United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-07-23 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-637T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T P0b002ee18038c6be f:d08637t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T GAO-08-637T Accountability Confidential information Counterterrorism Federal aid to states Federal intelligence agencies Federal/state relations Government information dissemination Homeland security Information access Information centers Information disclosure Information infrastructure Information management Information resources management Internal controls Performance measures Personnel management Personnel recruiting Program management Skilled labor Standards Strategic planning Terrorism Information sharing Policies and procedures Program goals or objectives Program implementation Testimony A83035 In 2005, GAO placed the issue of information sharing for homeland security on its high-risk list of federal functions needing broad-based transformation and since then has monitored the government's progress in resolving barriers to sharing. This testimony discusses three key information sharing efforts: (1) the actions that have been taken to guide the design and implementation of the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) and to report on its progress, (2) the characteristics of state and local fusion centers and the extent to which federal efforts are helping to address some of the challenges centers reported, and (3) the progress made in developing streamlined policies and procedures for designating, marking, safeguarding, and disseminating sensitive but unclassified information. This testimony is based on GAO's products issued from March 2006 through July 2008 and selected updates conducted in July 2008. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T.pdf GAO-08-637T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-637T Testimony GAO-08-637T; Information Sharing: Definition of the Results to Be Achieved in Terrorism-Related Information Sharing Is Needed to Guide Implementation and Assess Progress; Accountability Confidential information Counterterrorism Federal aid to states Federal intelligence agencies Federal/state relations Government information dissemination Homeland security Information access Information centers Information disclosure Information infrastructure Information management Information resources management Internal controls Performance measures Personnel management Personnel recruiting Program management Skilled labor Standards Strategic planning Terrorism Information sharing Policies and procedures Program goals or objectives Program implementation Volume 116 Page 2135 116 Stat. 2135 Volume 118 Page 3638 118 Stat. 3638 Volume 121 Page 266 121 Stat. 266 Public Law 107-296 Public Law 108-458 Public Law 110-53