According to section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, the term "Information Sharing Environment" refers to "an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorism information, which approach may include any methods determined necessary and appropriate."The Information Sharing Environment (ISE) is intended to combine policies, procedures, and technologies linking the resources (people, systems, databases, and information) of Federal, State, local, and tribal entities and the private sector to facilitate terrorism information sharing, access, and collaboration among users to combat terrorism more effectively.
In June 2005, the President directed that the ISE Program Manager (PM) shall be part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Although reporting to the DNI, the PM's mandate covers access to terrorism information across Federal, State, local and tribal governments and the private sector.Resources
- Information Sharing Environment (ISE), official web site
- 2017 Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment
- 2014 Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, September 2014
- 2012 Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, June 30, 2012
- 2011 Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, June 30, 2011
- Information Sharing Environment: Better Road Map Needed to Guide Implementation and Investments, Government Accountability Office report GAO-11-455, July 2011
- 2010 Report on the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (ITACG) by the ISE Program Manager, December 9, 2010
- Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, July 2010
- Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, June 2009
- Inclusion of Information Sharing Performance Evaluation Element in Employee Performance Appraisals, Information Sharing Environment Guidance ISE-G-105, September 23, 2008
- Feasibility Report, Report for the Congress of the United States, March 2008
- Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, June 2008
- Common Terrorism Information Sharing Standards (CTISS) Program ISE Administrative Memorandum ISE-AM-300, October 31, 2007
- Common Terrorism Information Sharing Standards Working Group Meeting, briefing slides, April 10, 2006
- Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, September 2007
- Guidelines to Ensure that the Information Privacy and Other Legal Rights of Americans are Protected in the Development and Use of the Information Sharing Environment, December 2006
- Information Sharing Environment Implementation Plan, November 2006
- Statement of Amb. Thomas E. McNamara, Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing, May 10, 2006
- Information Sharing: The Federal Government Needs to Establish Policies and Processes for Sharing Terrorism-Related and Sensitive but Unclassified Information, Government Accountability Officer report GAO-06-385, March 2006
- Background on the Interim Implementation Plan for the ISE, questions and answers, February 2006
- Interim Implementation Plan for the Information Sharing Environment, January 2006, January 2006
- President's Message to the Congress of the United States on Information Sharing, White House release, December 16, 2005
- Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment, White House memorandum for the heads of executive agencies, December 16, 2005
- Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans, Executive Order 13388, October 25, 2005
- Preliminary Report on the Creation of the Information Sharing Environment, June 2005
- State and Regional Intelligence Fusion Center Contact Information, March 2006
- Fusion Center Guidelines, Developing and Sharing Information and Intelligence in a New World, Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, July 2005