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1. 1. Government Executive Magazine - 3/20/02 Agencies must undergo 'cultural change' to share data

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   Published on: 3/20/2002   Last Visited: 3/22/2002

   "Our job has not always been to share information, and sometimes it's very difficult for us to get into that culture," June Daniels, a senior systems analyst with the State Department's Foreign Affairs Systems Integration Office, said during a homeland security forum at the Library of Congress.
   
   Daniels said agencies "don't like to share information with each other," in part because of traditional mandates prohibiting the interagency exchange of sensitive information. She noted that State Department officials, for example, typically cannot access law enforcement databases that contain critical information about non-immigrant visa applicants.
   
   She added that the FBI, the Customs Service, and other law enforcement agencies often cannot review each other's databases. "There are good reasons for protecting those databases, but as a result, we just don't share information very well," she said.
   
   But even before the Sept. 11 attacks, the State Department had begun finding ways to break down some of those traditional barriers through a pilot project that would enable the overseas offices of nine federal agencies to share data through a common, interoperable information technology platform.
   
   Daniels said the Overseas Presence Interagency Collaboration/Knowledge Management System, which is scheduled to be implemented in May, was developed in response to the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The system is being designed to provide the various overseas federal posts with interoperable e-mail, interagency directories, real-time video conferencing and several other shared capabilities.
   
   Working together to develop that common system proved to be a daunting task for the participating agencies, which include the departments of State, Justice, Transportation, Defense and Commerce.
   
   "We had our own systems," Daniels said. "We didn't have a common infrastructure. It was very difficult for us to exchange information."
   
   Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., who delivered the keynote address at Tuesday's forum, said new laws must be enacted to help all federal agencies share critical homeland security information on a nationwide scale.
   
   "One of the difficulties right now is that nothing can be implemented, because it's such a hodgepodge of turf wars and jurisdictional fights between different agencies," Davis said.

2. 2. The Council for Excellence in Government: Home

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   Published on: 4/2/2002   Last Visited: 7/5/2005

   June Daniels, Senior Systems Analyst, Foreign Affairs Systems Integration Office, Department of State

3. 3. The Council for Excellence in Government: Home

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   Published on: 4/2/2002   Last Visited: 3/20/2004

   June Daniels, Senior Systems Analyst, Foreign Affairs Systems Integration Office, Department of State