In 2010 at the National Fusion Center Conference, the fusion center directors, in partnership with the federal government, distilled the baseline capabilities for state and major urban area fusion centers into national network priorities and changed the focus of fusion centers to include four Critical Operational Capabilities (COCs) to include receive, analyze, disseminate, and gather.
After reading the National Strategy for Information Sharing, respond to the following questions in your essay:
What improvements do you recommend take place or be added to the role of fusion centers in the United States?
Do you believe that strengthening the ability of fusion centers to execute the COCs is critical to building an integrated National
Network of Fusion Centers capable of sharing information with the federal government and other local and state entities? Why, or why not?
How did one of the COCs help to prevent or stop a terrorism plot?
Lastly, in recent years why has the role of fusion centers been questioned by the public and private industries?
