Interagency Information Sharing. Coast Guard Collaboration to Meet Information Sharing Objectives

This article discusses how one of the 9/11 Commission’s major findings was the need to improve sharing terrorism-related information within and across government lines. This spurred significant action on the part of the president, Congress, and across the intelligence and law enforcement communities to transform information sharing into an all encompassing environment where the exchange of information is the rule, not the exception: To shift from the “need to know” construct toward a “responsibility to provide” paradigm. In addition to other efforts and legislation, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) ensured that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would have a central role in the information sharing environment. The Coast Guard, as the largest DHS component and a member of the intelligence community, possesses a unique role in federal information sharing efforts. The Coast Guard is the lead federal agency for maritime transportation safety, law enforcement, and environmental stewardship, and it has a broad set of responsibilities and authorities. This gives the Coast Guard a unique leadership role in helping to coordinate maritime governance across a very broad set of government, commercial, and private stakeholders, both domestically and internationally.

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  • Accession Number: 01167020
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 30 2010 8:22AM