Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public Affairs Office. "DNI Announces Information Sharing Strategy for Intelligence Community." ODNI News Release No. 07-08. Washington, DC: 4 Apr. 2008. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080404_release.pdf]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has announced "the first-ever strategy to improve the ability of intelligence professionals to share information.... The document, titled the U.S. Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, complements a related national strategy that President Bush released last year."
[DNI/08]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public Affairs Office. "DNI Names First Director of IARPA." ODNI News Release No. 1-08. Washington, DC: 9 Jan. 2008. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080109_release.pdf]
DNI Mike McConnell announced on 9 January 2008 that Dr. Lisa Porter will be "the first Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).... IARPA sponsors research aimed at game-changing breakthroughs and compliments the mission-specific science-and-technology research already being conducted by intelligence agencies. Porter ... comes to IARPA following service as the NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.... Dr. Tim Murphy has served as Acting Director of IARPA since June 2007.... Murphy will serve as Deputy Director of IARPA when Porter begins as Director."
[DNI/08]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public Affairs Office. "DNI Names New Director for Homeland Security and Law Enforcement." ODNI News Release No. 2-08. Washington, DC: 31 Jan. 2008. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080131_release.pdf]
DNI Mike McConnell has "appointed Bart R. Johnson as director for homeland security and law enforcement support and outreach within the DNI’s Office of Policy, Plans, and Requirements.... Prior to joining the ODNI, Johnson served with the New York State Police for 23 years, retiring as a colonel.... He succeeds Michael Tiffany, who now works for the ODNI’s Inspector General."
[DNI/08]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public Affairs Office. "DNI Names New Director of Public Affairs." ODNI News Release No. 06-08. Washington, DC: 3 Apr. 2008. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080403_release.pdf]
On 31 March 2008, Richard Willing joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as its Director of Public Affairs.
[DNI/08]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public Affairs Office. "Second National Fusion Center Conference Held to Foster Greater Collaboration." Washington, DC: 20 Mar. 2008. [http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20080320_release.pdf]
The second annual National Fusion Center Conference was held 18-20 March 2008 in San Francisco. It was attended by more than 900 federal, state, and local law enforcement and homeland security officials. "Participants discussed how to best incorporate fusion centers at the state level and in major urban areas into national plans to improve the sharing of information related to terrorism.... [T]here are more than 50 operational centers in 46 states."
[DHS/08; DNI/08]
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