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National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF). The mission of the NJTTF is to enhance
communication, coordination, and cooperation between federal, state, and local government
agencies representing the intelligence, law enforcement, defense, diplomatic, public safety,
transportation, and homeland security communities by providing a point of fusion for terrorism
intelligence and by supporting the JTTFs throughout the United States.
• The NJTTF was established in July 2002 to serve as a coordinating mechanism with the
FBI’s partners.
• As of January 2011, forty-nine agencies are represented in the NJTTF, which has become a
focal point for information sharing and the management of large-scale projects that involve
multiple partners.
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National Operations Center (NOC). The mission of the NOC is to serve as the primary Nationallevel
hub for domestic situational awareness, common operating picture, information fusion,
information sharing, communications, and operations coordination pertaining to the prevention
of terrorists attacks and domestic incident management.
The NOC serves as the nation’s nerve center for information collection and sharing. Pursuant
to section 515 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 the NOC is the principal operations center
for DHS. As the principal operations center, Congress tasked the NOC with performing two key
responsibilities:
• First, the NOC shall provide situational awareness and a common operating picture
for the entire federal government, and for state, local, and tribal governments
as appropriate, in the event of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other manmade
disaster.