Facial Recognition Technology Is Everywhere.  It May Not Be Legal.
There are currently no federal laws that specifically govern the use of facial recognition technology.  However, there are states, such as Illinois and Texas, that have laws against using such technology to identify people without their informed consent, meaning one out of every eight Americans currently has a legal right to biometric privacy. To address the use of facial recognition technology, privacy advocates and representatives from companies such as Facebook and Google recently met in Washington, DC, to try to set rules for how companies should use this powerful technology.

The article is available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/06/11/facial-recognition-technology-is-everywhere-it-may-not-be-legal/?postshare=8641434132640336.

Law Enforcement Using Social Media to Find Illegal Guns
Gang officers in Fresno, California, are taking more illegal guns off the streets, and they say they are finding them posted by criminals on social media.  “We’re looking for gang members posting things about guns or being involved in criminal activity,” said Sergeant Paul Cervantes, Fresno Police Department.  Halfway into 2015, gang officers say they have already recovered at least two-thirds of what they took from criminals in all of 2014.

The article is available at http://abc30.com/news/law-enforcement-using-social-media-to-find-illegal-guns/735856/.

C.I.A. Officers and FBI Agents, Meet Your New Partner:  The Analyst
As the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confront an evolving terrorist threat—cyberattacks and other challenges—both are reorganizing in ways intended to empower analysts. This reorganization involves meshing together the different cultures of the agent and the analyst to meet these threats.  The September 11 attacks and the subsequent focus on terrorist threats, as well as the increase in data from sources such as smartphones and the Internet, have helped drive the value of analysts and the need to better understand and enhance their value and skills sets within agencies.

The article is available at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/us/cia-officers-and-fbi-agents-meet-your-new-partner-the-analyst.html?_r=0.

NARA Issues Governmentwide Guidance on Controlled Unclassified Information in Proposed Rule
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently issued a proposed rule that lays out how agencies should deal with unclassified information that still has some restrictions placed on it.  The rule would implement guidance in the Federal Governmentwide Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program, which was created by a 2010 executive order signed by President Obama and tells agencies how to deal with controlled unclassified information.  Currently, more than 100 different markings for such information exist across the executive branch. The proposed rule would fix that and give agencies a governmentwide approach to CUI.

The article is available at http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/nara-issues-governmentwide-guidance-controlled-unclassified-information-pro/2015-05-11.

Nationwide Officer Safety Event Deconfliction
The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) are proud to announce the integration of the three nationally recognized event deconfliction systemsCase Explorer, SAFETNet, and RISSafe.  All three systems are now connected and are deconflicting events with each other.  Regardless of the system used, agencies and officers will receive conflict information from the partner systems when an event is entered.  This partnership and integration effort enhances officer safety and information sharing across jurisdictions.  All agencies are encouraged to deconflict events prior to engaging in high-risk operations, using one of these three no-cost systems. 

For additional information and resources, visit https://ncirc.gov/Deconfliction/.