Fusion Center Assessments
Each Fusion Center Assessment evaluates fusion centers' adherence to selected performance measures, ensuring functional consistency across the National Network.
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Fusion Center
Per Section 2006 of the Homeland Security Act, FEMA ensures that at least 25 percent of grant funding appropriated for State Homeland Security Programs and UASI is used for law enforcement terrorism prevention activities, including support for state and local fusion centers.
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Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Engagement and Information Sharing Strategy for 2022–2026
The Department's Fusion Center Engagement and Information Sharing Strategy document outlines a multi-year commitment to supporting our law enforcement and homeland security partners in states and cities nationwide, and describes how DHS enables information sharing vital to fusion centers’ missions and our national security.
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Fusion Center Annual Assessment Final Reports
The Assessment is a critical element of FCPP and represents the DHS' commitment to enhance domestic counterterrorism and information sharing capabilities.
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Fusion Center Foundational Guidance
In 2004 and 2005, when many states began creating fusion centers, there were no standards or guidelines in place to help fusion centers develop common capabilities and processes for information sharing with federal, local, and private sector partners.
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Resources for Fusion Centers
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides fusion centers with resources, training, and other coordinated services in support of strengthening the National Network.
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Annual Fusion Center Assessment and Gap Mitigation Activities
DHS, in coordination with its interagency partners, Fusion Center Directors, and other fusion center stakeholders, manages the Fusion Center Performance Program (FCPP), which is designed to evaluate the capability and performance of the National Network of Fusion Centers (National Network). A major component of the FCPP is the annual Fusion Center Assessment (Assessment).
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Fusion Centers and RISS Centers
State and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) and the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) Centers help protect our nation by serving as valuable conduits for information sharing among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) agencies.
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National Network of Fusion Centers Fact Sheet
State and major urban area fusion centers serve as focal points to share threat-related information between the federal government SLTT.
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FBI Field Intelligence Groups and Fusion Centers
State and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs) help protect our nation by serving as valuable conduits for sharing vital homeland security information with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT), and private sector partners.
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Fusion Centers and Joint Terrorism Task Forces
State and major urban area fusion centers and the JTTFs) led by the FBI serve distinct, but complementary roles in securing the homeland.