Information Technology : Terrorist Watch Lists Should Be Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing

Terrorist & criminal watch list systems -- sometimes referred to as watchout, lookout, target, or tip-off systems -- are important tools in controlling & protecting our nation's borders. The events of 9/11, & other incidents since then, have highlighted the need to share these watch lists. In light of the importance of border security, this report identifies Fed. databases & systems that contain watch lists, the agencies that maintain & use them in protecting our nation's borders, the kind of data they contain, whether Fed. agencies are sharing info. from these lists with each other & with state & local governments & private org's., the structural characteristics of those lists that are automated, & whether opportunities exist to consolidate these watch lists. Ill.Hite, Randolph C. is the author of 'Information Technology : Terrorist Watch Lists Should Be Consolidated to Promote Better Integration and Sharing', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735135 and ISBN 0756735130.