The Impact of Organizational Culture on the Sharing of Homeland Security Information

The Impact of Organizational Culture on the Sharing of Homeland Security Information
Author: Jeffery E. Bradey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2008
Genre: Civil defense
ISBN:

This thesis identifies problems that have impacted the implementation of the Homeland Security Information Network. These problems have ranged from programmatic to legal to cultural issues. The Department of Homeland Security has addressed several of the problems impacting the Homeland Security Information Network. The Department of Homeland Security established a program management office and a privacy office to resolve some of the challenges to the Homeland Security Information Network program. The clash of cultures is often discussed in relation to mergers and acquisitions in the business world. This phenomenon bas been exhibited by participants in homeland security information sharing during the deployment of the Homeland Security Information Network. Solving these cultural problems requires cooperation and buy-in from the senior leadership of the Department of Homeland Security to the end users of the Homeland Security Information Network in the federal, state, and local governments. Finding a technique to effect meaningful culture change in the homeland security community is the key to making the Homeland Security Information Network a viable information sharing tool.

The Impact of Organizational Culture on Information Sharing

The Impact of Organizational Culture on Information Sharing
Author: Maj Virginia L Egli
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781480030107

A key factor in the failure of the intelligence community is the resistance to information sharing. Organizational culture is an essential link in understanding the resistance to information sharing. Using Edgar Schein's organizational culture model, this paper analyzes the organizational culture of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau Investigation with an eye toward how organizational cultures of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau impact information sharing. The Department of Homeland Security must identify, understand, and work through the barriers of organizational cultures within the intelligence community. Part of creating a culture of information sharing involves changing the way people value information sharing and collaboration by encouraging behaviors that foster sharing and discouraging those that do not. The Department of Homeland Security lacks several key characteristics in building an organizational culture such as a stable membership and shared history. The Department of Homeland Security is a newly structured organization with multiple agencies and departments with diverse missions. The creation of a unified organizational culture within the Department of Homeland Security will take time to develop because of the magnitude and complexity of the organization. In comparison, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was established in 1908 as a law enforcement-centric organization. However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Director, Robert Mueller, changed the organization to threat-based and intelligence driven organization after the events of 9/11. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has maintained its organizational culture while undertaking reorganization. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have an opportunity to bridge the information sharing gap through the development of joint threat assessments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security have some similarities in their missions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has experience in developing threat assessments and the Department of Homeland Security is required to produce threat assessments. The Federal Bureau of Investigation offers an opportunity to teach and mentor members of the Department of Homeland Security in intelligence functions. If the organizations shared their resources and pooled their knowledge, information would become more transparent.

Homeland Security Cultures

Homeland Security Cultures
Author: Alexander Siedschlag
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1786605937

Focusing on this broader security culture framework of analysis, this text uses a comprehensive approach to explore cultural factors empirically and pragmatically as they affect threat environment and assessment along core missions, organizational responses, and the aim of fostering safe and secure societies.

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE'S EFFECTS ON INFORMATION SHARING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE'S EFFECTS ON INFORMATION SHARING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Author: Alexander E. Montgomery
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2012
Genre: Organizational sociology
ISBN:

A major factor contributing to national security failures in the United States is the inability of the Intelligence Community to share information effectively. This failure is rooted within the organizational culture of the Intelligence Community. The U.S. government has failed to adequately identify, conceptually understand, and address culture as an impediment toward information sharing, particularly before September 11, 2011. The author contends that the unique culture of agencies within the Intelligence Community is necessary to their mission success, but it may also inhibit the effective exchange of information. Using Edgar Schein's theory and model of organizational culture, this thesis analyzes the culture of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with an eye toward how those cultures affect information sharing. Through understanding and applying the principles of organizational culture, the Intelligence Community will have the opportunity to improve its information-sharing environment.

Strategies to Build a Trusted and Collaborative Information Sharing System for State-Level Homeland Security

Strategies to Build a Trusted and Collaborative Information Sharing System for State-Level Homeland Security
Author: Robert L. Flowers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2004-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781423586111

At all levels of government, strategies to prevent terrorism will rely on the development and distribution of actionable information. It is essential that the United States strengthen its capacity to gather, share, analyze and disseminate such information. In the State of Utah, however, these efforts have been jeopardized by a failure to adequately understand the cultural impediments to building more effective information systems. Spending more money on "stuff" (hardware, communications systems, etc.) will not provide for better information sharing, unless cultural barriers to change are recognized and taken into account in State planning. Public safety officers in Utah are, in my experience, extremely dedicated and competent public servants. Nevertheless, the top priority in Utah should be building a new culture where trust and collaboration exist among the organizations involved in homeland security. This thesis argues that such collaboration does not exist today, and will not grow naturally on its own. Further, states such as Utah need to develop and implement a strategic plan to build a culture of collaboration. This thesis proposed such a plan, tailored to overcome the specific problems that my research has uncovered.

The Homeland Security Information Network

The Homeland Security Information Network
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: