The ISE Blog

We Salute the Military and Police Officers Who Defend Our Nation for National Police Week & Military Appreciation Month

During the month of May, two of our important mission partners are commemorated during Military Appreciation Month and National Police Week. As the national office for responsible information sharing charged with supporting our Nation’s counterterrorism and homeland security missions, we at PM-ISE salute our nation’s law enforcement and military professionals and their families. National Police Week

Posted by Kshemendra Paul, ISE Program Manager on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tags: defense, DoD, law enforcement, mission partners, state & local gov

NIEF Announces a Name Change, Clarifies Mission Focused on Identity

When it comes to information sharing in the criminal justice domain, names can create confusion. This was especially true for what was the National Information Exchange Federation (NIEF).

Posted by Larry Maloney, Senior Research Analyst, RISS and NIEF on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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Fusion Center Staff in Boston and across the Country Tirelessly Support Boston Investigation

As President of the National Fusion Center Association, I want to tell the nation about the hard work that our fusion centers do every day to protect citizens across the United States. Usually in the background, the dedicated men and women who work in fusion centers are always ready to surge to support a crisis. Last week reminded us all of the continued threats and need for fusion centers.

Posted by Mike Sena, President of the National Fusion Center Association on Friday, April 26, 2013

Tags: counterterrorism, DHS, FBI, fusion centers, homeland security, law enforcement, public safety, state & local gov

NIEM 3.0 Alpha 2 Release is Now Open for Public Review

Since August 2012, the NIEM community has been working on NIEM Version 3.0—the next major release of the NIEM model. The last time we had a major new release was 2007! NIEM 3.0 is on schedule to launch in fall 2013! As a community-driven program, NIEM relies on its stakeholders to provide feedback on major developments such as Version 3.0. So…be sure to mark your calendars and tell your NIEM friends! The anticipated release of NIEM 3.0 Alpha 2 for broad public review is April 19—stay tuned!

Posted by NIEM Bloggers on Thursday, April 18, 2013

Tags: technical standards, training

Challenges and Solutions for Secure Info Sharing Identified in the Workshop for Info Sharing and Safeguarding Standards (WIS3)

We recently gathered with over 100 government, industry, and non-profit professionals to brainstorm and debate information sharing and safeguarding standards and frameworks at the Workshop for Information Sharing and Safeguarding Standards (WIS3). Below is a brief summary of some of the challenges and solutions that government and industry leaders discussed at WIS3. This is by no means comprehensive, though, and we plan to release more robust outlines of the challenges that our community faces and our plans for solutions soon.

Posted by Carrie A. Boyle, PM-ISE Director of Standards and Architecture on Monday, April 8, 2013

Tags: cybersecurity, industry, privacy & civil liberties, technical standards

Are you ready? Challenging stakeholders at DHS to engage in their ISE transformation

At the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), we are committed to ensuring secure and timely access to information critical to our mission. To this end, we have updated our Information Sharing Segment Architecture (ISSA) to provide a roadmap that guides our implementation and investment efforts in information sharing, while developing the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) for the homeland security enterprise.

Posted by Carminia Panlilio, Director of Policy, Architecture, & Governance, DHS Information Sharing Environment Office on Friday, April 5, 2013

Tags: DHS, technical standards

Prove Your Interoperability and Standards Compliance with IJIS Springboard

Our mission is to advance responsible information sharing–not by building a system or mandating policy, but by convening government agencies, engaging industry and other partners, and supporting their information sharing efforts. One of the main ways we do this is by promoting adoption of technical standards throughout government and industry so that more information sharing capabilities are built in to systems from the beginning.

Posted by Carrie A. Boyle, PM-ISE Director of Standards and Architecture on Monday, April 1, 2013

Tags: industry, technical standards

Congrats to the Fed 100 Awardees

We’d like to commend our many partners in OMB, DHS, GSA, DOD, NIST, and the White House who will be recognized tonight by Federal Computer Week for a Federal 100 Award: The Federal 100 Awards recognize government and industry leaders who have played pivotal roles in the federal government IT community—individuals who have gone above and beyond their daily responsibilities and have made a difference in the way technology has transformed their agency or accelerated their agency's mission.

Posted by ISE Bloggers on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Tags: mission partners

Data Exchange Toolkit Released After Successful Pilot Program

Early last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and two other members of the intelligence community began a data exchange pilot program with support from the office of the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment. The goal of the pilot was to not only develop a successful data exchange methodology for these agencies, but also to track best practices and lessons learned with the intent to share them with other federal agencies and ultimately expand responsible federal information sharing.

Posted by Paul Reynolds, Senior Information Architect, DHS on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tags: DHS, intelligence community, NCTC, technical standards, training

Advancing the Information Sharing Environment: DHS Updates its Information Sharing Segment Architecture to v3.0

Information sharing between federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners is critical to our nation’s security. Today, I am pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has updated our Information Sharing Segment Architecture (ISSA) that will serve as a road map to guide our implementation and investment efforts in information sharing.

Posted by Richard A. Spires, Chief Information Officer, DHS on Monday, March 11, 2013

Tags: DHS, technical standards