Homeland security information sharing
Information sharing
Information sharing and knowledge management officers
State, local, and private-sector sources of information
Establishment of business processes
The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis or the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as appropriate, shall—
establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information provided by State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector;
as appropriate, integrate such information into the information gathered by the Department and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and
make available such information, as appropriate, within the Department and to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Feedback
Training and evaluation of employees
Training
The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis or the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as appropriate, shall provide to employees of the Department opportunities for training and education to develop an understanding of—
the definitions of homeland security information and national intelligence (as defined in section 3003(5) of title 50); and
how information available to such employees as part of their duties—
might qualify as homeland security information or national intelligence; and
might be relevant to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence components of the Department.
Evaluations
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall—
on an ongoing basis, evaluate how employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence components of the Department are utilizing homeland security information or national intelligence, sharing information within the Department, as described in this subchapter, and participating in the information sharing environment established under section 485 of this title; and
provide to the appropriate component heads regular reports regarding the evaluations under subparagraph (A).
Source
(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 501(a)(1),Notes
Editorial Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Receipt of Information From United States Secret Service
In general.—
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall receive from the United States Secret Service homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information (as these terms are defined in Section [sic] 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485)), or national intelligence, as defined in Section [sic] 3(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(5)) [now 50 U.S.C. 3003(5)], as well as suspect information obtained in criminal investigations. The United States Secret Service shall cooperate with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis with respect to activities under sections 204 and 205 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 124a, 124b].
Savings clause.—
Nothing in this Act [see Tables for classification] shall interfere with the operation of Section [sic] 3056(g) of Title 18, United States Code, or with the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Director of the United States Secret Service regarding the budget of the United States Secret Service.”