Fusion Center Resources
The Fusion Center Guidelines resources and Web sites listed on this page are in alphabetical order. To view the resources and web sites in order by guideline, click on the "Guideline" tab.
Reference Materials
Guideline 1 − The NCISP and the Intelligence Process
- 10 Simple Steps to Help Your Agency Become a Part of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan
- Law Enforcement Intelligence: A Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
- National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan
Guideline 2 − Mission Statement and Goals
Guideline 3 − Governance
- Bylaws Sample Template
- Board Guidelines
- Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee
Bylaws
- Parliamentary Procedures
Guideline 4 − Collaboration
Guideline 5 − Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- 28 CFR Part 23 Sample MOU
- Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center MOU
- Canada Department of Defense (DOD) MOU Guidelines
- Joint Terrorism Task Force MOU
- MOU Sample Template
- Rockland County Intelligence Center MOU
Guideline 6 − Database Resources
- El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
- FBI’s LEO Program
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
- Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)
- International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA)
- International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU)
- National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
- National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)
- National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
- NLETS − The International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network
- RISS Automated Trusted Information Exchange (ATIX)
- RISSNET™
Guideline 7 − Interconnectivity
- A Framework for Justice Information Sharing: Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA)
- Model Intelligence Database Policy
- A Critical Look at Centralized and Distributed Strategies for
Large-Scale Justice Information Sharing Systems
(a white paper prepared by the IJIS Institute)
- Global Justice XML Data Model
Guideline 8 − Privacy
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU): Audit Checklist for the
Criminal Intelligence Function
- National Criminal Justice Association—Justice Information
Privacy Guideline
- Privacy and Information Quality Policy Development for the
Justice Decision Maker
- Privacy Policy Sample Template
Standard 9 − Security
- Applying Security Practices to Justice Information Sharing
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
template and example policies
Guideline 10 − Facility, Location, and Physical Infrastructure
- IACP Police Facility Planning Guidelines
- Executive Order 12068
- Executive Order 12958
- Executive Order 13292
- FBI Security Clearances and Frequently Asked Questions
Guideline 11 − Human Resources
Guidelines 12 and 13 − Training of Center Personnel/Multidisciplinary Awareness and Education
- Counter-Terrorism Training Coordination Working Group (CTTWG)
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-8
- Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards
for United States Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice
Agencies
- International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts
(IALEIA)
- NW3C
- International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement
Standards and Training (IADLEST)
- HSAC Homeland Security Intelligence and Information Fusion Report
Guideline 14 − Intelligence Services and Products
Guideline 15 − Policies and Procedures
- 28 CFR
Part 23
- Evaluation Checklists for Intelligence Units
- International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Criminal Intelligence Model Policy
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU): Criminal Intelligence File Guidelines
- National Criminal Justice Association's (NCJA) Justice Information Privacy Guideline
Guideline 16 − Center Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Guideline 17 − Funding
Organization Links
- CopNet
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- FBI Terrorism Information
- International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA)
- International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
- Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute
- National Association of Counties
- National Association of State Chief Information Officers
- National Governors Association
- Office of Management and Budget
- Office of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Regional Information Sharing Systems®
- SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
- Terrorism Research Center
- U.S. Department of Defense News
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of State
