Organizations and Departments Flashcards
UPI
UPI is a news organization that delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment , Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International
OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; Arabic: منظمة التعاون الإسلامي; French: Organisation de la coopération islamique, OCI) is an international organisation founded in 1969 consisting of 57 member states. The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony”.
The OIC has permanent delegations to the United Nations and the European Union. The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English and French.
CSM or Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international news organization that delivers global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, daily news briefing, email newsletters, Amazon Kindle subscription, and mobile site. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2011, the print circulation was 75,052.[1]
The CSM is a newspaper that covers international and United States current events. The paper includes a daily religious feature on “The Home Forum” page, but states the publication is not a platform for evangelizing.[2]
On October 28, 2008, Editor John Yemma announced that the Monitor would discontinue its daily print version to focus on web-based publishing. Instead of a daily print edition, CSM would publish a weekly news magazine with an international focus.
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة al-ǧazīrah IPA: [æl dʒæˈziːrɐ], literally “The Island”, abbreviating “The Arabian Peninsula”), also known as Aljazeera and JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a Doha-based broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages. Al Jazeera is accessible in several world regions. Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar, this assertion has been disputed. Al Jazeera was the subject of a split in the Gulf Cooperation Council that prompted the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to recall their ambassadors from Qatar on 5 March 2014.
The original Al Jazeera channel’s willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the outbreak of war in Afghanistan, when it was the only channel to cover the war live, from its office there.
In the 2000s, the network was praised by the Index on Censorship for circumventing censorship and contributing to the free exchange of information in the Arab world, and by the Webby Awards, who nominated it as one of the five best news web sites, along with BBC News, National Geographic and The Smoking Gun.
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC works 24/7 with state and local health departments to save lives and safeguard communities from public health threats. When states are prepared to detect or respond rapidly to threats, communities are better protected. CDC plays a critical role in preparing states because of its unique expertise in responding to infectious, occupational, or environmental incidents.
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response leads the agency’s preparedness and response activities by providing strategic direction, support, and coordination for activities across CDC as well as with local, state, tribal, national, territorial, and international public health partners. CDC provides funding and technical assistance to states to build and strengthen public health capabilities. Ensuring that states can adequately respond to threats will result in greater health security; a critical component of overall U.S. national security.
PHPR
The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) is committed to strengthening the nation’s health security by saving lives and protecting against public health threats, whether at home or abroad, natural or man-made.
Health security depends on the ability of our nation to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from public health threats. To ensure that, PHPR supports our state, local, tribal, and territorial partners by providing funding, building capacity, offering technical assistance, and championing their critical role in protecting the public’s health.
Describe the DEO (The Division of Emergency Operations) in relation to the CDC and the PHPR . . .
The Division of Emergency Operations (DEO)
Responsible for overall coordination of CDC’s preparedness, assessment, response, recovery, and evaluation prior to and during public health emergencies.
Responsible for the CDC Emergency Operations Center, CDC’s command center for monitoring and coordinating CDC’s emergency response to public health threats in the United States and abroad.
Staffed around the clock, the EOC provides worldwide situational awareness and coordinates CDC’s preparedness, assessment, response, recovery, and evaluation for public health emergencies.
Describe the DSLR (The Division of State and Local Readiness) in relation to the CDC and the PHPR . . .
The Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR)
Manages the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement, which supports preparedness nationwide in state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments.
As of 2002, PHEP has provided nearly $9 billion to public health departments to upgrade their ability to effectively respond to the public health consequences of all hazards, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.
The cooperative agreement currently funds 62 awardees including all 50 states, eight U.S. territories and freely associated states, and four localities.
Describe the DSNS (The Division of Strategic National Stockpile) in relation to the CDC and the PHPR . . .
The Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS)
Delivers critical medical assets to the site of a national emergency.
Manages and maintains the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), the national repository of critical medicines and medical supplies established to protect the American public if there is a public health emergency severe enough to cause state and local supplies to run out. DSNS procures, stores, and delivers these resources across the U.S.
Provides technical assistance to state and local sites to prepare for emergencies and when SNS resources are deployed.
Describe the DSAT (The Division of Select Agents and Toxins) in relation to the CDC and the PHPR . . .
The Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT)
Oversees the Federal Select Agent Program, which regulates all entities that possess, use, and/or transfer biological agents or toxins that could pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Select agents include the bacteria that cause anthrax and plague and the virus that causes smallpox.
Ensures compliance with select agent regulations by providing guidance to registered entities and conducting evaluations and inspections.
TSA
The TSA or Transportation Security Administration was created to strengthen the security of the nation’s transportation systems and ensure the freedom of movement for people and commerce. TSA uses a risk-based strategy and works closely with transportation, law enforcement and intelligence communities to set the standard for excellence in transportation security.
Mission
Protect the Nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
Vision
Provide the most effective transportation security in the most efficient way as a high performing counterterrorism organization.
Core Values
Integrity. Innovation. Team spirit.
VIPR
VIPR or Visual Intermodal Prevention and Response teams, randomly reinforce the security present at busy transportation hubs or during periods of peak traffic.
A Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team, sometimes Visible Intermodal Protection and Response (VIPR, or VIPER) is a Transportation Security Administration program. Various government sources have differing descriptions of VIPR’s exact mission. It is specifically authorized by 6 U.S.C. § 1112 which says that the program is to “augment the security of any mode of transportation at any location within the United States”. Authority for the program is under the Secretary of Homeland Security. The program falls under TSA’s Office of Law Enforcement. TSA OLE shares responsibility for the program with the Office of Security Operations and Transportation Sector Network Management.
The VIPR teams detain and search travelers at railroad stations, bus stations, ferries, car tunnels, ports, subways, truck weigh stations, rest areas, and special events. They also can deploy to deal with CBRNE/WMD (chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, and explosive weapons of mass destruction). They also inspect ships, containers, and vehicles.
SAR
Suspicious Activity Reporting
Reporting of suspicious activity that may either be a terrorist act, a criminal act, or a non-criminal act considered a precursor to either a terrorist act or criminal act. A SAR may be filed by law enforcement, public safety personnel, owners of critical infrastructure or the general public. The report is the incident level event reported under the National SAR Initiative, a joint project of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is run by the SAR Program Office in the Department of Justice. SARs are completed at the local, state or federal law enforcement level and shared with fusion centers who make the information available to local law enforcement agencies, United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Homeland Security the FBI, the Department of Defense and private partners. Fusion centers have been criticized by a U.S. Senate Committee which found that the fusion centers often produced “irrelevant, useless or inappropriate intelligence reporting”
IRTPA
Intelligence Reform & Terrorism Prevention Act
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) is a 235-page Act of Congress, signed by President George W. Bush, that broadly affects United States federal terrorism laws. In juxtaposition with the single-subject rule, the act is composed of several separate titles with varying subject issues.
IC
Intelligence Community
JTTF
Joint Terrorism Task Force
A Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is a partnership between various American law enforcement agencies that is charged with taking action against terrorism, which includes the investigation of crimes such as wire fraud and identity theft.
ISE-PM
Program Manager - Information Sharing Environment
The role of the PM-ISE is to coordinate and facilitate the development of a network-centric ISE by focusing on standards and architecture, security and access, associated privacy protections, and best practices. The PM-ISE serves as a change agent and center for innovation and discovery in providing ideas, tools, and resources to mission partners who then apply them to their own agencies or communities.
IRTPA established the position of Program Manager to “plan for and oversee the implementation of, and manage the ISE,” and to be “responsible for information sharing across the Federal Government.”
Consistent with the direction and policies issued by the President, the DNI, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the PM-ISE issues government-wide procedures, guidelines, instructions, and functional standards, as appropriate, for the management, development, and proper operation of the ISE. To better assist in ISE implementation activities, the Office of the PM-ISE has staff with experience in counterterrorism, homeland security, information sharing, technology, and policy at all levels of government.
NCTC
National Counterterrorism Center
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established by Presidential Executive Order 13354 in August 2004, and codified by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA). NCTC implements a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission: “Breaking the older mold of national government organizations, this NCTC should be a center for joint operational planning and joint intelligence, staffed by personnel from the various agencies.”
NCTC serves as the primary organization in the United States Government (USG) for integrating and analyzing all intelligence pertaining to counterterrorism (except for information pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorism).
NCTC integrates foreign and domestic analysis from across the Intelligence Community (IC) and produces a wide-range of detailed assessments designed to support senior policymakers and other members of the policy, intelligence, law enforcement, defense, homeland security, and foreign affairs communities. Prime examples of NCTC analytic products include items for the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) and the daily National Terrorism Bulletin (NTB). NCTC is also the central player in the ODNI’s Homeland Threat Task Force, which orchestrates interagency collaboration and keeps senior policymakers informed about threats to the Homeland via a weekly update.
NCTC leads the IC in providing expertise and analysis of key terrorism-related issues, with immediate and far-reaching impact. For example, NCTC’s Radicalization and Extremist Messaging Group leads the IC’s efforts on radicalization issues. NCTC’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Counterterrorism Group pools scarce analytical, subject matter, and scientific expertise from NCTC and CIA on these critical issues.
NCTC also evaluates the quality of CT analytic production, the training of analysts working CT, and the strengths and weaknesses of the CT analytic workforce. NCTC created the Analytic Framework for Counterterrorism, aimed at reducing redundancy of effort by delineating the roles of the IC’s various CT analytic components. NCTC also created a working group for alternative analysis to help improve the overall rigor and quality of CT analysis.
http://www.nctc.gov
FOUO
For Official Use Only
ORCON
Originator Control
NIAC
National Infrastructure Advisory Council
The National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) shall provide the President through the Secretary of Homeland Security with advice on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems. The council is composed of a maximum of 30 members, appointed by the President from private industry, academia, and state and local government.
http://www.dhs.gov/national-infrastructure-advisory-council
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
ITACG
Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group
ITACG was established at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other agencies produce Federally-coordinated terrorism-related information products tailored to the needs of State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and private sector partners. ITACG-coordinated products are then disseminated through existing Federal agency channels.
ODNI
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Mission:
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Lead Intelligence Integration.
Forge an Intelligence Community that delivers the most insightful intelligence possible.
Vision:
A Nation made more secure because of a fully integrated Intelligence Community.
Goals:
Integrate intelligence analysis and collection to inform decisions made from the White House to the foxhole.
Drive responsible and secure information-sharing.
Set strategic direction and priorities for national intelligence resources and capabilities.
Develop and implement Unifying Intelligence Strategies across regional and functional portfolios.
Strengthen partnerships to enrich intelligence.
Advance cutting-edge capabilities to provide global intelligence advantage.
Promote a diverse, highly-skilled intelligence workforce that reflects the strength of America.
Align management practices to best serve the Intelligence Community.
http://www.dni.gov/index.php/about/faq
SOPD
Sector Outreach and Programs Division
NPPD
National Protection and Programs Directorate
QHSR
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) recognizes the responsibility the Department shares with hundreds of thousands of people across the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector and other nongovernmental organizations, and provides a path forward for engaging in public-private partnerships.
DOJ
Department of Justice
To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
http://www.justice.gov
HSIN
Homeland Security Information Network
(The Trusted DHS Information Sharing Environment)
The Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) is the trusted network for homeland security mission operations to share Sensitive But Unclassified information. Federal, State, Local, Territorial, Tribal, International and Private Sector homeland security partners use HSIN to manage operations, analyze data, send alerts and notices, and in general, share the information they need to do their jobs.
http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-information-network-hsin
LEO
Law Enforcement Online
The FBI’s approved and accredited information sharing system for sensitive but unclassified information. LEO provides all levels of the law enforcement, criminal justice and public safety communities access to its “anytime and anywhere” system for operational support, online training and electronic communication.
CISSO
Classified Information Sharing & Safeguarding Office
EO 13587: structural reforms to ensure responsible sharing and safeguarding of classified information on computer networks that shall be consistent with appropriate protections for privacy and civil liberties.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/07/executive-order-13587-structural-reforms-improve-security-classified-net
ICD
Intelligence Community Directive
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) established Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs) as the principal means by which the DNI provides guidance, policy, and direction to the Intelligence Community. The DNI also directed that all Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) remain in force until canceled or superseded by an ICD. The contents of an ICD may be issued in an Intelligence Community Policy Memorandum prior to its formal publication in an ICD.
http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/
TIDE
Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment
The National Counterterrorism Center manages the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), which serves as the U.S. government’s central repository of information on international terrorist identities as established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. TIDE supports the USG’s various terrorist screening systems or “watchlists” and the U.S. Intelligence Community’s overall counterterrorism mission.
http://www.ise.gov/terrorist-watchlist
CUI
Controlled Unclassified Information
In November 2010, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13556: Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to standardize the way the Executive Branch handles information that requires protection but is not classified. This action expanded CUI beyond the ISE – and directs that the “CUI categories and subcategories shall serve as exclusive designations for identifying unclassified information throughout the executive branch that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls, pursuant to and consistent with applicable law, regulations, and government-wide policies.”
http://www.ise.gov/controlled-unclassified-information-cui-expanded-beyond-ise
EO
Executive Order
HSPD
Homeland Security Presidential Directives
NSI
Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) builds on what law enforcement and other agencies have been doing for years—gathering information regarding behaviors and incidents associated with criminal activity—and establishes a standardized process whereby information can be shared among agencies to help detect and prevent terrorism-related criminal activity. Our office support this initiative through measurement, interagency communication, and program development.
In 2008-2009, the PM-ISE evaluated the policies, procedures, and technology concepts needed to implement a unified SAR information sharing process across federal, state, and local governments. The results of the ISE-SAR Evaluation Environment, documented in a series of publicly available reports, showed that the unified process not only enhanced counterterrorism efforts, but also strengthened privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. Moreover, although the evaluation was focused on SARs that were indicative of terrorism-related crimes, both the steps in the NSI cycle and the data elements in the ISE-SAR Functional Standard are adaptable to other types of criminal behavior.
In March 2010, the Department of Justice established an NSI Office to facilitate the implementation of the NSI across all levels of government and assist participants in adopting compatible processes, policies, and standards that foster broader sharing of SARs, while ensuring that privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties are protected in accordance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Updated information on the NSI can be found on the National SAR Initiative website or by emailing NSI.
The NSI is one of the ISE’s most significant accomplishments to date and the best example of the ISE in action. This is because it is an interrelated set of harmonized policies, mission processes, and systems that leverage ISE core capabilities and enablers to empower the men and women on the frontline to access and share the information they need to keep the country safe.
The role of the PM-ISE is to coordinate and facilitate the development of a network-centric ISE by focusing on standards and architecture, security and access, associated privacy protections, and best practices. In addition, as improved business processes and supporting policies and technical solutions are developed and deployed, the PM-ISE helps identify, promote, and spread best practices and, where possible, influences resource allocation decisions to ensure the institutionalization and potential reuse of these mission partner capabilities.
http://ise.gov/nationwide-sar-initiative
TSC
The Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) maintains the U.S. government’s consolidated Terrorist Watchlist - which supports the ability of front line screening agencies to positively identify known or suspected terrorists trying to obtain visas, enter the country, board aircraft, or engage in other activity. While undertaking these activities, TSC is also dedicated to ensuring the data it stores is maintained in a manner consistent with protecting the privacy and civil liberties of Americans.
http://www.ise.gov/terrorist-watchlist
NIEM
National Information Exchange Model
NIEM provides a commonly understood way for various organizations to connect data that improves government decision making for the greater good. By making it possible for organizations to share critical data, NIEM empowers people to make informed decisions that improve efficiency and advance and fulfill organizational missions.
NIEM is not a standard, database, software, or the actual exchange of information. Rather, NIEM provides the community of users, tools, common terminology, governance, methodologies, and support that enables the creation of standards. As a result, organizations can “speak the same language” to quickly and efficiently exchange meaningful data.
http://www.ise.gov/national-information-exchange-model-niem
OSINT
Open Source Intelligence
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is intelligence collected from publicly available sources. In the intelligence community (IC), the term “open” refers to overt, publicly available sources (as opposed to covert or clandestine sources); it is not related to open-source software or public intelligence.
ISE
Information Sharing Environment
The Information Sharing Environment (ISE) broadly refers to the people, projects, systems, and agencies that enable responsible information sharing for national security.
http://www.ise.gov
MDA
Maritime domain awareness (MDA) is defined by the International Maritime Organization as the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment. The maritime domain is defined as all areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime-related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances.
In the United States, the Secretary of the Navy is the DoD Executive Agent for maritime domain awareness.
