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<P><A name=5>5. <B>Agencies must undergo 'cultural change' to share
data</B></A><BR>By Molly M. Peterson, National Journal's Technology Daily
<P>Many federal agencies must undergo a "cultural change" to create the types of
information-sharing networks that are needed to defend the nation against
terrorist attacks, a State Department technology expert said Tuesday.
<P>"Our job has not always been to share information, and sometimes it's very
difficult for us to get into that culture," June Daniels, a senior systems
analyst with the State Department's Foreign Affairs Systems Integration Office,
said during a homeland security forum at the Library of Congress.
<P>Daniels said agencies "don't like to share information with each other," in
part because of traditional mandates prohibiting the interagency exchange of
sensitive information. She noted that State Department officials, for example,
typically cannot access law enforcement databases that contain critical
information about non-immigrant visa applicants.
<P>Full story: <A
href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0302/032002td1.htm">http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0302/032002td1.htm</A>
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<DIV>_____________<BR>Lutfi M. Hussein<BR>Department of English<BR>Arizona State
University<BR>Tempe, AZ 85287-0302, USA<BR>Email address: <A
href="mailto:lutfi.hussein@asu.edu">lutfi.hussein@asu.edu</A><BR>Homepage: <A
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