representative of broader issues affecting the entire ISE. Initially, 

evaluation activities will be focused on at least two environments⎯one or two that are central to

sharing terrorism information across the Federal Government, and the other addressing the all10 
way sharing of information between the Federal Government, State, local, and tribal 

governments and private sector entities. 

The NCTC will serve as one of the initial Federal Government information sharing evaluation 

environments. The NCTC was selected because it is the primary organization in the U.S. 

government for analyzing and integrating all information pertaining to terrorism and 

counterterrorism.21 The missions of the NCTC include: 

• Ensuring that agencies, as appropriate, have access to and receive all-source 

information support needed to develop and execute their counterterrorism plans or 

perform independent alternative analysis; and 

• Serving as the central and shared knowledge bank on known and suspected terrorists 

and international terror groups, as well as their activities, goals, strategies, capabilities 

and networks of contacts and support.22 

Given its statutory role in the Federal Government’s counterterrorism activities, the NCTC offers 

the unique opportunity for application, monitoring, and assessment of terrorism information flow 

across the Federal Government. 

In the recently issued Memorandum to Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on 

Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment, the President 

directed that State and local governments “must have the opportunity to participate as full 

partners in the ISE”. Over the past few years, a number of initiatives have emerged to address 

the complex challenge of improving Federal, State and local information sharing. The

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have already 

reached out extensively to State, local, and tribal governments and private sector entities -- this 

includes work with statewide and major urban area information fusion centers. In addition, since 

January 2005, two Federal Advisory Groups—the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative 

and the Homeland Security Advisory Council—comprised principally of State and local officials 

have worked in consultation with officials from the DHS and DOJ to develop guidelines to assist

in the implementation of statewide and major urban area information fusion centers. The ISE 

will build on the work of these groups. Further, to ensure that State and local governments have 

the opportunity to be partners in the development and implementation of the ISE, DHS and DOJ 

in partnership with State and local representatives, will identify one or more environments run by 

states and major urban areas for evaluation of the effectiveness of the flow of terrorism 

information between Federal, State and local governments and the private sector. 

3.2.3 Integrating Results into the Broader ISE Implementation 

Although the implementation of the Presidential Guidelines and Requirements, as well as the 

solutions resulting from the information sharing evaluation environments, will demonstrate 

concrete progress against real-world problems, it is also essential that these activities allow for 

an overarching ISE architecture that includes associated functions, capabilities, design and 

standards. ISE participants must be able to identify the specific impacts to their respective 

enterprise architectures and to plan for short- and long-term budget adjustments. Accordingly, a 

major part of the implementation process will provide the means to address broader ISE 

integration issues relating to budget, performance management and ISE architecture. In 

addition, it will form the basis for the project plan for designing, testing, integrating, deploying 

and operating the ISE as required by IRTPA. Specific topics of the broader ISE integration are 

addressed in Section 3.6 of this plan. 

 

21 See IRTPA, § 1021 (excepting intelligence pertaining to domestic terrorism and counterterrorism). 22 See id.

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The ISE implementation approach for integrating results into the broader ISE includes the 

following steps: 

• Identify specific information sharing issues and impediments from the working groups 

associated with the implementation of the Presidential Guidelines and Requirements and 

the evaluation environments; 

• Prioritize these issues using criteria that will emphasize the potential application to or 

impact on the broader ISE, and create a list of requirements based on the prioritized 

issues; 

• Develop options and recommendations for solutions that entail new or modified policies, 

processes, procedures and technology, along with estimated resource impacts; 

• Assess how each recommendation will be incorporated into the overall ISE 

implementation plan, specifically addressing the requirements in Section 1016(e) of 

IRTPA; 

• Present these recommendations to the ISC for decision and implementation. As 

discussed in Section 3.3, other elements of the ISE governance structure will be 

engaged if required; 

• Identify and designate lead implementing department(s) or agency(s) for each approved 

recommendation; 

• Use ISC-endorsed recommendations with their accompanying assessments to form the 

basis for the full ISE implementation plan. This incremental approach to the full plan will 

respond to the requirements of Section 1016(e) of IRTPA (see Section 3.4); and 

• Measure progress and outstanding issues associated with approved ISE tasks through 

regular review by the ISC to enable the assessment of progress toward the realization of 

the ISE vision. This ongoing activity drives toward continual improvement by 

implementing and monitoring terrorism information sharing requirements and identifying 

gap solutions using new and updated ISE investments. 

3.3 ISE Governance 

In accordance with IRTPA, the President will “enforce the policies, directives and rules that will 

govern the content and usage of the ISE.”23 Under the President’s authority, the PM is 

responsible for planning for and overseeing the implementation of, and managing, the ISE 24 In 

this capacity, the PM will assist, monitor and assess progress and compliance throughout the 

implementation phases.25 This will be accomplished under his statutory role as the PM, and 

through his position as Chair of the ISC. The ISC is integral to the success of the ISE as a 

mechanism that will effectively support and advise the PM during implementation, as well as 

ensure coordination among participants for the establishment of the ISE. 

In order to effectively identify and resolve issues related to the implementation of the ISE, the 

office of the PM has been structured with the goal of providing regular staff interaction with ISE 

communities. Through this interaction, the PM will attempt to resolve questions and disputes 

among communities, elevating any unresolved issues to the ISC for collaborative resolution. If

necessary, matters may be further elevated to the ISPCC for consideration and resolution. 

 

23 IRTPA §1016 (b)(1)(C). 24 See id. at (f)(2)(A)(i). 25 See id. at (f)(2)(A)(iii).

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Depicted in Figure 3.2 and described below are the specific governance responsibilities of the 

PM, the ISC, the ISPCC and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 

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3.3.1 The Program Manager 

The PM will build upon current information sharing efforts across the U.S. Government, and 

facilitate change toward tomorrow’s ISE, engaging the ISC in the implementation process 

through continuous communication, interaction and inclusion in decision-making processes. 

The PM will act as the catalyst to improve terrorism information sharing among ISE communities 

by working with them to remove barriers and facilitate change to improve information access. 

The PM’s Office is currently supported by an experienced staff from across the U.S. 

Government. The PM also has the benefit of several advisors with expertise in specific 

information sharing issues, e.g., State and local information sharing and technology standards. 

3.3.2 The Information Sharing Council 

The ISC is an interagency forum established by Section 1016 of IRTPA and Executive Order 

13388, and operating under a Charter approved by the ISPCC. It is an advisory body to the 

President and PM in the development of policies, procedures and guidelines necessary to 

implement the ISE. Additionally, it provides participants an avenue to actively engage in 

implementation planning and decision-making for the establishment of an effective ISE. The 

Council also acts as a mechanism to ensure coordination among Federal departments and 

agencies, and is a means for the PM to assess progress among ISE communities. The ISC 

was recently directed to establish two sub-committees to address State, local, and tribal as well 

as private sector issues. These subcommittees will be co-chaired by DHS and DOJ. 

3.3.3 The Information Sharing Policy Coordination Committee 

In June, the President also established the Information Sharing Policy Coordination Committee 

(ISPCC), which is chaired jointly by the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and the National 

Security Council (NSC), and which has the responsibilities set forth in Section D of Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive-1 and other relevant presidential guidance with respect to 

information sharing. The ISPCC was established to address major information sharing policy 

issues, including the resolution of issues raised by the PM, and provide policy analysis and 

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recommendations for consideration by the more senior committees of the HSC and NSC 

systems. The PM is a member of the ISPCC. 

3.3.4 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) was created to ensure a system of 

checks and balances to protect individual privacy and civil liberties during the establishment of 

government efforts to protect the nation against terrorism.26 The PCLOB is to provide advice 

and counsel on the development and implementation of policy to the President or to the head of 

any executive department or agency. Section 1016 requires consultation with the PCLOB to 

protect the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans in the development and 

use of the ISE. The PM and the ISC will work closely with the PCLOB to ensure that privacy 

and civil liberties are protected in the development and management of the ISE. 

3.4 Status of IRTPA Requirements 

Although an effective ISE implementation plan will ultimately address issues beyond those 

specifically identified in IRTPA, Section 1016(e) cites eleven specific requirements that must be 

addressed. This Interim Implementation Plan describes progress towards meeting ten of the 

requirements in Section 3.4.1, and one requirement, yet to be addressed, is discussed in 

Section 3.4.2. The following discussions also reference the recent Presidential Memorandum 

that issued guidelines and requirements that directly support the requirements of Section 

1016(e). Tab A provides a detailed traceability of all eleven requirements of IRTPA, which are 

covered in corresponding sections or chapters within this document. 

3.4.1 Progress Towards Meeting IRTPA Requirements 

The following ten IRTPA requirements are currently in progress: 

• Requirement 1—A description of the functions, capabilities, resources, and conceptual 

design of the ISE, including standards. This is addressed in part in Sections 3.1, 3.5.1, 

3.5.2 and 3.6.1. Additional efforts, to more completely describe resources requirements 

and conceptual design, will be included in the comprehensive Implementation Plan for 

the ISE, which is expected to be submitted to the Congress in July 2006.

• Requirement 2— A description of the impact on enterprise architectures of participating 

agencies. Section 3.6.2 addresses many of the actions necessary to address this 

requirement.

• Requirement 3—A budget estimate that identifies the incremental costs associated with 

designing, testing, integrating, deploying, and operating the ISE. Information is still 

needed to satisfy this requirement. Section 3.6.3, however, establishes a roadmap for 

obtaining the information needed to satisfy this requirement. 

• Requirement 5—The policies and directives referred to in subsection (b)(1)(c)27, as well 

as the metrics and enforcement mechanisms that will be utilized. The implementation of 

the Presidential Guidelines and Requirements described in Section 3.5 will result in 

almost all the actions necessary to fully satisfy this requirement. The results will be 

reported in the comprehensive Implementation Plan. 

 

26 See id. at § 1061 (a-c) 27 This section requires the President to, “determine and enforce the policies, directives, and rules that will govern the 

content and usage of the ISE.” 

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• Requirement 6—Objective system-wide performance measures to enable the 

assessment of progress toward achieving the full implementation of the ISE. Section 

3.6.4 outlines a process for implementing an ISE performance management program as 

called for in this requirement. 

• Requirement 7—A description of the training requirements needed to ensure that the 

ISE will be adequately implemented and properly utilized. Although training issues are 

included in the discussion of the Presidential Requirement - Promoting a Culture of 

Information Sharing, (see Section 3.5.7), additional efforts are required before this 

requirement can be deemed fully satisfied. 

• Requirement 8—A description of the means by which privacy and civil liberties will be 

protected in the design and operation of the ISE. The tasks identified to respond to 

Presidential Guideline 5 (see Section 3.5.6) provide a roadmap for addressing this 

requirement. 

• Requirement 9—The recommendations of the PM, in consultation with the Information 

Sharing Council, regarding whether, and under what conditions, the ISE should be 

expanded to include other intelligence information. This requirement will be addressed 

in the comprehensive Implementation Plan (See Chapter 4) 

• Requirement 10—A delineation of the roles of the Federal departments and agencies 

that will participate in the ISE, including an identification of the agencies that will deliver 

the infrastructure needed to operate and manage the ISE. The comprehensive effort 

planned in response to the recent Presidential Requirement – Leveraging Ongoing 

Information Sharing Efforts in the Development of the ISE (see Section 3.5.1) will 

address most of this requirement, although additional efforts will be necessary to 

address the portion of the requirement dealing with ISE infrastructure providers. 

• Requirement 11—The recommendations of the PM, in consultation with the Information 

Sharing Council, for a future management structure for the ISE, including whether the 

position of PM should continue to remain in existence. This requirement will be 

addressed in the comprehensive Implementation Plan (see Chapter 4). 

3.4.2 IRTPA Requirement To Be Addressed 

Requirement 4 calls for a project plan for designing, testing, integrating, deploying, and 

operating the ISE. It will be necessary to gain additional practical experience with resolving 

operational information sharing problems before the project plan envisioned in Section 1016(e) 

can be developed. The implementation process, described in Section 3.2.3, will include the 

actions necessary to satisfy this requirement in the comprehensive implementation plan. 

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3.5 Tasks Associated with Presidential Guidelines and 

Requirements28

3.5.1 REQUIREMENT 1 – Leveraging Ongoing Information Sharing Efforts 

in the Development of the ISE 

The ISE shall build upon existing Federal Government policies, standards, procedures, 

programs, systems, and architectures (collectively "resources") used for the sharing and 

integration of and access to terrorism information, and shall leverage those resources to 

the maximum extent practicable, with the objective of establishing a decentralized, 

comprehensive, and coordinated environment for the sharing and integration of such 

information. 

• Task 1.1: Comprehensive assessment of existing resources pertaining to terrorism 

information sharing employed by individual or multiple executive departments and 

agencies.29 (Leads: PM, ISC) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Report assessing existing resources for utility and integrative potential in 

furtherance of the establishment of the ISE and identification of unnecessary 

redundancies. 

• Task 1.2: Review and identify missions, roles and responsibilities of executive 

departments and agencies relating to the acquisition, access, retention, production, use, 

management, and sharing of terrorism information. (Leads: PM, Director of NCTC in 

coordination with relevant departments and agencies) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Findings and recommendations for the further definition, reconciliation, 

or alteration of counterterrorism missions, roles and responsibilities. 

• Task 1.3: Develop the policies, procedures, and architectures needed to create the ISE, 

which shall support the counterterrorism missions, roles, and responsibilities of 

executive departments and agencies. (Leads: PM, ISC) 

Due Date: December 11, 2006 

Deliverable: ISE policies, procedures, and architectures. 

3.5.2 GUIDELINE 1 – Define Common Standards for How Information is 

Acquired, Accessed, Shared, and Used within the ISE 

The ISE must, to the extent possible, be supported by common standards that maximize 

the acquisition, access, retention, production, use, management, and sharing of 

terrorism information within the ISE consistent with the protection of intelligence, law 

enforcement, protective, and military sources, methods, and activities. 

• Task 2.1: Develop and issue common standards for preparing terrorism information for 

maximum distribution and access while safeguarding such information and protecting 

 

28 The December 16, 2005 Presidential memorandum on ISE guidelines and requirements is provided in 

Tab B. Tab C provides a table and timeline of due dates for the Interim Implementation Plan tasks, which 

is primarily comprised of tasks associated with the Presidential guidelines and requirements. 

29 This review will be based on the PM’s ongoing effort to baseline the ISE. 

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sources and methods from unauthorized use or disclosure30 (Lead: DNI in coordination

with Secretaries of State, Defense, and Homeland Security and the Attorney General) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Government-wide, common standards that promote the maximum 

distribution of and access to terrorism information, including the appropriate method 

for government-wide adoption and implementation of these standards31. 

• Task 2.2: Disseminate these standards for use by State, local, and tribal governments, 

law enforcement agencies, and the private sector, on a mandatory basis where possible 

and a voluntary basis where not. (Leads: Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

Attorney General) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Common standards for use by Federal, State, local, and tribal 

governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector. 

3.5.3 GUIDELINE 2 – Develop a Common Framework for the Sharing of 

Information between and Among Executive Departments and 

Agencies and State, Local, and Tribal Governments, Law 

Enforcement Agencies, and the Private Sector 

Recognizing that the war on terror must be a national effort, State, local, and tribal 

governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector must have the 

opportunity to participate as full partners in the ISE, to the extent consistent with 

applicable laws and executive orders and directives, the protection of national security, 

and the protection of the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans. 

• Task 3.1: Perform a comprehensive review of the authorities and responsibilities of 

executive departments and agencies regarding information sharing with State, local, and 

tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector and recommend

an appropriate sharing framework to the President.32 (Leads: Secretary of Homeland 

Security and the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Defense, 

and Health and Human Services, and the DNI) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Recommended framework pertaining to the acquisition, access, 

retention, production, use, management, and sharing of homeland security

information, law enforcement information, and terrorism information between and 

 

30 These standards shall accommodate and reflect the sharing of terrorism information, as appropriate, with State, 

local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector. 

31 The DNI may amend the common standards from time to time as appropriate through the same process by which 

they were issued. 32 Statewide (and major urban area) information fusion centers (regardless of whether they are called a fusion

center, a Terrorism Early Warning System, an intelligence center, or otherwise) are a critical part of the ISE. 

Accordingly, in carrying out this task, DHS and DOJ will take steps to identify effective mechanisms to increase 

Federal coordination with these centers and incorporate them into the ISE. Additionally, DHS, DOJ and other 

relevant Federal entities will define how they plan to coordinate their domestic information and intelligence efforts with 

these State and major urban area fusion centers. DHS will complete a current capability assessment for each State 

and major urban area so as to document current capacity to carry out the fusion process. DHS will develop 

appropriate training, technical assistance, and will allow the use of grant resources so as to ensure that each State 

and urban area (as defined by the UASI program) establishes a consistent and baseline level of capacity to support 

the gathering, analysis, dissemination and use of terrorism information. 

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among Federal departments and agencies and State, local, and tribal governments,

law enforcement agencies, and private sector entities. 

3.5.4 GUIDELINE 3 – Standardize Procedures for Sensitive but Unclassified 

Information 

To promote and enhance the effective and efficient acquisition, access, retention, 

production, use, management, and sharing of Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) 

information, including homeland security information, law enforcement information, and 

terrorism information, procedures and standards for designating, marking, and handling 

SBU information (collectively "SBU procedures") must be standardized across the 

Federal Government. SBU procedures must promote appropriate and consistent 

safeguarding of the information and must be appropriately shared with, 

and accommodate and reflect the imperative for timely and accurate dissemination of 

terrorism information to, State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, 

and private sector entities. This effort must be consistent with Executive Orders 13311 

and 13388, Section 892 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Section 1016 of IRTPA, 

Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947, the Freedom of Information Act, the 

Privacy Act of 1974, and other applicable laws and executive orders and directives. 

• Task 4.1: Conduct an inventory of SBU procedures, determine the underlying authority 

for each entry in the inventory, and provide an assessment of the effectiveness of 

existing SBU procedures. (Lead: All Federal departments and agencies) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Report to the DNI on SBU inventory results. The DNI will, in turn, 

provide the compiled results to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General.

• Task 4.2: Develop recommendations for the standardization of SBU procedures for 

homeland security information, law enforcement information, and terrorism information. 

(Leads: Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General in coordination with 

the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy, and the DNI) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Report to the President in accordance with provisions of paragraph 

2.c.(iv) of December 16, 2005 Presidential memorandum. 

• Task 4.3: Develop recommendations for the standardization of SBU procedures for all 

types of information. (Lead: DNI in coordination with the Secretaries of State, the 

Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security, Health and Human 

Services, and the Attorney General and in consultation with all other heads of relevant 

executive departments and agencies) 

Due Date: December 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Report to the President in accordance with provisions of paragraph 

2.c.(iv) of December 16, 2005 Presidential memorandum. 

• Task 4.4: Ensure on an ongoing basis that Presidentially-approved recommendations

are fully implemented in such department or agency, as applicable. (Lead: All 

departments and agencies with support of PM)

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Due Date: Ongoing 

Deliverable: Guidance and training programs for the standardized SBU procedures. 

3.5.5 GUIDELINE 4 – Facilitate Information Sharing Between Executive 

Departments and Agencies and Foreign Partners

The ISE must support and facilitate appropriate terrorism information sharing between 

executive departments and agencies and foreign partners and allies. To that end, 

policies and procedures to facilitate such informational access and exchange, including

those relating to the handling of information received from foreign governments, must be 

established consistent with applicable laws and executive orders and directives.

• Task 5.1: Review existing authorities and develop recommendations for sharing 

terrorism information with foreign partners and allies. (Lead: Secretary of State in 

coordination with the Secretaries of Defense, the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland 

Security, the Attorney General, and the DNI) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Recommendations for appropriate legislative, administrative, and policy 

changes to facilitate the sharing of terrorism information with foreign partners and 

allies. 

3.5.6 GUIDELINE 5 – Protect the Information Privacy Rights and Other 

Legal Rights of Americans 

As recognized in Executive Order 13353 of August 27, 2004, the Federal Government

has a solemn obligation, and must continue fully, to protect the legal rights of all 

Americans in the effective performance of national security and homeland security

functions. Accordingly, in the development and use of the ISE, the information privacy 

rights and other legal rights of Americans must be protected. 

• Task 6.1: Review current executive department and agency information sharing policies 

and procedures regarding the protection of information privacy and other legal rights of

Americans, and develop guidelines to ensure that the information privacy and other legal 

rights of Americans are protected in the development and use of the ISE. (Leads: 

Attorney General and the DNI, in coordination with the heads of executive departments 

and agencies that possess or use intelligence or terrorism information) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Recommended guidelines for Presidential approval that ensure the 

information privacy and other legal rights of Americans are protected in the development and 

use of the ISE. 

• Task 6.2: Ensure that guidelines developed in Task 6.1 are fully implemented. (Lead: All 

departments and agencies) 

Due Date: Ongoing 

Deliverable: Appropriate personnel, structures, training, and technologies to ensure 

that terrorism information is shared in a manner that protects the information privacy 

and other legal rights of Americans. 

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3.5.7 REQUIREMENT 2 – Promoting a Culture of Information Sharing 

Heads of executive departments and agencies must actively work to create a culture of 

information sharing within their respective departments or agencies by assigning 

personnel and dedicating resources to terrorism information sharing, by reducing 

disincentives to such sharing, and by holding their senior managers and officials 

accountable for improved and increased sharing of such information. 

• Task 7.1: Designate a senior official to provide accountability and oversight for terrorism 

information sharing, work with the PM, in consultation with the ISC, to develop high-level 

information sharing performance measures for the department or agency to be assessed 

no less than semiannually, and provide, through the department or agency head, an 

annual report to the DNI on best practices of and remaining barriers to optimal terrorism 

information sharing. (Leads: Federal departments and agencies) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Memorandum designating responsible official for each department or 

agency. 

• Task 7.2: Develop and issue guidelines, provide training and incentives, and hold 

relevant personnel accountable for the improved and increased sharing of terrorism 

information. (Leads: Federal departments and agencies) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Departmental or agency guidelines, training, and incentives for 

promoting a culture of information sharing, including a performance evaluation 

element on information sharing to be included in employees’ annual Performance 

Appraisal Review. 

• Task 7.3: Bring to the attention of the Attorney General and the DNI any restriction 

contained in a rule, regulation, executive order or directive that significantly impedes the 

sharing of terrorism information. (Leads: Federal departments and agencies) 

Due date: Ongoing 

Deliverable: Department or agency memorandum, if applicable. 

3.6 Overarching ISE Integration Tasks 

In addition to describing the tasks necessary to fulfill the Presidential Guidelines and the 

information sharing evaluation environments, this Interim Implementation Plan outlines 

additional implementation strategies called for in Section 1016(e) of IRTPA. This section 

describes the approach to be used to develop the ISE conceptual design, including a

description of functions, capabilities and resources. This section also identifies specifics tasks, 

timelines, accountability and deliverables associated with enterprise architecture, ISE budget, 

performance measurement and electronic directory services requirements. 

3.6.1 ISE Functions, Capabilities, Resources and Conceptual Design 

Section 3.1 identified six key capabilities that the ISE will provide: easier user access; security 

and privacy safeguards; information discovery and search; information access; knowledge 

extraction; and collaboration. These capabilities, initially developed in response to Executive 

Order 13356, provide a framework around which the specific issues and associated actions for 

ISE implementation will be aligned. 

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As the ISE implementation unfolds, a principal measure of success will be the extent to which 

the PM and ISC can show demonstrable improvement in these six areas. Each specific action 

leads to the delivery of a new ISE capability, and each will have some associated resource 

costs. The PM and ISC will be responsible for clearly identifying the resources required to 

complete each deliverable, and will make the appropriate tradeoffs to provide the most effective 

and efficient ISE. 

Figure 3.3 illustrates the framework around which the conceptual design of the ISE will be 

developed. The design will encompass policies, processes and technologies to ensure that 

terrorism information can be freely and transparently shared across the three broad security 

domains with counterterrorism missions: sensitive compartmented information (SCI), classified 

collateral and SBU. Requirements for terrorism information exist in all three domains, and a 

primary goal of the ISE is to ensure that the cross-domain flow is accomplished smoothly and 

securely to support information discovery and knowledge extraction. SCI Classified Collateral

Sensitive But Unclassifie

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Cross-Domain Mechanisms

Figure 3.3 ISE Security Domains

Although cross-domain sharing takes place today, the implementations are often inefficient, 

typically requiring human review at the transition points. The information sharing evaluation 

environments will serve as platforms to test approaches for implementing trusted information 

exchanges across multiple domains. The ISE design will then incorporate the policies, 

processes and technology (controlled interfaces) used in the centers to eliminate these 

inefficiencies. 

3.6.2 Enterprise Architecture 

Agencies will have to maintain, transform or adjust their individual enterprise architectures as 

needed to operate within the ISE while continuing to satisfy their statutory mandates, roles and 

responsibilities. The ISE will link information sharing policies, business processes and 

technology to the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) process.33 Ultimately, the development 

of information sharing standards will enable agencies to operate more efficiently and effectively 

in fulfilling their missions through the reuse of technologies and services and the elimination of 

redundancy. During the ISE phased implementation, ISC members will assess the potential 

impact of the ISE on the enterprise architectures and networks of participating agencies, all of 

which are required to be consistent with the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) FEA 

 

33 For more information on the FEA process, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/a-1-fea.html. 

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Framework. Specific implementation tasks, which tie to the Presidential Guidelines and 

Requirements (see Section 3.5), are identified below. 

• Task 8.1: Identify All Major Enterprise Architectures and Networks Within the 

Counterterrorism Community. (Leads: PM, ISC, NSC, with support from OMB) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 (ties to deliverable for Task 1.1, see Section 3.5.1) 

Deliverable: “As-Is” Inventory of Major Information Sharing Enterprise Architectures 

and Networks. 

• Task 8.2: Develop an Enterprise Architecture Approach for Adopting Common 

Standards on Information Sharing. (Leads: PM, ISC with support from OMB/FEA PMO) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 (ties to deliverable for Task 2.1, see Section 3.5.2) 

Deliverable: Enterprise Architecture Approach for the ISE. 

• Task 8.3: Monitor, Oversee, and Evaluate Implementation. (Leads: OMB/FEA, PM, and 

Agency ISC Representatives) 

Due Date: Ongoing 

Deliverable: Enterprise Architecture Status Report (periodic report). 

3.6.3 ISE Funding Strategy & Resource Requirements 

Since defining the “As-Is” ISE and development of the environment is still underway, detailed 

funding recommendations are not appropriate at this time. However, there are steps necessary 

to notify agencies of likely future actions and to prepare for development of a comprehensive 

investment strategy. 

To date, funding for programs and systems related to terrorism information often has been 

agency- or operating-division-specific, focused on addressing the various agency-unique 

mission requirements rather than serving a common government-wide goal. As a result, the 

Federal Government has spent billions of dollars on systems not designed explicitly to promote 

government-wide sharing. To maximize these investments, the environment will need to 

leverage these systems and the programs they support. In some instances, upgrades will be 

necessary to ensure the systems support the environment and meet common standards for 

sharing information. In FY2006 agencies have plans for new investments and other 

development, modernization or enhancements to existing technology investments. 

To the greatest extent practicable, investments in current relevant systems should be consistent

with plans to develop the proposed environment. As part of the FY2006 budget process, OMB 

notified agencies of its intent to work with them to ensure the investments supporting terrorism 

information sharing align with the Implementation Plan for the environment. In particular, 

agencies were alerted that their FY2006 funding might be redirected as needed to support the 

forthcoming Implementation Plan for the environment.

Many of these investments may be appropriate (i.e., they further the goal of terrorism 

information sharing and will support the environment within the mission context of the respective 

agency). However, in light of current plans for the environment, some investments may no 

longer represent the best use of resources, and others could conflict with the proposed efforts. 

Therefore, agencies must conduct thorough reviews of all current, new, and planned 

investments to ensure: 

• New investments contemplated will not go forward if they conflict with the proposed 

direction of the environment, either by unnecessarily creating new barriers and 

redundancies, or by reinforcing existing barriers; and 

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• Resources for new systems and upgrades are planned and executed with the 

environment in mind. 

For the purposes of achieving the ISE operating capability, the funding for development, 

modernization, or other enhancements to systems can be reviewed for opportunities to support 

implementation. However, a comprehensive investment strategy is essential to achieve the 

environment. This strategy will be fully developed as the plans for the environment advance. A 

critical part of this strategy will be an understanding of the current programs and IT investments 

that support terrorism information sharing. Therefore, the current inventory of systems and 

programs should continue to be refined to identify and establish a baseline of the Federal 

Government’s investment in this area. 

Due to the varying levels of maturity of each ISE participant’s IT infrastructure, it is not possible

to accurately determine the overall cost to the nation to fully implement an interoperable 

terrorism information sharing environment without collecting and analyzing additional 

information. Therefore, each ISE participant must: 

• Identify the resources required for the establishment of the proposed interoperable 

terrorism information sharing environment; 

• Identify and, as appropriate, recommend the consolidation and elimination of current

programs, systems, and processes used to share terrorism information that are not 

consistent with the environment; and

• Recommend, as appropriate, the redirection of existing resources to support the 

environment. 

The PM, with support from OMB and the ISC, will have responsibility for developing the overall 

investment strategy. The investment strategy will be described in the comprehensive 

Implementation Plan. 

The PM, with support from OMB and the ISC, will undertake the following to develop the ISE 

funding strategy: 

• Task 9.1: Identify Stakeholder Agencies’ FY2006 and FY2007 Portfolios. (Lead: PM with 

OMB and ISC support) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Baseline ISE Investment Portfolio. 

• Task 9.2: Develop ISE investment strategy. (Lead: PM with OMB and ISC support) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Overall ISE investment strategy. 

• Task 9.3: Define “Quick Wins” Budget Recommendations. (Lead: PM with OMB and ISC 

support) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Budget Recommendations for FY2006 Reprogramming and FY2007 

Budget Amendment Proposals (as appropriate).

• Task 9.4: Review FY2008 Investments. (Lead: ODNI, PM with OMB and ISC support) 

Due Date: September 25, 2006 

Deliverable: FY2008 Investment Review Process Management. 

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• Task 9.5: Approve FY2008 ISE Portfolio. (Lead: PM with OMB and ISC support) 

Due Date: January 5, 2007 

Deliverable: Recommendations to Departments, Agencies and OMB for FY2008 ISE 

Portfolio (PM will report consolidated ISE Portfolio).

3.6.4 Performance Measurement

A comprehensive performance measurement strategy will allow the Executive Branch to 

routinely and consistently evaluate government-wide performance with regard to information 

sharing. Through the implementation and ongoing capture of performance measures to assess 

the ISE’s compliance with its strategic goals and objectives, leaders will have incremental views 

into the success of information sharing initiatives across agency and jurisdictional boundaries 

and between the Federal departments and agencies and State, local, and tribal governments 

and private sector entities. Leaders will have tools and techniques by which they can assess 

the status of the ISE and refine and revise policies and directives as necessary. A four-step 

approach guides the development of this performance measurement strategy as well as the 

design of specific information sharing performance measures. 

• Task 10.1: Design Performance Measurement Scope and Focus. (Leads: PM, ISC) 

Due Date: March 16, 2006 

Deliverable: Performance Measurement Targets, Timelines and Action Plan. 

• Task 10.2: Develop and Test Performance Measures. (Leads: PM, ISC) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 

Deliverable: Strategic and Operational Performance Measures 

• Task 10.3: Implement Performance Management Program. (Lead: Federal departments 

and agencies in coordination with the PM and ISC) 

Due Date: June 14, 2006 (ties to Task 7.2, see Section 3.5.7) 

Deliverable: Implementation Results and Ongoing Measurement Timetable. 

• Task 10.4: Develop First ISE Performance Management Report. (Leads: PM and ISC 

with data provided by Federal departments and agencies) 

Due Date: December 16, 2006 

Deliverable: ISE Performance Management Report as required by IRTPA Section 

1016(f). 

• Task 10.5: Periodically Review and Adjust Performance Measures to Ensure They 

Continue to Meet ISE Performance Management Needs. (Leads: PM and ISC with data 

provided by Federal departments and agencies)

Due Date: Ongoing 

Deliverable: Revised Strategic and Operational Performance Measures 

3.6.5 Electronic Directory Services 

Section 1016 of IRTPA mandates that the ISE provide Electronic Directory Services (EDS), or 

the functional equivalent, to enable authorized participants to locate and access information, 

organizations, services and personnel in support of their respective mission requirements for 

terrorism information. The EDS will enable authorized users, including operators, analysts, 

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responders, planners and policy makers, to locate and access information, organizations, 

services and personnel in support of their respective mission requirements. This includes 

finding experts and possible collaboration partners. 

Several directory services currently exist within individual ISE communities that provide working 

models for the end-state EDS. In deploying EDS, the PM and ISC will leverage these existing 

directory systems to the maximum possible extent. In addition, EDS must ensure that its 

services are available across domains and security levels. 

• Task 11.1: Deploy Initial Capability for Electronic Directory Services. (Leads: PM, ISC) 

Due Date: March 31, 2006 

Deliverable: Initial capability for an EDS or functional equivalent. 

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4 Required Program Manager Recommendations 

As discussed in Section 3.4.1, IRTPA assigns the Program Manager the responsibility, in 

consultation with the ISC, to provide two recommendations in the Implementation Plan Report: 

• Requirement 9 - Whether, and under what conditions, the ISE should be expanded to 

include other intelligence information; and 

• Requirement 11 - A future management structure for the ISE, including whether the 

position of the PM should continue to remain in existence. 

These required recommendations are discussed below and will be detailed in the 

comprehensive Implementation Plan for the ISE, expected to be submitted to the Congress in 

July 2006. 

Given the incremental and iterative implementation approach to achieve the vision of the ISE, 

the PM recognizes that the expansion of the ISE to encompass information pertaining to 

missions other than counterterrorism may be a long-range goal, achievable after establishment 

of an effective ISE framework that focuses on terrorism information. While the immediate focus 

of the ISE is terrorism information, the implementation approach will in no way preclude the 

development or leveraging of systems, policies, and business processes that better enable 

Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector to better share all relevant 

information. 

The PM’s Office will be essential to the implementation of the ISE and until such time that the 

ISE communities are systematically executing the ISE vision. The PM will be required to 

continually update and keep Congress informed of the progress made to enhance information 

sharing. Additionally, for purposes of budget planning and programming, the DNI and PM will 

work with the Congress to periodically calibrate requirements for the PM position in support of 

the development and implementation of the ISE now and into the future. As stated above, the 

future management structure of the ISE will be recommended in the July 2006 report to 

Congress. 

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5 Conclusion 

Designing and implementing the ISE is a complex undertaking. It involves integrating the 

unique information requirements of the individual communities into a comprehensive and 

coordinated structure. To establish an effective ISE, significant challenges across many areas 

of policy, operations and technology must be surmounted. Moreover, the ISE will be structured 

to flexibly adapt to changing terrorist threats and information requirements. 

Despite the challenges, implementing the ISE is an attainable goal—in fact, the realities of our 

time demand success in this endeavor. This Interim Implementation Plan highlights a national 

vision for designing and implementing a comprehensive, integrated and coordinated ISE and 

describes the incremental steps necessary for success. The resulting ISE will make available 

fast, accessible, accurate and timely terrorism information, tools and capabilities to those who 

need them. 

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Tab A: Cross-References to Requirements of Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 

IRTPA Requirement (Section 1016(e)) Cross-References

1 A description of the functions, capabilities, resources and 

conceptual design of the ISE, including standards. Sections 3.1, 3.5.1, 3.5.2 and 3.6.1 

2 A description of the impact on enterprise architectures of 

participating agencies. Section 3.6.2 

3 

A budget estimate that identifies the incremental costs 

associated with designing, testing, integrating, deploying, and 

operating the ISE. 

Section 3.6.3 

4 A project plan for designing, testing, integrating, deploying, 

and operating the ISE. Discussed in Section 3.4.2 

5 

The policies and directives referred to in subsection (b)(1)(C), 

as well as the metrics and enforcement mechanisms that will 

be utilized. (Note: Subsection (b)(1)(C) states that, in the 

establishment of the ISE, the President shall, "determine and 

enforce the policies, directives, and rules that will govern the 

content and usage of the ISE.") 

Sections 3.5 and 3.6.4 

6 

Objective, system wide performance measures to enable the 

assessment of progress toward achieving the full 

implementation of the ISE. 

Section 3.6.4 

7 

A description of the training requirements needed to ensure 

that the ISE will be adequately implemented and properly

utilized. 

Section 3.5.7 

8 A description of the means by which privacy and civil liberties 

will be protected in the design and operation of the ISE. Sections 3.3.4 and 3.5.6 

9 

The recommendations of the Program Manager, in

consultation with the Information Sharing Council, regarding 

whether, and under what conditions, the ISE should be 

expanded to include other intelligence information.

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A delineation of the roles of the Federal departments and 

agencies that will participate in the ISE, including an 

identification of the agencies that will deliver the infrastructure 

needed to operate and manage the ISE (as distinct from 

individual department or agency components that are part of 

the ISE), with such delineation of roles to be consistent with – 

(a) the authority of the Director of National Intelligence under 

this title, and the amendments made by this title, to set 

standards for information sharing throughout the intelligence 

community; and (b) the authority of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security and the Attorney General and the roles of the 

Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, 

in coordinating with State, local and tribal officials and the 

private sector. 

Sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.3 

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The recommendations of the program manager, in

consultation with the ISC, for a future management structure 

or the ISE, including whether the position of program manager 

should continue to remain in existence. 

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Tab B: December 16, 2005 Memorandum for the Heads of 

Executive Departments and Agencies 

SUBJECT: Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment

Ensuring the appropriate access to, and the sharing, integration, and use of, information by Federal, 

State, local, and tribal agencies with counterterrorism responsibilities, and, as appropriate, private sector 

entities, while protecting the information privacy and other legal rights of Americans, remains a high 

priority for the United States and a necessity for winning the war on terror. Consistent with section 1016 of 

the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108 458) (IRTPA), my 

Administration is working to create an Information Sharing Environment (ISE) to facilitate the sharing of 

terrorism information (as defined in Executive Order 13388 of October 25, 2005). 

Section 1016 of IRTPA supplements section 892 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107 

296), Executive Order 13311 of July 29, 2003, and other Presidential guidance, which address various 

aspects of information access. On April 15, 2005, consistent with section 1016(f) of IRTPA, I designated 

the program manager (PM) responsible for information sharing across the Federal Government. On June 

2, 2005, my memorandum entitled "Strengthening Information Sharing, Access, and Integration - 

Organizational, Management, and Policy Development Structures for Creating the Terrorism Information 

Sharing Environment" directed that the PM and his office be part of the Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence (DNI), and that the DNI exercise authority, direction, and control over the PM and ensure that 

the PM carries out his responsibilities under IRTPA. On October 25, 2005, I issued Executive Order 

13388 to facilitate the work of the PM and the expeditious establishment of the ISE and restructure the 

Information Sharing Council (ISC), which provides advice concerning and assists in the establishment, 

implementation, and maintenance of the ISE. 

On June 2, 2005, I also established the Information Sharing Policy Coordination Committee (ISPCC), 

which is chaired jointly by the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and the National Security Council (NSC), 

and which has the responsibilities set forth in section D of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 and 

other relevant presidential guidance with respect to information sharing. The ISPCC is the main day-today forum for interagency coordination of information sharing policy, including the resolution of issues

raised by the PM, and provides policy analysis and recommendations for consideration by the more 

senior committees of the HSC and NSC systems and ensures timely responses. 

Section 1016(d) of IRTPA calls for leveraging all ongoing efforts consistent with establishing the ISE, the 

issuance of guidelines for acquiring, accessing, sharing, and using information in support of the ISE and 

for protecting privacy and civil liberties in the development of the ISE, and the promotion of a culture of 

information sharing. Consistent with the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 

103 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and sections 1016 and 1018 of IRTPA, I hereby 

direct as follows: 

1. Leveraging Ongoing Information Sharing Efforts in the Development of the ISE. The ISE shall build 

upon existing Federal Government policies, standards, procedures, programs, systems, and architectures 

(collectively "resources") used for the sharing and integration of and access to terrorism information, and 

shall leverage those resources to the maximum extent practicable, with the objective of establishing a 

decentralized, comprehensive, and coordinated environment for the sharing and integration of such 

information. 

a. The DNI shall direct the PM to conduct and complete, within 90 days after the date of 

this memorandum, in consultation with the ISC, a comprehensive evaluation of existing 

resources pertaining to terrorism information sharing employed by individual or multiple 

executive departments and agencies. Such evaluation shall assess such resources for 

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their utility and integrative potential in furtherance of the establishment of the ISE and 

shall identify any unnecessary redundancies.

b. To ensure that the ISE supports the needs of executive departments and agencies 

with counterterrorism responsibilities, and consistent with section 1021 of IRTPA, the DNI 

shall direct the PM, jointly with the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center 

(NCTC), and in coordination with the heads of relevant executive departments and 

agencies, to review and identify the respective missions, roles, and responsibilities of 

such executive departments and agencies, both as producers and users of terrorism 

information, relating to the acquisition, access, retention, production, use, management, 

and sharing of terrorism information. The findings shall be reviewed through the

interagency policy coordination process, and any recommendations for the further 

definition, reconciliation, or alteration of such missions, roles, and responsibilities shall be 

submitted, within 180 days after the date of this memorandum, by the DNI to the 

President for approval through the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and 

Counterterrorism (APHS-CT) and the Assistant to the President for National Security 

Affairs (APNSA). This effort shall be coordinated as appropriate with the tasks assigned 

under the Guidelines set forth in section 2 of this memorandum.

c. Upon the submission of findings as directed in the preceding paragraph (1(b)), the DNI 

shall direct the PM, in consultation with the ISC, to develop, in a manner consistent with 

applicable law, the policies, procedures, and architectures needed to create the ISE, 

which shall support the counterterrorism missions, roles, and responsibilities of executive 

departments and agencies. These policies, procedures, and architectures shall be

reviewed through the interagency policy coordination process, and shall be submitted, 

within 180 days after the submission of findings as directed in the preceding paragraph 

(1(b)), by the DNI to the President for approval through the APHS-CT and the APNSA.

2. Information Sharing Guidelines. Consistent with section 1016(d) of IRTPA, I hereby issue the following 

guidelines and related requirements, the implementation of which shall be conducted in consultation with, 

and with support from, the PM as directed by the DNI:

a. Guideline 1 - Define Common Standards for How Information is Acquired, Accessed, 

Shared, and Used Within the ISE

The ISE must, to the extent possible, be supported by common standards that maximize 

the acquisition, access, retention, production, use, management, and sharing of terrorism 

information within the ISE consistent with the protection of intelligence, law enforcement, 

protective, and military sources, methods, and activities.

Consistent with Executive Order 13388 and IRTPA, the DNI, in coordination with the 

Secretaries of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, shall 

develop and issue, within 90 days after the date of this memorandum, common standards 

(i) for preparing terrorism information for maximum distribution and access, (ii) to enable 

the acquisition, access, retention, production, use, management, and sharing of terrorism 

information within the ISE while safeguarding such information and protecting sources 

and methods from unauthorized use or disclosure, (iii) for implementing legal 

requirements relating to the handling of specific types of information, and (iv) that include 

the appropriate method for the Government-wide adoption and implementation of such 

standards. Such standards shall accommodate and reflect the sharing of terrorism 

information, as appropriate, with State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement 

agencies, and the private sector. Within 90 days after the issuance of such standards, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall jointly disseminate such 

standards for use by State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, and 

the private sector, on a mandatory basis where possible and a voluntary basis where not. 

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The DNI may amend the common standards from time to time as appropriate through the 

same process by which the DNI issued them.

b. Guideline 2 - Develop a Common Framework for the Sharing of Information Between 

and Among Executive Departments and Agencies and State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments, Law Enforcement Agencies, and the Private Sector

Recognizing that the war on terror must be a national effort, State, local, and tribal 

governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector must have the 

opportunity to participate as full partners in the ISE, to the extent consistent with 

applicable laws and executive orders and directives, the protection of national security, 

and the protection of the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans.

Within 180 days after the date of this memorandum, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

and the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Defense, and 

Health and Human Services, and the DNI, and consistent with the findings of the 

counterterrorism missions, roles, and responsibilities review under section 1 of this 

memorandum, shall:

(i) perform a comprehensive review of the authorities and responsibilities of executive 

departments and agencies regarding information sharing with State, local, and tribal 

governments, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector; and

(ii) submit to the President for approval, through the APHS-CT and the APNSA, a 

recommended framework to govern the roles and responsibilities of executive 

departments and agencies pertaining to the acquisition, access, retention, production, 

use, management, and sharing of homeland security information, law enforcement 

information, and terrorism information between and among such departments and 

agencies and State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, and private 

sector entities.

c. Guideline 3 - Standardize Procedures for Sensitive But Unclassified Information

To promote and enhance the effective and efficient acquisition, access, retention, 

production, use, management, and sharing of Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) 

information, including homeland security information, law enforcement information, and 

terrorism information, procedures and standards for designating, marking, and handling 

SBU information (collectively "SBU procedures") must be standardized across the 

Federal Government. SBU procedures must promote appropriate and consistent 

safeguarding of the information and must be appropriately shared with, and 

accommodate and reflect the imperative for timely and accurate dissemination of 

terrorism information to, State, local, and tribal governments, law enforcement agencies, 

and private sector entities. This effort must be consistent with Executive Orders 13311 

and 13388, section 892 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 1016 of IRTPA, 

section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947, the Freedom of Information Act, the 

Privacy Act of 1974, and other applicable laws and executive orders and directives.

(i) Within 90 days after the date of this memorandum, each executive department and 

agency will conduct an inventory of its SBU procedures, determine the underlying 

authority for each entry in the inventory, and provide an assessment of the effectiveness 

of its existing SBU procedures. The results of each inventory shall be reported to the DNI, 

who shall provide the compiled results to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

Attorney General.

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(ii) Within 90 days after receiving the compiled results of the inventories required under 

the preceding paragraph (i), the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney

General, in coordination with the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy, and the DNI, 

shall submit to the President for approval recommendations for the standardization of 

SBU procedures for homeland security information, law enforcement information, and 

terrorism information in the manner described in paragraph (iv) below.

(iii) Within 1 year after the date of this memorandum, the DNI, in coordination with the 

Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security, 

Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General, and in consultation with all other 

heads of relevant executive departments and agencies, shall submit to the President for 

approval recommendations for the standardization of SBU procedures for all types of 

information not addressed by the preceding paragraph (ii) in the manner described in 

paragraph (iv) below.

(iv) All recommendations required to be submitted to the President under this Guideline 

shall be submitted through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 

the APHS-CT, and the APNSA, as a report that contains the following:

(A) recommendations for government-wide policies and procedures to 

standardize SBU procedures;

(B) recommendations, as appropriate, for legislative, policy, regulatory, 

and administrative changes; and

(C) an assessment by each department and agency participating in the 

SBU procedures review process of the costs and budgetary 

considerations for all proposed changes to marking conventions, 

handling caveats, and other procedures pertaining to SBU information.

(v) Upon the approval by the President of the recommendations submitted under this 

Guideline, heads of executive departments and agencies shall ensure on an ongoing 

basis that such recommendations are fully implemented in such department or agency, 

as applicable. The DNI shall direct the PM to support executive departments and 

agencies in such implementation, as well as in the development of relevant guidance and 

training programs for the standardized SBU procedures.

d. Guideline 4 - Facilitate Information Sharing Between Executive Departments and 

Agencies and Foreign Partners

The ISE must support and facilitate appropriate terrorism information sharing between 

executive departments and agencies and foreign partners and allies. To that end, policies 

and procedures to facilitate such informational access and exchange, including those 

relating to the handling of information received from foreign governments, must be 

established consistent with applicable laws and executive orders and directives.

Within 180 days after the date of this memorandum, the Secretary of State, in 

coordination with the Secretaries of Defense, the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland 

Security, the Attorney General, and the DNI, shall review existing authorities and submit 

to the President for approval, through the APHS-CT and the APNSA, recommendations

for appropriate legislative, administrative, and policy changes to facilitate the sharing of 

terrorism information with foreign partners and allies, except for those activities 

conducted pursuant to sections 102A(k), 104A(f), and 119(f)(1)(E) of the National

Security Act of 1947.

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e. Guideline 5 - Protect the Information Privacy Rights and Other Legal Rights of

Americans

As recognized in Executive Order 13353 of August 27, 2004, the Federal Government has a solemn

obligation, and must continue fully, to protect the legal rights of all Americans in the effective performance 

of national security and homeland security functions. Accordingly, in the development and use of the ISE, 

the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans must be protected.

(i) Within 180 days after the date of this memorandum, the Attorney General and the DNI, 

in coordination with the heads of executive departments and agencies that possess or 

use intelligence or terrorism information, shall (A) conduct a review of current executive 

department and agency information sharing policies and procedures regarding the 

protection of information privacy and other legal rights of Americans, (B) develop 

guidelines designed to be implemented by executive departments and agencies to 

ensure that the information privacy and other legal rights of Americans are protected in 

the development and use of the ISE, including in the acquisition, access, use, and 

storage of personally identifiable information, and (C) submit such guidelines to the 

President for approval through the Director of OMB, the APHS-CT, and the APNSA. Such 

guidelines shall not be inconsistent with Executive Order 12333 and guidance issued

pursuant to that order.

(ii) Each head of an executive department or agency that possesses or uses intelligence 

or terrorism information shall ensure on an ongoing basis that (A) appropriate personnel, 

structures, training, and technologies are in place to ensure that terrorism information is 

shared in a manner that protects the information privacy and other legal rights of

Americans, and (B) upon approval by the President of the guidelines developed under 

the preceding subsection (i), such guidelines are fully implemented in such department or 

agency.

3. Promoting a Culture of Information Sharing. Heads of executive departments and agencies must 

actively work to create a culture of information sharing within their respective departments or agencies by 

assigning personnel and dedicating resources to terrorism information sharing, by reducing disincentives

to such sharing, and by holding their senior managers and officials accountable for improved and 

increased sharing of such information.

Accordingly, each head of an executive department or agency that possesses or uses intelligence or

terrorism information shall:

a. within 90 days after the date of this memorandum, designate a senior official who 

possesses knowledge of the operational and policy aspects of information sharing to (i) 

provide accountability and oversight for terrorism information sharing within such 

department and agency, (ii) work with the PM, in consultation with the ISC, to develop 

high level information sharing performance measures for the department or agency to be 

assessed no less than semiannually, and (iii) provide, through the department or agency 

head, an annual report to the DNI on best practices of and remaining barriers to optimal 

terrorism information sharing;

b. within 180 days after the date of this memorandum, develop and issue guidelines, 

provide training and incentives, and hold relevant personnel accountable for the improved

and increased sharing of terrorism information. Such guidelines and training shall seek to 

reduce obstructions to sharing, consistent with applicable laws and regulations. 

Accountability efforts shall include the requirement to add a performance evaluation 

element on information sharing to employees' annual Performance Appraisal Review, as 

appropriate, and shall focus on the sharing of information that supports the mission of the 

recipient of the information; and

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c. bring to the attention of the Attorney General and the DNI, on an ongoing basis, any 

restriction contained in a rule, regulation, executive order or directive that significantly 

impedes the sharing of terrorism information and that such department or agency head 

believes is not required by applicable laws or to protect the information privacy rights and 

other legal rights of Americans. The Attorney General and the DNI shall review such 

restriction and jointly submit any recommendations for changes to such restriction to the 

APHS-CT and the APNSA for further review.

4. Heads of executive departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the 

availability of appropriations, provide assistance and information to the DNI and the PM in the 

implementation of this memorandum. 

5. This memorandum:

a. shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including Federal 

laws protecting the information privacy rights and other legal rights of Americans, and 

subject to the availability of appropriations;

b. shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the statutory authority of the 

principal officers of executive departments and agencies as heads of their respective 

departments or agencies;

c. shall not be construed to impair or otherwise affect the functions of the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget relating to budget, administrative, and legislative 

proposals; and

d. is intended only to improve the internal management of the Federal Government and is 

not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, 

agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agencies, or any other person.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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 Tab C: Due Dates of ISE Interim Implementation Plan Tasks 

TASK DESCRIPTION LEAD DELIVERABLES DUE DATE

1.1 

Comprehensive 

assessment of existing 

resources pertaining to 

terrorism information 

sharing employed by 

individual or multiple 

executive departments 

and agencies

PM, ISC 

Report assessing existing 

resources for utility and 

integrative potential in 

furtherance of the 

establishment of the ISE 

and identification of 

unnecessary redundancies 

March 16, 2006 

2.1 

Develop and issue 

common standards for 

preparing terrorism 

information for maximum 

distribution and access 

while safeguarding such 

information and protecting 

sources and methods from

unauthorized use or

disclosure. 

DNI in coordination 

with Secretaries of 

State, Defense, 

and Homeland

Security and the 

Attorney General 

Government-wide, common 

standards that promote the

maximum distribution of 

and access to terrorism 

information, including the 

appropriate method for 

government-wide adoption 

and implementation of 

these standards 

March 16, 2006 

4.1 

Conduct an inventory of 

SBU procedures, 

determine the underlying 

authority for each entry in 

the inventory, and provide 

an assessment of the 

effectiveness of existing 

SBU procedures. 

All Federal 

departments and 

agencies

Report to the DNI on SBU 

inventory results. The DNI 

will, in turn, provide the 

compiled results to the 

Secretary of Homeland 

Security and the Attorney 

General. 

March 16, 2006 

7.1 

Designate a senior official 

to provide accountability 

and oversight for terrorism 

information sharing, work 

with the PM, in 

consultation with the ISC, 

to develop high-level 

information sharing 

performance measures for 

the department or agency 

to be assessed no less 

than semiannually, and 

provide, through the 

department or agency 

head, an annual report to 

the DNI on best practices 

of and remaining barriers 

to optimal terrorism 

information sharing. 

Federal 

departments and 

agencies

Memorandum designating 

responsible official for each 

department or agency. 

March 16, 2006 

8.1 

Identify All Major 

Enterprise Architectures 

and Networks Within the 

Counterterrorism 

Community. 

PM, ISC, NSC, with 

support from OMB 

“As-Is” Inventory of Major 

Information Sharing 

Enterprise Architectures 

and Networks. 

March 16, 2006 

(ties to Task 

1.1) 

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8.2 

Develop an Enterprise 

Architecture Approach for 

Adopting Common 

Standards on Information 

Sharing. 

PM, ISC with 

support from 

OMB/FEA PMO 

Enterprise Architecture 

Approach for the ISE. 

March 16, 2006 

(ties to Task 

2.1) 

9.1 

Identify Stakeholder 

Agencies’ FY2006 and 

FY2007 Portfolios 

PM with OMB and 

ISC support 

Baseline ISE Investment 

Portfolio March 16, 2006 

10.1 

Design Performance 

Measurement Scope and 

Focus. 

PM, ISC 

Performance Measurement

Targets, Timelines and 

Action Plan. 

March 16, 2006 

11.1 

Deploy Initial Capability for 

Electronic Directory 

Services. 

PM, ISC Initial capability for an EDS 

or functional equivalent. March 31, 2006 

1.2 

Review and identify 

missions, roles and 

responsibilities of 

executive departments 

and agencies relating to 

the acquisition, access, 

retention, production, use, 

management, and sharing 

of terrorism information. 

PM, Director of 

NCTC in 

coordination with 

relevant 

departments and 

agencies

Findings and 

recommendations for the 

further definition, 

reconciliation, or alteration 

of counterterrorism 

missions, roles and 

responsibilities. 

June 14, 2006 

2.2 

Disseminate these 

standards for use by State, 

local, and tribal 

governments, law 

enforcement agencies, 

and the private sector, on 

a mandatory basis where 

possible and a voluntary 

basis where not. 

Secretary of 

Homeland Security 

and the Attorney 

General 

Common standards for use 

by Federal, State, local, 

and tribal governments, law 

enforcement agencies, and 

the private sector. 

June 14, 2006 

3.1 

Perform a comprehensive 

review of the authorities 

and responsibilities of 

executive departments 

and agencies regarding 

information sharing with 

State, local, and tribal 

governments, law 

enforcement agencies, 

and the private sector and 

recommend an 

appropriate sharing 

framework to the 

President. 

Secretary of 

Homeland Security 

and the Attorney 

General in 

consultation with 

the Secretaries of 

State, Defense, 

and Health and 

Human Services, 

and the DNI 

Recommended framework 

pertaining to the 

acquisition, access, 

retention, production, use, 

management, and sharing 

of homeland security 

information, law 

enforcement information, 

and terrorism information 

between and among 

Federal departments and 

agencies and State, local, 

and tribal governments, law 

enforcement agencies, and 

private sector entities. 

June 14, 2006 

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4.2 

Develop 

recommendations for 

the standardization of 

SBU procedures for 

homeland security 

information, law 

enforcement 

information, and 

terrorism information.

Secretary of 

Homeland Security 

and the Attorney 

General in 

coordination with 

the Secretaries of 

State, Defense, 

and Energy, and 

the DNI 

Report to the President in 

accordance with provisions

of paragraph 2.c.(iv) of 

December 16, 2005 

Presidential memorandum. 

June 14, 2006 

5.1 

Review existing authorities 

and develop 

recommendations for 

sharing terrorism 

information with foreign 

partners and allies. 

Secretary of State 

in coordination with

the Secretaries of 

Defense, the 

Treasury, 

Commerce, and 

Homeland Security, 

the Attorney 

General, and the 

DNI 

Recommendations for 

appropriate legislative, 

administrative, and policy 

changes to facilitate the 

sharing of terrorism 

information with foreign 

partners and allies. 

June 14, 2006 

6.1 

Review current executive 

department and agency 

information sharing 

policies and procedures 

regarding the protection of 

information privacy and 

other legal rights of 

Americans, and develop

guidelines to ensure that 

the information privacy 

and other legal rights of 

Americans are protected in

the development and use 

of the ISE. 

Attorney General 

and the DNI, in 

coordination with 

the heads of 

executive 

departments and 

agencies that

possess or use 

intelligence or 

terrorism

information 

Recommended guidelines

for Presidential approval 

that ensure the information 

privacy and other legal 

rights of Americans are 

protected in the 

development and use of the 

ISE. 

June 14, 2006 

7.2 

Develop and issue 

guidelines, provide training

and incentives, and hold 

relevant personnel 

accountable for the 

improved and increased 

sharing of terrorism 

information. 

Federal 

departments and 

agencies

Departmental or agency 

guidelines, training, and 

incentives for promoting a 

culture of information 

sharing, including a 

performance evaluation 

element on information 

sharing to employees’ 

annual Performance 

Appraisal Review. 

June 14, 2006 

9.2 Develop ISE investment 

strategy. 

PM with OMB and 

ISC support 

Overall ISE investment 

strategy. June 14, 2006 

9.3 

Define “Quick Wins” 

Budget 

Recommendations. 

PM with OMB and 

ISC support 

Budget Recommendations

for FY2006 Reprogramming

and FY2007 Budget 

Amendment Proposals (as

appropriate).

June 14, 2006 

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10.2 Develop and Test 

Performance Measures. PM, ISC Strategic and Operational Performance Measures. June 14, 2006 

10.3 Implement Performance 

Management Program. 

Federal 

departments and 

agencies in 

coordination with 

the PM and ISC 

Implementation Results and 

Ongoing Measurement 

Timetable. 

June 14, 2006 

(ties to Task 

7.2) 

9.4 Review FY2008 

Investments.

ODNI/PM with 

OMB and ISC 

support 

FY2008 Investment Review 

Process Management. 

September 25, 

2006 

9.5 Approve FY2008 ISE 

Portfolio. 

PM with OMB and 

ISC support 

Recommendations to 

Departments, Agencies and 

OMB for FY2008 ISE 

Portfolio. 

November 15, 

2006 

1.3 

Develop the policies, 

procedures, and 

architectures needed to 

create the ISE, which shall

support the 

counterterrorism missions, 

roles, and responsibilities 

of executive departments 

and agencies. 

PM, ISC ISE policies, procedures, 

and architectures. 

December 11, 

2006 

4.3 

Develop recommendations

for the standardization of 

SBU procedures for all 

types of information.

DNI in coordination 

with the Secretaries 

of State, the 

Treasury, Defense, 

Commerce, 

Energy, Homeland 

Security, Health 

and Human 

Services, and the 

Attorney General 

and in consultation 

with all other heads 

of relevant 

executive 

departments and 

agencies

Report to the President in 

accordance with provisions

of paragraph 2.c.(iv) of 

December 16, 2005 

Presidential memorandum. 

December 16, 

2006 

10.4 

Develop First ISE 

Performance Management 

Report. 

PM and ISC with 

data provided by 

Federal 

departments and 

agencies. 

ISE Performance 

Management Report as 

required by IRTPA Section 

1016(f). 

December 16, 

2006 

4.4 

Ensure on an ongoing

basis that Presidentiallyapproved 

recommendations are fully 

implemented in such 

department or agency, as 

applicable. 

All departments 

and agencies with 

support of PM 

Guidance and training 

programs for the 

standardized SBU 

procedures. 

Ongoing 

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6.2 

Ensure that guidelines

developed in Task 6.1 are

fully implemented.

All departments 

and agencies

Appropriate personnel,

structures, training, and 

technologies to ensure that

terrorism information is

shared in a manner that 

protects the information 

privacy and other legal 

rights of Americans.

Ongoing 

7.3 

Bring to the attention of

the Attorney General and 

the DNI any restriction

contained in a rule, 

regulation, executive order 

or directive that 

significantly impedes the 

sharing of terrorism

information.

Federal

departments and 

agencies

Department or agency

memorandum, if applicable. Ongoing 

8.3 Monitor and Oversee

Implementation. OMB/FEA PMO 

Enterprise Architecture 

Compliance Report

(periodic report).

Ongoing 

10.5 

Periodically Review and 

Adjust Performance 

Measures to Ensure They 

Continue to Meet ISE 

Performance Management 

Needs.

PM and ISC with

data provided by

Federal 

departments and 

agencies.

Revised Strategic and

Operational Performance 

Measures.

Ongoing 
MARCH 16, 2006

• 1.1 Report on Existing ISE Resources and 

Identification of UnnecessaryRedundancies

• 2.1 Common Standards• 4.2 Report on SBU procedures inventory• 7.1 Memorandum Designation Senior IS

Official for each Agency

• 8.1 “As Is” inventory of Major Information

Sharing Networks and Architectures

• 8.2 Enterprise Architecture Approach for

ISE

• 9.1 Baseline ISE Investment Portfolio• 10.1 Performance Measurement Targets,

Timeline and Action Plan

• 10.2 Strategic and Operational

Performance Measures

• 10.3 Implementation Results and Ongoing

Measurement Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

• 9.4 FY2009 Investment Review

Process Management

JUNE 14, 2006

• 1.2 Findings and Recommendation on CT

Missions, Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.2 Common Standards for Use by Federal,

State, local and tribal governments, lawenforcement agencies and the private sector

• 3.1 Recommended framework for sharing of

information with the Federal, State, local andtribal governments, law enforcement agenciesand the private sector

• 4.2 Report to President on Standardization of

SBE procedures

• 5.1 Recommendations on changes to facilitate

sharing with foreign partners and allies

• 6.1 Recommended guidelines to ensure privacy

is protected within the ISE7.2 Training and incentives for promoting a culture of Information Sharing

• 9.2 Overall ISE Investment Strategy• 9.3 FY2006 Reprogramming Recommendations• and FY2007 Budget Amendment Proposals

DECEMBER 16, 2006

• 4.3 Report to President on Standardization of

SBU Procedures for all types of Information

• 10.4 ISE Performance Management Report to

Congress

ONG

• 4.4 Guidanc

for Standard

• 6.2 Impleme

Sharing

• 7.3 Departm

MemoranduSharing Imp

• 8.3 Enterpri

Compliance 

• 10.5 Revise

Operational 

START DATE

DECEMBER 16, 2005

Figure C.1: ISE Implementation Tasks and Milestones

MARCH 31, 2006

• 11.1 Initial Capability for an

EDS or Functional Equivalent

JULY 2006

• Comprehensive

Implementation Plan for the ISE to Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2006

• 1.3 ISE Policies, Procedu

and Architectures

JANUARY 5, 2

• 9.5 Recommendatio

Departments, AgencOMB for FY2008 IS