Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment

Source: U.S. Newswire

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, today released guidelines to ensure that information privacy and other legal rights of Americans are protected in the development and use of the ISE. These guidelines have been approved by the President and are being issued to the heads of all executive departments and agencies.

On Dec. 16, 2005, the President issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies titled, "Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment." Guideline 5 of that memorandum directed the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of executive departments and agencies that possess or use intelligence or terrorism information, to develop guidelines to ensure that the information privacy and other legal rights of Americans are protected in the development and use of the ISE. These guidelines fulfill the requirements of section 1016(d) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA).

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To view the privacy guidlines, visit: http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/PrivacyGuideline.pdf