Information: To Share and Protect, Part 1

Among my New Year’s reading list were two December issuances that impact the world of information and privacy in government:  the White House’s National Strategy on Information Sharing, and the Federal CIO Council’s Recommendations for Digital Privacy Controls.  The interrelated nature of these issues should not be lost – sharing information requires protection for individuals in order to be sustained and supported over the long term.  This blog post addresses the Sharing Strategy; a second will address the Privacy Controls; and a third will discuss the necessary linkages between the tw

Sustaining the Information Sharing Environment: The Key Role of Security and Privacy

Protecting the systems and processes Federal, State, and local entities use to exchange information may seem to be a trade-off in terms of effective sharing, in which more security and privacy would appear to restrict the free flow of information; yet in the long term, data protection is a key enabler for the ISE.

The ability of Federal agencies to share information on effective practices, as well as issues of concern, has become a central mission goal for law enforceme