Information Sharing for Homeland Security: Obstacles to Effective Information Sharing Still Exist Post 9/ 11, Issue Paper #1, April 2004, Prepared for Ranking Member Jim Turner, by Select Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic Staff.
The report addresses seven issues, as follows: Lack of a Fully Integrated Terrorist Watch List Leaves Country Vulnerable to Attack; Federal Agency to Agency Sharing of Threat Information is Haphazard; Information Sharing with State/ Local Governments Falls Short of the Mark; Terrorist Screening Center Doesn’t Disseminate Information Effectively; Senior Government Officials Concede The Wrong Structure is Now in Place to Share Information Immediately on the Terrorist Threat; Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities of Federal Agencies Lack Clarity; and Federal Agency Databases Can’t Talk to Each Other.
