Federal support for and involvement in state and local fusion centers
Subtitle: majority and minority staff report
By: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate
Publisher: U.S. Senate, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Interagency coordination; Intergovernmental cooperation; National security; Law enforcement; Information resources management; Intelligence service; Information services; Terrorism; Domestic intelligence; Prevention
Description: "Sharing terrorism-related information between state, local and Federal officials is crucial to protecting the United States from another terrorism attack. Achieving this objective was the motivation for Congress to invest hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars over the last nine years in support of dozens of state and local fusion centers across the United States.  Congress directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lead this initiative. A bipartisan investigation by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found, however, that DHS's work with those state and local fusion centers has not produced useful intelligence to support Federal counterterrorism efforts"--Executive summary.
Notes: "October 3, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

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