A Government Accountability Office report offers recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to improve the protection of national critical infrastructures in 13 sectors. GAO, the research arm of Congress formerly known as the General Accounting Office, suggests developing a plan for information sharing that more clearly describes the responsibilities of DHS and of private-sector information-sharing centers, which were created to pool data on the threats and vulnerabilities most relevant to each critical industry. The report also calls for establishing policies and procedures for agency interaction and the coordination of information sharing.
"Sharing information between the federal government and the private sector on incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities continues to be a challenge," the report says.
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