June 12, 2008

Fusion Centers' Popularity Increases Local and State Role in Domestic Spying

Information fusion centers are the latest government effort to link databases of local, state, and federal law enforcement as well as commercial data holders for data mining purposes. The federal government has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to fund over 50 fusion centers in the United States. Fusion centers are local and state based operations, with all but a few states having at least one. Intelligence analysts make up most of the staff of local and state fusion centers.

Fusion Centers Face Staffing and Data Sharing Hurdles, Government Technology News, June 1, 2008