DHS’ Role in State and Local Fusion Centers Is Evolving

Publication
DHS Office of Inspector General, DHS’ Role in State and Local Fusion Centers Is Evolving (Report OIG-09-12) (Dec. 2008) (full-text).

Overview
DHS’s fusion center program is intended to provide information, people, technology, and other resources to fusion centers to create a web of interconnected information nodes across the country. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis coordination efforts with fusion centers are improving and evolving, and its intelligence officers assigned to fusion centers have added value. However, challenges remain with internal DHS coordination, aligning fusion center activities and funding with the department’s mission, and deploying personnel to state and local fusion centers in a timely manner. This report makes seven recommendations to assist in improving the overall effectiveness of the fusion center program.”