U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024
§ 124a.
Homeland security information sharing
(a)
Information sharing
(b)
Information sharing and knowledge management officers
(c)
State, local, and private-sector sources of information
(1)
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—
(A)
establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information provided by State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector;
(B)
as appropriate, integrate such information into the information gathered by the Department and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and
(C)
make available such information, as appropriate, within the Department and to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
(2)
Feedback
(d)
Training and evaluation of employees
(1)
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—
(A)
the definitions of homeland security information and national intelligence (as defined in section 3003(5) of title 50); and
(B)
how information available to such employees as part of their duties—
(i)
might qualify as homeland security information or national intelligence; and
(ii)
might be relevant to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence components of the Department.
(2)
Evaluations
The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall—
(A)
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
(B)
provide to the appropriate component heads regular reports regarding the evaluations under subparagraph (A).
(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 501(a)(1), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 307; amended Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(2)(E), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4177.)
cite as: 6 USC 124a