Title VII: Increased

information sharing Information exchange or information sharing means that people or other entities pass information from one to another. This could be done electronically or through certain systems. These are terms that can either refer to bidirectional ''informa ...

for critical infrastructure protection is the seventh of ten titles which comprise the USA PATRIOT Act, an anti- terrorism bill passed in the United States after the

September 11, 2001 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial ...

. Title VII has one section. The purpose of this title is to increase the ability of U.S. law enforcement to counter terrorist activity that crosses jurisdictional boundaries. It does this by amending the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. This title allows the Director of the

Bureau of Justice Assistance The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice. BJA provides leadership and assistance to local criminal justice programs that improve and reinforce the nat ...

to "make grants and enter into contracts", the code modified by section 701. with some groups to deal with terrorist organizations that cross jurisdictional boundaries. In addition, it gives the Bureau a budget with which to carry out these acts. It consists of only one section, section 701, titled ''Expansion Of Regional Information Sharing System To Facilitate Federal-State-Local Law Enforcement Response Related To Terrorist Attacks''. It modifies , which is part of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. This code, as stated before the USA PATRIOT Act, allowed the Director of the

(a division of the

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) to "make grants and enter into contracts" with State, local criminal authorities, and non-profit organizations to stop

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activities that cross jurisdictional boundaries. The section adds "terrorist conspiracies and activities" to "criminal activities."USA PATRIOT Act ( U.S. H.R. 3162,

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107-56), Title VII, Sec. 701, (1). It also adds to the list of items that grants and contacts may be made for "secure information sharing systems" to aid in "addressing multi-jurisdictional terrorist conspiracies and activities." It also gives the Bureau of Justice Assistance a

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to use in carrying out these sections in the amount of $50,000,000 for the 2002 fiscal year, and $100,000,000, for the 2003 fiscal year.USA PATRIOT Act ( U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VII, Sec. 701, (1)(d)

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The USA PATRIOT Act
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