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Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts

to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and

disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of

the United States, its allies, and partner nations.

Vision: To be a data-driven body leading U.S. interagency efforts in proactively addressing foreign

adversaries’ attempts to undermine U.S. interests using disinformation and propaganda.

The GEC carries out its mission along five lines of effort:

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1. Analytics and Research: GEC’s analysts and data scientists collect and analyze data from

foreign state and foreign non-state actors to produce analysis on their foreign malign

information influence narratives, tactics, and techniques. GEC shares these analyses with

stakeholders within the Department, and among S. embassies, the interagency, and our

international partners.

2. International Partnerships: GEC has built and participates in multiple international coalitions

and partnerships with other national governments for the purpose of coordinating counterAn official website of the United States Government Here's how you k

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Establishment of the Global Engagement Center: GEC’s founding traces back to 2011 and

Executive Order 13584, which established within the Department of State the Center for Strategic

Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC) for the purpose of “supporting agencies in

Government-wide public communications activities targeted against violent extremism and

terrorist organizations.” Executive Order 13721 in 2016 transformed the CSCC into the Global

Engagement Center but left its counterterrorism mission largely unchanged.

GEC’s mission expanded upon enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2017 to include the authority to address other foreign state and non-state propaganda and

disinformation activities. The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

further refined this mission, and endowed it with a mandate, as reflected in GEC’s mission

statement.

[1] John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Section 1284,

Modifications to Global Engagement Center, P.L. 115-232,

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5515/text

[2] The White House Office of the Press Secretary, Executive Order 13584-Developing an

Integrated Strategic Counterterrorism Communications Initiative, September 9, 2011,

disinformation analyses and actions, and collectively buttressing the integrity of the global

information environment.

3. Programs and Campaigns: GEC’s Russia, People’s Republic of China, Iran, and

Counterterrorism teams each designed to build societal and institutional resilience to foreign

propaganda and disinformation efforts abroad. GEC tailors its initiatives to the specific

challenges in unique overseas information environments and coordinates both internally

within the Department, and with interagency and international partners.

4. Exposure: GEC plays a coordination role in the interagency’s public exposure of foreign

information influence operations, including the use of proxy sites and social media networks

overseas.

5. Technology Assessment and Engagement: GEC hosts private sector technology

demonstrations, assesses counter-disinformation technologies against specific challenges, and

identifies technological solutions through technology challenge programs.

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