One example of Intelligence and Information Sharing can be seen in the strengthening of the relationship between government and chemical facility owners and operators. The EPA, the U.S. Department of Labor, and DHS developed several initiatives to improve information-sharing platforms. Specifically, they partnered to update online systems to help chemical facilities determine regulatory requirements and thereby enabled the Federal Government to compare a facility’s information across nearly 90 separate Federal and state systems.

This example illustrates the critical task of monitoring, analyzing, and assessing the positive and negative impacts of changes in the operating environment as they pertain to threats and hazards to public safety, health, and security. The comparisons provided help identify at-risk facilities by examining compliance history and chemical storage information.