The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seeks to enhance the capability and capacity of the National Network of Fusion Centers. State and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) serve as focal points within the state and local environment for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information between the federal government and state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. Fusion centers are owned and operated by state and local entities with support from federal partners in the form of deployed personnel, training, technical assistance, exercise support, security clearances, connectivity to federal systems, technology, and grant funding.
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), in collaboration with BJA, DHS and other federal partners, will provide technical assistance to the National Network of Fusion Centers (NNFC) to enhance the national information sharing capability. IIR will facilitate collaboration between state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal law enforcement, and homeland security partners to deliver comprehensive project management in support of NNFC. NCA/NCF
