Priority Objective 13: Foreign Partner Sharing

Promote adherence to existing interagency processes to coordinate information sharing initiatives with foreign partners, as well as adopt and apply necessary guidelines, consistent with statutory authorities and Presidential policy, to ensure consistency when sharing and safeguarding information.

Steward

Foreign Partner Sharing Working Group (FPS WG), reporting to the ISA IPC

Problem Statement

The government lacks a coordinated approach to information sharing with its foreign partners and, as a result, information sharing efforts with foreign partners are currently sub-optimized.

Desired Outcome

Agencies have access to a best-practices toolkit, so that they can better inform their foreign partner sharing strategies and in turn minimize or eliminate overlapping or duplicative efforts, better utilize resources, and maximize information safeguarding.

Approach

Survey stakeholders’ best practices with current agreements. FPS WG will subsequently develop, publish, and maintain foreign partner information sharing agreement toolkit containing a repository of best practices and agreement templates.[1]

MILESTONES	Q1-Q2 FY14	Q3-Q4 FY14	FY15
Collect and catalog existing agreement templates and/or model agreements for interagency use.	DOS
Establish a method and centralized resource whereby agencies can find selected arrangements and agreements, templates approved for existing exchanges, and a list of best practices.		DOS
Design a toolkit that includes a checklist of recommended procedures for interagency coordination.			FPS WG

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[1] Any such requirements related to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) will be developed with the concurrence of the CUI Executive Agent and consistent with the CUI Program established under Executive Order 13556.