In October 2007, the White House issued the National Strategy for Information Sharing.  The Strategy states that tribal governments are critical partners with federal, state, and local governments and must be able to share and make use of law enforcement and anti-terrorism intelligence.  Tribal law enforcement agencies protect tribal communities and also guard against threats to our national security.  The Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ) is involved in a variety of efforts to facilitate these goals.

Tribal Working Group - OTJ provides the Chair for the Information Sharing Environment’s, Tribal Working Group (TWG).  In effect, the TWG serves as an advisory body on matters regarding information sharing in Indian country.  Issues range from encouraging and developing federal strategies and policies, providing outreach at national forums, serving as a resource for federal and tribal law enforcement agencies, and facilitating tribal participation in information sharing efforts.  For more information about the information sharing needs of tribal government agencies, visit:  http://www.ise.gov/pages/partner-slt.html.

Tribal Public Safety Network – OTJ created and provides the moderator for the new Tribal Public Safety Network (T-Net) within the FBI’s Law Enforcement Online secure website to provide federal/tribal/state/local law enforcement, prosecutorial, corrections, homeland security, and intelligence officials with news, training availability information, and bulletins and to provide a forum for secure communications and exchange of ideas.

HSIN – Tribal – The Department of Homeland Security’s online Homeland Security Information Network is a secure website dedicated to provide homeland security professionals with a place to exchange relevant information and ideas.  OTJ has taken a leadership role in the development of HSIN-Tribal which is a site (located within the larger HSIN site) dedicated to homeland security issues in tribal communities.