Bibliography Category: Information, Intelligence, and Intelligence Sharing

Zwiebel, Michael J. 2008. Why We Need to Reestablish the USIA. Military Review Vol. 88, special edition (June): 130-139. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_2008IAR0630_art019.pdf (accessed 5 April 2012). This article examines public diplomacy and “soft power.” The author suggests that standing up an agency within the Department of State that is similar to the old USIA would aid in […]

White House, The. Presidential Decision Directive 68, International Public Information. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1999. http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-68.htm (accessed 2 November 2011). This directive orders the creation of an International Public Information to address problems identified during military missions in Kosovo and Haiti, when no single U.S. agency was empowered to coordinate U.S. efforts to sell […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-11-455, Information Sharing Environment: Better Road Map Needed to Guide Implementation and Investments. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2011. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11455.pdf (accessed 9 March 2012). This report assesses to what extent the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) and agencies have made progress in developing and implementing the ISE and […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-11-223, Information Sharing: DHS Could Better Define How it Plans to Meet Its State and Local Mission and Improve Performance Accountability. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2010. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11223.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This report assesses actions the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has taken to enhance […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-10-171, Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2009. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10171.pdf (accessed 22 July 2011). This report focuses on the actions taken by the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC)to acquire resources to accomplish its mission and effectively collaborate with its […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-08-492, Information Sharing Environment: Definition of the Results to Be Achieved in Improving Terrorism-Related Information Sharing Is Needed to Guide Implementation and Assess Progress. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08492.pdf (accessed 9 March 2012). This report reviews related laws, directives, guidance, and Information Sharing Environment planning and reporting documents and […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-06-385, Information Sharing: The Federal Government Needs to Establish Policies and Processes for Sharing Terrorism-Related and Sensitive but Unclassified Information. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2006. http://www.gao.gov/assets/250/249606.pdf (accessed 9 March 2012). This report examines  the status of efforts to establish government-wide information sharing policies and processes and the universe of sensitive […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-03-760, Homeland Security: Efforts to Improve Information Sharing Need to be Strengthened. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2003. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03760.pdf (accessed 19 October 2011). This report examines what initiatives have been undertaken to improve information sharing and whether federal, state, and city officials believe that the current information-sharing process is effective.

Thomas, Jeffrey L. Developing Geospatial Intelligence Stewardship for Multinational Operations. Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2010. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/2636 (accessed 15 August 2011). This thesis examines geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) used for multinational operations. The author asserts that the GEOINT cell must train and exercise this stewardship through a shared vision that will […]

Theohary, Catherine A. and John Rollins. Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace. CRS Report for Congress R41674. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2011. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41674.pdf (accessed 5 October 2011). This report examines the use of the internet in cyberattacks and methods for countering terrorist and insurgent information operations on the internet.