privacy & civil liberties

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.

Throughout South Dakota, as in many other states, our state law enforcement, city police departments, and county sheriffs have traditionally used a variety of different systems to manage records and jail information. Until recently, these systems were largely isolated and prevented statewide information sharing.

We knew we had to fix this, but we wanted to find a low-cost solution that could incorporate jurisdictions all across South Dakota, many of which have small budgets and only a few officers.

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, our government not only needed to improve its counterterrorism intelligence, but also share information better, faster, and smarter. We found that our national security relies on our ability to share the right information, with the right people, at the right time – and we must “enlist all of our intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security capabilities,” as the National Security Strategy states.

The PM-ISE proudly releases its 2012 ISE Annual Report to the Congress. The Annual Report serves as a single source for the year’s most valuable information on the accomplishments of our mission partners across federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and internationally.

In building responsible information sharing, Identity Management means that we can validate our users and that they have the proper credentials, or attributes, to access the right information. It’s just like we follow a race car on the track full of competitors with its team name and number. Easy enough, right? Well not so fast, Mario Andretti!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently visited Washington State to speak at the Worldwide Public Safety Symposium. While I was there, I also had the opportunity to tour the Washington State Fusion Center.

Today, I will be participating in the CSIS event Information Sharing: Adapting and Improving an Expanding ISE. I want to give a quick overview of what I plan to discuss during the panel discussion on information sharing and the future of the ISE – and ask you to participate. Comment below!