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DHS Issues Draft RFI for National Information Exchange Model

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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a draft Request for Information (RFI) seeking ideas from industry to help overcome challenges to the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) program. The NIEM was begun in 2005 between DHS and the Department of Justice to address the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) on information sharing. NIEM establishes a standard for information sharing between communities of interest (COIs) at all levels of government. The program is designed to bring stakeholders and COIs…

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