Giving a Voice to Open Source Stakeholders: A Survey of State, Local & Tribal Law Enforcement. Committee on Homeland Security Report Prepared by the Majority Staff

摘要

In today's complex and dangerous world, U.S. law enforcement officials, first responders, and the private sector need timely, relevant, and actionable intelligence to secure the Nation against potential threats. Some of this intelligence can be produced with open source information publicly-available information that can be disseminated quickly to an appropriate audience to meet a specific intelligence requirement. These unclassified intelligence products, derived from aggregated and analyzed information available from sources such as newspapers, periodicals, the Internet, scientific journals, and others can provide law enforcement with the actionable intelligence they need to enhance their capabilities and make tactical decisions about where to deploy their limited resources.