Review of Domestic Sharing of Counterterrorism Information

APPENDIX A: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE & METHODOLOGY
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Senate Judiciary
Committee requested that the Inspectors General (IG) of the Intelligence
Community (IC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of
Justice (DOJ) conduct a performance audit of federally supported entities
engaged in field-based domestic counterterrorism, homeland security,
intelligence, and information-sharing activities in conjunction with state and
local law enforcement agencies. The oversight committees requested that the
joint audit examine the entities’ overall missions, specific functions,
capabilities, funding, personnel costs to include full-time employees and
contractors, and facility costs.
In response to this request, the OIGs for the IC, DHS, and DOJ
conducted a coordinated, joint review focusing on domestic sharing of
counterterrorism information. The objectives of this review were to: (1) identify
and examine the federally supported field-based intelligence entities engaged in
counterterrorism information-sharing to determine the overall missions,
specific functions, capabilities, funding, and personnel and facility costs; (2)
determine if counterterrorism information is being adequately and
appropriately shared with all participating agencies; and (3) identify any gaps
or duplication of effort among these entities.
The review was conducted by three teams from the OIGs of the IC, DHS,
and DOJ. The OIGs reviewed previous studies and conducted interviews with
more than 450 individuals, including senior Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI), DHS, DOJ, and state and local officials. While the review
teams shared relevant documents, attended briefings, and participated jointly
in interviews of certain officials and subject matter experts, each OIG was
responsible for evaluating the actions of, and information available to, its
respective department or agency. The teams attended, at least in part,
meetings of the DNI’s Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Partners’
Board, interviews with DNI representatives and members of multiple JTTFs,
and a teleconference with the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council
(CCIC).
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