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The DHS intelligence sharing it is and isn’t doing

By   /  April 19, 2012  /  Homeland Security  /  No Comments

The problems with inter-governmental information sharing are not the result of technology; technology per se rarely is the genuine factor leading to institutional error; certainly it can be, but all too often it is slandered and defamed as if it were human; in agency after agency, however, DHS computers simply do what they are told [...]

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How Illinois Coordinates Across the Public, Private Sectors

By   /  April 3, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Social Media  /  No Comments

In the last decade, jurisdictions across the country have recognized the need for greater cooperation between the public and private sectors in preparation for and in response to disasters. Amid the fiscal challenges of the last five years, government response agencies are looking to the private sector to provide resources and capabilities that public agencies [...]

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Top U.S. and Israeli Emergency Managers Discuss Preparedness

By   /  March 27, 2012  /  Emergency Management, General News  /  No Comments

From the FEMA Blog by Andrew Slaten, Deputy Director, International Affairs Last Tuesday, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate met Maj. Gen. Eyal Eizenberg, the current commanding general of Israel’s Home Front Command, who is visiting the United States for a series of key governmental meetings. The Home Front Command and Israel’s National Emergency Management Authority (FEMA’s Israeli [...]

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Southwest Florida fusion center opens to identify threats, foster communication

By   /  February 10, 2012  /  Grants & Funding, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

Hoping to identify criminal and terrorist threats before they occur and more efficiently communicate with the public about natural disasters, law enforcement officials on Thursday announced that Southwest Florida’s “fusion center” is fully operational. The purpose of the Region 6 Fusion Center — a 10-county information-sharing hub for fire, health, emergency management and law enforcement [...]

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Report: Securing critical infrastructure not receiving support it should

By   /  January 25, 2012  /  Emergency Management, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

The federal government’s intelligence community needs to do a better job of sharing intelligence information with the country’s critical infrastructure sector, according to a recent report from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. The council’s 227-page report (pdf download), “Intelligence Information Sharing,” is a follow-up to a similar study it conducted in 2006. While information sharing [...]

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