Department of Homeland Security, Office of Operations Coordination (OPS)
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Operations Coordination (OPS) : "The mission of the Office of Operations Coordination is to integrate DHS and interagency operations and planning to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from terrorist threats attacks or threats from other man-made/natural disasters. OPS disseminates threat information, maintains and disseminates domestic situational awareness, performs incident management and operational coordination among all DHS components, Federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and international partners' to facilitate a coordinated and efficient effort to secure the Homeland against all threats and hazards". (DHS, DHS FY2009 Cong. Budget Justification, 2008, 3406). "The Office of Operations Coordination is responsible for monitoring the security of the United States on a daily basis and coordinating activities within the Department and with governors, Homeland Security Advisors, law enforcement partners, and critical infrastructure operators in all 50 States and more than 50 major urban areas nationwide. Leadership: The Office of Operations Coordination is headed by Director for Operations Coordination, Roger T. Rufe, Jr. (USCG Ret). "Mission: The Office of Operations Coordination works to deter, detect, and prevent terrorist acts by coordinating the work of Federal, state, territorial, tribal, local, and private sector partners and by collecting and fusing information from a variety of sources. "Goals: The Office is responsible for: (1) conducting joint operations across all organizational elements. (2) coordinating activities related to incident management. (3) employing all Department resources to translate intelligence and policy into action. (4) overseeing the National Operations Center (NOC) which collects and fuses information from more than 35 Federal, State, territorial, tribal, local, and private sector agencies. "Organization: Information is shared and fused on a daily basis by the two halves of the Office that are referred to as the "Intelligence Side" and the "Law Enforcement Side". Each half is identical and functions in tandem with the other but requires a different level of clearance to access information. The Intelligence Side focuses on pieces of highly classified intelligence and how the information contributes to the current threat picture for any given area. The Law Enforcement Side is dedicated to tracking the different enforcement activities across the country that may have a terrorist nexus. The two pieces fused together create a real-time snap shot of the nation's threat environment at any moment". (DHS, Office of Operations Coordination, 2007)
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